Joined in 2024
Outfitter or fly shop
30+ years of experience
740 33 Street Northwest, Calgary, AB, Canada
Serving 6 locationsAt Dave Brown Outfitters, our “collection” of guides spans 2 countries, 2 U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces.
Although the territory we cover is vast and ranges from the SW desert of Arizona, the Montana Front Range, the Canadian Rockies, and the Northern Great Plains, all our guides share a common goal:
To look after the best interests of our clients.
They are all friendly, knowledgeable hardworking individuals that we a proud to work with. Bottom line, whether your passion is Fly-Fishing or Wingshooting, the Guides of Orvis-endorsed Dave Brown Outfitters gets it done in many awesome locations. That’s not a boast. It’s a fact.
When you offer clients unsurpassed angling on dozens of rivers and streams in six major watersheds across one U.S. state and two Canadian provinces along with great Wingshooting opportunities in 2 US states and one Canadian province, you’d better darn well be able to back it up.
We can and we do – daily, all season long, trip after trip and client after client.
We are all fly-tying, sunglass-wearing, drift boat-rowing, fly-fishing professionals.
Collectively we’ve fished or guided in dozens of countries on five continents, yet each summer we return to share that experience and breadth of knowledge with you. Our common goal is to provide you, the customer, with a Western Canadian fly fishing experience that you’ll talk about for years to come.
We’re willing to bet that we have the highest retention rate of clients in the region, too, the best endorsement of all. Our corporate endorsements are numerous and varied: DBO is the guide service of choice in Alberta and B.C. for such prestigious travel companies as Cabela’s, Frontiers,Best Wingshooting and Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures.
We’re also the only full-time guide service of its kind in Western Canada. For us, this isn’t a “second direction” of another business used to supplement income. Outfitting is all we do and we do it year-round. No one knows the water like we do, and no one can offer you the same level of customer service, expertise and professionalism.
4.9
Based on 15 reviews
Evans T.
July 2025
VerifiedGreat time on the Bow. Tough conditions but we managed to move some fish.
Read moreDavid Henkel
July 2025
Verified. Started at 8 am . The bow river was not muddy and not clear . We were unable to enter the river at the first location so spent the morning traveling from one entrance spot to another finally getting to fish around 11:30. The fly casting lessons were great but we were not able to catch any fish which was a big disappointment for myself , my son and grandson. The guides were good guys and we enjoyed them .
Read moreStephanie M.
June 2025
VerifiedWe had a wonderful day on the river with our fantastic guide, Nancy! She was a pro, made everything easy and fun, and I really feel much more confident in my fly-fishing ability as a result - highly recommend!
Read moreJim Cantrill
June 2025
VerifiedQuinn was an outstanding guide for the two days in June that we floated the city beat of the Bow. He was engaging, patient, and quite knowing. Because of high water releases, the fishing conditions were dismal and it seems that everyone on the river got skunked (yet the weather was bright and sunny). On day two, the CMS had risen higher and we encountered light rain all day. Nonetheless, Quinn put be on a pod of happily rising browns and we had a hoot for a good hour mid-day casting to them. All in all, a wonderful experience.
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