The Fishermans Friend was started in 1984 by Russ & Mike Faught. They saw the need for a tackle shop that catered to the fishermen. We wanted to provide what the fishermen wanted not just what you could get at any place.

In 1987 I left my former employment and took the shop on full time putting all my effort into making it what I felt was a complete fishing tackle shop for freshwater fishermen.

I have fished all my life with the first 30 or so years mostly in the California Delta. I kept a boat in the water in different marina's for over 20 years and fished striped bass and sturgeon with a passion.

For the past 15 or so years I have fished mostly lakes and reservoirs for trout and kokanee. The Kokanee in our local lakes were very nice but I wanted to take it to another level so I started looking in other areas for these fish and finally found that Flaming Gorge was possibly the place to try. In August of 2000 I made my first trip there and found it to be what I considered to be a kokanee paradise. I was home only one week and turned around and headed back for a second trip. Since then I have made an additional 26 trips.

I feel we have the tackle and expertise to help most fishermen in our area. Please feel free to call or come by and see us at any time.