Garry Elgear: Shop Owner

Garry has been the owner of Riverside Fly &  Tackle  for the past six years . He enjoys creating new innovative fly patterns and showing his customers how to tie and fish them. Garry guides on the Pitt, Squamish, Harrison and Fraser River systems. Garry fishes hard and works even harder for his customers.

Fraser River January 09

The Fraser is finally thawed out, so for all you die hard Sturgeon guys time to get out there.  I would be concentrating on the big holes around the Hatzic area and right up to the mouth of the Harrison.  Dew worms and Lamprey will be your winter ticket.  Watch out for ice flows and have a good time.

Christian Somogyi: Shop Hand

Christian has been fishing the local rivers since the early nineties for trout and salmon.  He started his guiding career at the Upper Pitt River Lodge back in 2003. Christian enjoys fly fishing but will use any technique to catch fish, and has used them all in his fishing adventures.  His favorite waters are the Pitt River and Skagit River. 

Angus “Gus” Elgear; devoted shop dog

Loves to go anywhere Garry goes.

Michael Thom: Shop Hand

Michael is a die hard fisher who will fish anywhere, anytime.He is a well rounded angler, but his greatest passion is for flyfishing and fly tying. Michael has been working at Riverside for four years now and has a vast knowledge of the sport.