Guides
Guides
It is never easy to blow your own horn but we feel that we have one of the most experienced, knowledgeable and personable group of guides in the country. Each of these men will work their hearts out for you. They will not just help you catch fish but they will make you a better angler and they will share with you their love for Montana and its wonderful natural treasures.
Bill Kemph
Bill Kemph is a native Montanan who grew up fishing and hunting the rivers and forests of SW Montana. Following graduation with a degree in education from the University of Montana Western, Bill decided that he wanted to build a career as a guide and outfitter. For almost 20 years Bill has guided both fishermen and hunters in Montana. He operates his own hunting outfitting business, and is a superb angler, skilled in all aspects of fly fishing including instruction, an accomplished tier and a wonderful streamside companion.
Greg Lilly
Greg Lilly is also a native Montanan. He has been a guide in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming for 40 years. He has been an outfitter and owner/operator of four outfitting businesses in Montana for 22 years. Greg Lilly has a reputation world wide as a teacher of fly-fishing and as one of the finest guides in the Rocky Mountain area.
Lilly and Kemph have put together a program of guided fishing and fly fishing schools that should provide professional assistance to all anglers from those just getting into the sport of fly fishing to the most veteran feather tossers. We believe that we have the finest crew of professional, experienced and personal guides found anywhere in the west.
Bart Doig
Bart Doig is another native Montana who chose to stay in state and make a career as a professional guide. Like all our guides Bart is a wonderful angler and a terrific stream guide however Bart’s real passion is chasing exceptionally large trout on some of the Stillwater fisheries of SW Montana. Bart has had clients catch a number of fish in the ten pound class guiding anglers and hunters in Montana for 25 years.
Butch Wicks
Butch is an import to Montana. We will forgive him that since he grew up in Oregon and has guided steelhead and trout fishermen for many years in the Northwest and Montana. Butch recently retired from a career as a teacher and now is one of the primary instructors of the Lilly & Kemph "Learn to Fish Like a Guide Schools." Butch enjoys technical match the hatch type of fishing and is really at home on our spring creeks.
Terry Throckmorton
Like most of the other guides on our crew, Terry grew up in Montana. He has been a fishing and hunting outfitter in SW Montana for well over 20 years. Terry is another apparently easy going and laid back Montana guide. He is a very easy man with whom to spend time on the water but don't let that relaxed demeanor fool you! When it comes to finding fish and game Terry is a predator!
Wes Peterson
When you first meet Wes he comes across as a quiet and reserved Montana guide. Don't let that first impression be your final one. Wes is just trying to recover his breath from having left five kids at home! Wes has guided fishermen on the rivers of the Big Hole, Beaverhead and Madison Valleys for many years and like the other members of our crew, knows his stuff and is excited to share his knowledge with you.
Bob Flynn
Every team has to have someone who keeps things loose. Bob Flynn is our wild Irishman. Bob is one of the real "Old Men" of guiding in the Big Hole and Beaverhead Valleys. He has guided anglers on these waters for over 30 years. He is head of the local guides and outfitters association. He knows the trout on all the SW Montana rivers by name and is just a lot of fun to be with on the stream.
Casandra Osborn
Casandra is the newest member of the Healing Waters Lodge guide crew but by no means is she the least experienced. Casandra has guided anglers in SW Montana for many years. She is a licensed fly fishing outfitter with a reputation as a superb guide. She spends her summers guiding anglers in Montana and then finds a way to spend the winters pursuing bonefish, permit and tarpon on the flats of some exotic location.