Char Bloom Inc.
Keystone, CO
char@charbloom.com
Charbloom.com
“My boat exceeded my highest expectations. We met the people that were involved in the design and making of Hyde’s prettiest boat. I was so touched by the pride and talent that each one of them had. They have a commitment to excellence and their workmanship shows it. They truly made me a custom boat that has everything I asked for. I couldn’t love it more than I do.”
– Char Bloom
For years, my life’s passion (next to my family) was mogul skiing. Several years ago, that changed when Tom, the man in my life, took me fly fishing. Shortly after, I found myself in a sporting goods store buying everything necessary for a day on the river.
My first experience in a drift boat was in a Hyde on the Platte River in Wyoming. I loved floating down the river but was very intrigued by the rowing aspects. Three years ago, Tom and I enrolled in a guide school in Idaho. I so enjoyed rowing the boat that when we returned to Colorado, we bought a used Hyde from a local guide. I’m now a Certified Orvis Endorsed Guide and have hundreds of miles of rowing experience on rivers from Montana to Colorado. Unless the fishing is phenomenal, I’d rather row. I’ve hit a few rocks but my Hyde Boat is doing well.
Two years ago, I went back east to Lew Beach, New York where I had the privilege of spending four days with Joan Wulff. I attended her Instructors Only casting school. I am now certified in the Wulff School of Fly Fishing and teach the Wulff method of casting.
I am currently designing and manufacturing a line of women’s fly fishing clothing. I will have a booth at several fly fishing shows across the country. I’m very excited about the unique opportunity I have to involve more women and children in the sport. I can teach them, dress them, interest them in women’s fishing art and board them at my home in Keystone that I also run as a lodge.
