Raised on California's Lower Yuba River, Hogan Brown turned early solitude into a lifelong passion for fly fishing. He worked his local fly shop as a teen and has spent his career guiding for trout, steelhead, bass, carp, and nearly anything that swims — across every aspect of the industry from lodges to nonprofits to marketing. Through it all, guiding has kept him closest to the water he loves. He's still waiting on that call from Jason Isbell, but the rivers aren't complaining.