Clayoquot Ventures' Staff Profiles


Blake Klopfenstein

Blake first started fishing the interior waters of British Columbia at age 5. By age 10, he had started fly-fishing, a new interest that would later take him to distant places--from the Bulkley River Valley and the Lakes District of the Okanagan in BC to the Rio Grande in Chile's southern Patagonia. Since that time, Blake has been fortunate to guide off the coast of Campbell River including many remote mainland rivers, accessed by only a handful of visitors every year. With fly-fishing experience in fresh and saltwater environments, as well as traditional salmon trolling, Blake has a great variety of fishing expertise. Whether its fly fishing instruction or advanced fishing techniques, Blake has exceptional enthusiasm to teach those willing to learn. Blake has recently graduated from the University of Victoria with a degree in Geography, but for now, Blake has decided that he would rather view the coastal mountains from a distance, while showing his guests a great fishing excursion on the waters of Clayoquot Sound.