Moses Lake, Washington
“After making the switch from another boat manufacturer to the Hyde drift boat six years ago, I’ve noticed a lot of customer compliments for comfort, fishability, and just plain good looks!”
– Brian Nielson
I started fishing eastern Washington rivers in 1967 when just out of high school. I fished and hunted along the beautiful Grande Ronde, and Klickitat rivers for some 16 years before taking anglers on float trips professionaly. I started out fishing 5 different rivers here in eastern Washington, including big water, such as the Columbia river. After a few years of that i narrowed my efforts into what was most popular for my clients. The Grande Ronde and Klickitat rivers via drift boat.
I started out professionaly in 1983 doing overnite combo hunting/fishing on the Grande Ronde river. The guide buisness picked up to the point where it made more sense to concentrate my efforts on fly fishing/gear fishing on the Grande Ronde and Klickitat rivers only. The Klickitat is a glacier fed river providing anglers with king salmon and steelhead in the late summer and fall. The Grande Ronde river is an excellent river I fish in late October thru February. After making the switch from another boat manufacturer to the Hyde drift boat six years ago, I’ve noticed alot of customer compliments for comfort, fishability, and just plain good looks! I feel very forntuate to have been chosen for the Hyde Pro Team for the last five years . Thanks for listening and implemating my suggestions on the improvments to the Hyde “combo” boat that have been made. Its been a pleasurable experience , fishing the two greatest rivers in Eastern Washington for the last 22 years!