Fly Fishing Guide
Beartooth Fly Fishing Lodge
Cameron, MT
06.2022 - Current
Patrick McGinnis
Ennis,MT
Summary
Seasoned professional focused on teaching and guiding clients into bucket list experiences on Montana's world class trout rivers. Very patient and affable. Enthusiastic and thirsty for more. Physically fit to get the job done throughout the season, day in, day out. Extremely proficient in the art of fly tying, especially streamers. Skilled in photography and videography with professional cameras, lenses, and drone platforms. Part 119 certified drone pilot. Very passionate about Montana and a full time resident home owner in Ennis.
Work History
Fly Fishing Guide
Eaton Outfitters
Ennis, MT
06.2022 - Current
Fly Fishing Guide
Trout Stalkers/Madison River Fishing Company
Ennis, MT
07.2019 - Current
Sales Associate/Product Photographer
Madison River Fishing Company
Ennis, MT
04.2018 - 03.2022
- General customer service. Manning sales floor and phone lines. Friendly host.
- Booking trips. Dealing with guides/client challenges, working with the calender, scheduling meet times.
- Product photographer specializing in macro fly photos. Created photos for the entire library of over 1000 online flies. Increased revenues of online fly sales by over 1000%. Managed the flies section of the MRFC website with Shopify. Wrote descriptions, added photos. Organized inventory, picked up to 30 to 40 online fly orders per day. Created products in Shopify for the online and vintage gear section of MRFC website. Took photos of used rods/reels.
Sales Associate/Customer Service Representative
Feather-Craft Fly Fishing
St Louis, MO
10.2017 - 12.2018
- Consulted and advised fly tying questions. Contacted up to 20 customers per day about out of stock materials. Found substitute materials that achieve the same results when materials were out of stock.
- Picked over 30 tying orders per day.
- Became highly proficient at the art of fly tying. Designed successful streamers, nymphs, and dry flies. Tied on production level for retail sale modified patterns to be more successful.
Business Owner/Operator
PLC Landscape Maintenace
St Louis, MO
01.2005 - 01.2016
- Operated multi crew Landscaping company
- Built business organically from the ground up.
- Maintained lawns and landscaping for commercial properties, apartment complexes, residential properties, municipal properties, common grounds
- Operated professional equipment i.e. skid steers, mini excavator, dump trucks and trailers.
- Used organic as well as chemical herbicides, and fertilizers.
- Built retaining walls, patios, and decorative stonework.
- Managed accounting in Quick Books, payrolls, expenses. Reconciliations.
- Marketed services with ads, word of mouth, online presence.
- Mechanically inclined. Maintained equipment. Truck and trailer maintenance, repair.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Small Business Administration And Management
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MOHigh School Diploma -
Lutheran High School South
St Louis, MO06.1996
Skills
- Client Experience - Safety is #1 in rowing boats, fun is #2 Putting beginners at ease and not intimidate them Very patient teacher and an open book of knowledge Making trips positive, enjoyable experiences
- Cultivating client relationships
- Promoting return visits
- Expert whitewater skills with over 20 Bear Trap rowing days on private fun floats Apprenticed by Eric Shores Yankee Jim Canyon
- Intimate knowledge of the upper Madison, lower Madison, Big Hole River, Yellowstone River, and Jefferson River Limited knowledge on the Missouri River and the Beaverhead
- Setting realistic expectations (one fish at a time) to never over promise but under deliver
- Setting meet times and end times Timing is key when dealing with crowded rivers and boat launches
- River etiquette ie pulling up anchors and cutting off other boats Not dropping anchor in the middle of the rivers
- Release of fish revived and unharmed to protect the resource
- Skilled photographer and videographer proficient in Lightroom, Photoshop, and Adobe Premier Pro Drone pilot
Big Game Hunting
Archery oriented backcountry Trophy Elk and Deer
Timeline
Fly Fishing Guide
Beartooth Fly Fishing Lodge
06.2022 - Current
Fly Fishing Guide
Eaton Outfitters
06.2022 - Current
Fly Fishing Guide
Trout Stalkers/Madison River Fishing Company
07.2019 - Current
Sales Associate/Product Photographer
Madison River Fishing Company
04.2018 - 03.2022
Sales Associate/Customer Service Representative
Feather-Craft Fly Fishing
10.2017 - 12.2018
Business Owner/Operator
PLC Landscape Maintenace
01.2005 - 01.2016
Some College (No Degree) - Small Business Administration And Management
Southeast Missouri State University
High School Diploma -
Lutheran High School South
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