I'm April Voki and you are listening to Ancard. My chance to speak with some of the most influential people involved in the outdoors today.

Join me as I travel to sit face to face with my guests in their own

homes to learn more about their careers, opinions, history, relationships, and life both indoors

and out. Jim Klug is the founder and CEO of Yellow Dog Fishing

Adventures, a travel company that arranges fly fishing trips to lodges

around the globe. Over the years Jim has worked as a guide, sales rep, photographer,

and filmmaker, though today he is busier than ever managing the Yellow Dog Headquarters in Montana.

In this episode of Ancard, Jim and I talk about being a booking agent in the fishing industry,

how to deal with upset clients, and the importance of staying up to date on the legislation and policies that impact the places we love.

I grew up in Central Oregon and in the town of Bend, which was a great place at the

time to grow up. It used to be a small mill town. It's obviously gotten a lot larger over the

years and changed quite a bit, but great place to be a kid.

I was lucky enough to grow up in the fly fishing industry.

My first job, I was about 13 or 14, worked at a local fly shop.

Which one? It was called the fly shop. Which one?

It's called the flybox.

It was owned by a guy named Alan Stewart.

And my buddy Jeff Perrin and I worked there.

Jeff is still in the industry, he owns a fly shop at Sisters Oregon,

but we were kids and we would be in the back bagging hooks and cutting up

materials and then sweeping the floors and that was kind of the start of my fly fishing career path back in the day. I graduated high school in the late 80s.

Came and drove through Montana on my way to college that first year in New Hampshire,

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