Don’t let his last name fool you. He’s not French. Though French Gulch was not far from his home town. He grew up in Lewiston. A small dot on a dot on the map of the Trinity River.

This guy knows how to fish and we’ve never met anyone more passionate about Salmon and Steelhead than Travis. His reverence and realism about the watershed is informed by a life of experience and learning. You don’t need a radar to find fish if you’re on Travis’ boat. He sees them pass. He is also an experienced whitewater guide, has is WFR, and ski patrols with the rest of us bums in the winter.

Always hilarious, just don’t feed him Tequila after midnight. His gremlin version is more unfiltered and hilarious. You’ve been warned.