Advisory Board

  • Scott Bosse

    Scott Bosse is the Northern Rockies Regional Director for American Rivers and lives with his family in Bozeman. After completing his masters in Environmental Studies with an emphasis on Fish and Wildlife Biology from University of Montana, Bosse has spent over twenty-five years working in natural resource and non-profit management in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest. Scott spearheaded the successful campaign to permanently protect 415 miles of the Snake River and its tributaries around Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

  • Hilary Hutcheson

    Hilary Hutcheson started her fly fishing career as a teenage guide in West Glacier. She guided through college and then co-owned and operated Outside Media and Trout TV for nearly a decade. Today, Hilary’s still guiding on the Flathead River and the Middle Fork of the Salmon River and owns and runs a fly shop called Lary's Fly & Supply in her hometown of Columbia Falls. She volunteers as a fly fishing instructor for Casting for Recovery, is a Patagonia Fly Fishing Ambasador, serves as a national board member of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, works as a climate activist with Protect Our Winters, and writes for a number of outdoor industry publications.

  • Paul Moseley

    Paul Moseley is an avid fly fisherman and has fished, guided and lived in Southwest Montana since 1995. He is the owner of Ruby Springs Lodge and part of the Complete Fly Fisher ownership group, which offers anglers from around the world a magnificent fly fishing experience in one of the greatest trout fishing locations in the world, Southwest Montana.

  • David Thompson

    David Thompson is founder and creative director at Brickhouse Creative, a strategic design and marketing agency based in Bozeman, Montana. Brickhouse builds brands for a broad range of clients, including numerous community and conservation-focused nonprofits. A lifelong fly fisher originally from back East, he moved to Montana in 1993, and has been involved in all manner of outdoor pursuits since — while also writing and photographing along the way. Thompson is president of the Montana Trout Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit whose sole purpose is to preserve and enhance the state’s wild trout resources.

  • Dan Vermillion

    Dan Vermillion was raised on the banks of Yellowstone River in Montana. After spending years guiding some of the world’s most exotic and famed fisheries, Dan formed Sweetwater Travel with his brothers. Sweetwater Travel is based in Livingston, Montana and owns and operates several fishing camps. Dan served on Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission from 2007 to 2019 and served as Chairman from 2013 to 2019. Dan has in-depth knowledge of Montana’s Fish, Wildlife, and Parks and its resources. He’s spent a big part of his career fighting for Montana's fish, wildlife and public lands.

  • Brian Wheeler

    Brian Wheeler is the executive director of the Big Hole River Foundation. He has worked as a fishing & whitewater guide for nearly 20 years and organized river cleanups as a volunteer. Brian has a deep appreciation for freestone rivers and the mission of the Foundation. He recognizes that the Big Hole River is the economic driver for ranching and recreation and that water quality is a fundamental concern. If he’s not rowing the river, he’ll be following his bird dogs across the prairie.