Scott Pros

Kevin was born in Laramie Wyoming in 1957. At the age of three, he and his family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado where he began to develop his love for the outdoors. His father, who had worked for the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish and as a hunting and fishing guide, taught him to fish and hunt at a very early age. He quickly figured out that fly fishing was something that he truly loved to do!! Any free moment would find Kevin at The Thompson or The Poudre Rivers.
At age 9, Kevin and his family moved to Costa Rica. His parents were involved with a land development project on the Pacific coast, where he spent all of his summers and most weekends. Kevin learned to surf and apply his love for fly fishing to the saltwater. After graduating from Costa Rica Academy in 1974, Kevin moved to Houston, Texas where he spent any free time on Galveston bay fishing for speckled trout and redfish. Finding that the big city was not for him, in 1977, he moved to Santa Barbara California. Even though he found the area beautiful and the fishing and scuba diving great, it was still a little too big. Since many weekends found Kevin driving to Mammoth to ski, hunt or fish, he moved there in 1982.
After managing a glass shop in town and fishing every weekend for almost ten years, Kevin was offered a job working part time and guiding for Fred Rowe at The Sierra Bright Dot fly shop. Part time became full time and in 1986 he was offered a partnership in The Eastside Guide Service at the newly opened Trout Fly. He also enjoyed guiding for 6 years in the spring and fall of each year for Clearwater house on Hat Creek until he became too busy guiding at home. Eighteen years later, Kevin is lead guide of both The Trout fly and The Trout fitter in Mammoth Lakes Ca. He is an F.F.F. certified casting instructor and has been featured in 4 television fishing shows on Inside Sport Fishing for Fox Sports.
His love for the sport continues to grow. Kevin is extremely involved in the stream conservation effort in the Eastern Sierras and continues to work very closely with Cal Trout insuring the quality of the trout habitat in his area. Kevin was instrumental in getting the Upper Owens River special regulations re-instated, protecting the spawning fish in that river. He loves to teach, especially new fly fishers and even show some of the old dogs a new trick or two! Kevin loves to travel to The Bahamas to chase Bonefish, Florida for Tarpon or back to Costa Rica for Sailfish, Dorado and Tuna! You might find him on a Steelhead river in Oregon or a duck blind with his black Lab Tule. He could be found chasing wild turkeys near Paso Robles or on Mammoth Mountain snowboarding with his wife Lisa. You could even find him behind the counter at one of the two shops, but one thing is for sure, you won’t find him on the couch!!