Your Guides
Owner/Guide - Keith Allison has been fishing and guiding the Olympic Peninsula for over 40 years, the mecca of native winter and spring steelhead. From my youth I've been pursuing these magnificent fish around the Pacific Northwest. From summer steelhead on the Klickitat, Grand Ronde and upper Columbia tributaries to fall chinook and coho up and down the coast, to winter run steelhead on the OP. There's anadromous fish to pursue virtually every month of the year around Washington! Living and working on the OP is a true privilege, from day hikes into Olympic National Park to pursue trout and steelhead in summer to wilderness floats during fall and winter months thru pristine rainforest watersheds. I'm forever humbled by this amazing place and it's waters.
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Guide - John Wilcox, a Michigander transplant to Montana, he's been guiding around America's western states since high school. He blesses us with his presence and humor during winter months here on the peninsula. He's about as "fishy" as they come and has quickly become one of the best steelhead guides on the OP. His effort on the water is unquestionable. I asked him once how he managed to have a successful day on rising water...he motioned to the back of his ear and said "See that... those are gills." Sometimes I think he does swim with the fish... although sometimes not by choice. He's earned the nickname "The Torpedo" for his swimming shenanigans while fearlessly wading during steelhead season!
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Guide - Luis San Diego has been sport and commercial fishing in Washington and Alaska for nearly 20 years. You will not find a more versatile angler out there from swinging flies to swinging spoons and everything in between. The newest addition to the Chrome Chasers family, Luis has quickly become one of the most requested guides on our staff, from steelhead to chinook and coho, if they are biting he's going to find them.
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Guide - John Whitlatch has been guiding since high school all over Alaska, Washington and Oregon. He was born with a tiller motor in his hand. Chinook salmon is his passion from the Alaska's Kenai river, where he guided summer fisheries for over 20 years, to the mighty Columbia, Rogue, Umpqua and beyond. Pictured above with a IGFA catch and release world class Kenai king salmon with client and friend Joel Atchinson. Few anglers are as well rounded as John, from center pinning for steelhead...he is a master of the bead, to saltwater fishing around the globe.
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We are licensed guides for Olympic National Park's Quinault, Queets, Hoh and Quillayute Rivers. If you've never fished these upper watersheds your missing out on some of the most pristine Steelhead and Salmon rivers in the lower 48.
Wild Steelhead and their conservation is the single most important thing we can teach to fellow anglers. It's more than catch and release. Proper techniques and handling can insure that these amazing fish will be around for generations to come. We support the organizations that help protect wild fish. By purchasing products that are made in the USA from companies such as Orvis, we are helping to restore and maintain our outdoor heritage and you can help by doing the same.
Wild Steelhead and their conservation is the single most important thing we can teach to fellow anglers. It's more than catch and release. Proper techniques and handling can insure that these amazing fish will be around for generations to come. We support the organizations that help protect wild fish. By purchasing products that are made in the USA from companies such as Orvis, we are helping to restore and maintain our outdoor heritage and you can help by doing the same.