Dave Ames, over the past fifteen years, has averaged perhaps 150 days of fly fishing each year as an outfitter and guide. He lives in Montana, spending much of his time in pursuit of trout and grayling. He has written for the "Chicago Tribune," the "Cleveland Plain Dealer," "Sports Afield, Fin and Feather, "and "Montana "magazine. He has also authored the fly-fishing cult classic, "True Love and the Woolly Bugger." He lives in Helena, Montana.