Meet Your Guide, Seth Cline
Seth Cline is a California DFW licensed, bonded and insured fly fishing guide. (#1000612)
Feathered Hook Guide Service is a professional fly fishing guide service. We offer top quality trips in the Eastern Sierra, ranging from walk and wade river fly fishing trips, to Stillwater boat fly fishing trips in comfort on a 20ft center console boat, known as the "Jolly Roger" where we catch anything from Brown trout, to Cutthroat trout, and Rainbow trout. We also offer specialty trips in the summer for warm water species such as bass and carp fly fishing in ponds located south of Bishop. We offer half day trips (4hrs) or full day trips (8hrs) and we include all the gear such as: fly rods, line, flies and terminal tackle. For our full day trips, we do offer a lunch option as well. We guide as far north as the East Walker River, and as far south as the L.A. aqueduct. We are a year round guide service and we welcome all skill levels, from never touching a fly rod before, to a seasoned veteran to the sport, and anywhere in between.
Seth was born and raised in the Eastern Sierra (Bishop/Mammoth, CA), fishing/fly fishing has been apart of his life since he was 4 years old and he was raised around some of the best Fly Fishermen in the industry at that time. He learned skills from them by watching and fishing with them, as well as honing in his fishing knowledge everyday after school. His father and grandfather were major influences in learning fish behavior.
He'd always be asking his mom and dad to go fishing, and he'd always be so excited to get out on the water, learning and discovering along the way.
Seth took on a passion for fly fishing at an early age, learning to fly cast at the age of 7 in a parking lot of His and Her fly shop in Newport Beach, CA.
We specialize in fly casting 101 as well as learning to read the water/river, entomology such as the bugs that fish feed on and why we're using those specific flies (AKA Match the Hatch). Even on the tougher days when the bite is slow or the client is having trouble with tangles in their line, we always try to focus on teaching the client different things to keep the day more on the positive end and always learning.
"I always hear there's 2 types of guides, there's the "puts people on a ton of fish, but isn't personable" guide, and the "slower fish day, but have a memorable learning day/conversation" guide, and I try to strive to be a mix of both as personable as I can be, and put people on a successful day that they consider is successful for them. I've been told by both clients and friends, that I'm the best of both worlds, that clients like my personality on the water, and that I also, no matter good or slow day, give 110% of my effort into your success on the water. "
From trout to bass and every fish species in between, his fascination with learning to catch fish grew more and more every time one was landed.
In 2016 he was offered the opportunity to be a fly fishing guide through a local fly fishing shop in Bishop, CA. He accepted the offer, and got his guide license, and was able to do his first ever guided fly fishing trip, and was hooked, he couldn't see himself doing anything else. He stayed with that shop for 4.5 years, then went to another local outfitter from the area and stayed with them for 4 years as well when Karli and Seth decided to do their own thing. He had 8 years under my belt of guiding experience at this point, and years of knowledge of not just fishing, but how to treat clients, both on the boat and walking the water.
"I'm proud that I took that first step of starting our own guide service and that we're where we are currently. I'm proud that we started this business knowing that we were going into this with the clients best interest at hand and we don't waiver from that standard that we started with. I'm proud that I've been able to go into this, starting as a very strongly loved hobby, and been able to turn it into something that I'm able to give back to other people in my teachings of fly fishing.
I love putting people on fish, and teaching through them the art of fly fishing. "