About Matt Schliske
Captain Matt Schliske is a fly fishing guide and custom bamboo rod maker. Born in Wyoming, his grandfather and great grandfather were Cowboy State trout fishing cattle ranchers. He grew up fishing and hunting throughout the Rocky Mountains and has guided on many of the beautiful rivers in Wyoming and Montana.
Great grandpa Schliske with a Wyoming hog from back in the day.
A bamboo fly rod fanatic, in 2005 Schliske started his custom bamboo fly rod company and has made quality bamboo fly rods by hand for anglers all over the globe ever since.
Grandpa Kirkbride and Grandma Schliske and friend in Thermopolis in the 1930s.
Green Drake Mayfly in the Wyoming high country on a Schliske Bamboo Fly Rod
Schliske founded Pig Farm Ink in 2012 with friends Jay Johnson, Mark Brown, and Chip Guthrie, with the motto of "Fly Fishing Saves Lives."
What in the world is Pig Farm Ink? Listen to the Flymen Fishing Co Show episode 12 to find out how they work in crazy ways to bring new people into the fly fishing community!
Schliske has traveled the country with the Fly Fishing Film Tour, meeting many passionate anglers and spreading the good word of fly fishing along the way. In 2014, he moved to Charleston, South Carolina, a town he fell in love with on the film tour. He spent three years on the coast getting his Captains license, fly fishing and guiding for redfish, and working at Lowcountry Fly Shop with Captain Scotty D. He now lives and guides in his native state of Wyoming full time.
Great Grandpa Schliske with his Wyoming bounty
“Thanks for the bitchin day! That was the most trout I’ve ever caught.”
— Brad Halm