What does Fly Fishers International do?

The organization serves as a business advocacy and membership organization, representing member interests in policy development, providing networking opportunities, and supporting regional economic development initiatives through strategic partnerships and programming.

Who can become a member?

Membership is available to businesses, nonprofit organizations, and professionals operating in MT. Member benefits include networking opportunities, advocacy representation, professional development resources, and participation in regional economic development initiatives.

How is the organization funded?

Funding comes primarily from membership dues, corporate sponsorships, program fees, and grants. Financial support enables the organization to provide member services, conduct advocacy work, and implement programs serving the regional business community.

How can I get involved?

Individuals and organizations can participate through membership, committee service, event attendance, and program sponsorship. The organization welcomes engagement from business leaders interested in supporting regional economic development and business advocacy priorities.

Fly Fishers International

Livingston, MT · Founded 1969

Supporting business and community development in MT

Primary audience

Business Members

Work area

Regional Advocacy

Topic

Education Advocacy

Contact

Aj Rosenbohm

Website Contact

About Organization

Fly Fishers International operates in Livingston, MT, focusing on education of youth on fly fishing, including fisheries and water quality, quality management, conservation of water, and research for water quality improvement. general fly fishing education, including casting and fly tying instruction, is made available to the public through events and special activities.. The organization manages $638K in annual revenue, $1.5M in assets. Recent financial data shows organizational growth over the past three years.

What They Focus On

Economic Growth

Promotes regional economic development through strategic partnerships and support for business expansion initiatives

Business Advocacy

Represents member interests in policy development and advocates for pro-business initiatives at local and state levels

Community Leadership

Develops business leadership capacity and facilitates collaboration on community priorities and regional challenges

Financial Information

Form 990 data showing organizational financial health and growth.

Revenue (2023)

$638K

-28.6% vs 2022

Expenses (2023)

$610K

+37% vs 2022

Assets (2023)

$1.5M

-12.1% vs 2022

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2023	$638,357	$610,367	$1,455,835
2022	$894,080	$445,390	$1,656,096
2020	$311,455	$286,910	$1,174,500
2019	$259,481	$225,490	$1,260,454
2018	$624,477	$780,387	$1,213,796

Source: IRS Form 990 filings. All figures in USD.

01

Member Engagement

Identifies priority issues through stakeholder consultation and analysis of business community needs
02

Strategic Planning

Develops targeted initiatives based on member input and regional economic development priorities
03

Program Implementation

Executes programs through partnerships with member organizations and community stakeholders
04

Impact Assessment

Evaluates outcomes through member feedback and tracks progress toward organizational objectives

Programs and Initiatives

Services and programs offered by Fly Fishers International

Community Engagement

Facilitates collaboration between business and community stakeholders on shared priorities

Member Services

Provides networking opportunities, resources, and support to member organizations across the region

Economic Development

Promotes regional economic growth through strategic partnerships and development initiatives

Leadership Programs

Develops business leadership capacity through training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities

Business Advocacy

Represents business interests in policy development and legislative initiatives at state and local levels

2023

Program Enhancement

2023

Launched enhanced member services and expanded advocacy initiatives for business community

2026

Continued Impact

2026

Maintains active programming serving member organizations and regional economic development priorities

Associated People

Board members, advisors, and key contributors

Board of Directors

Alan Phillips Board Member-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Andy Payne Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

Ann Bull Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Anne-Marie Bakker Board Member-Northern California Council 1.00 hrs/week

Aron Dokovna Treasurer-Southwest Council 3.00 hrs/week

Austin Orr Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

Barry Clark Board Member-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Barry Webster Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

Beth Bierman Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

Beth Jappay Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Bill Aucoin Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

Bill Heard Board Member-Streamborn Fly Fishing Club 1.00 hrs/week

Bill Hodges Board Member-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Bill Morrison Secretary-Gulf Coast Council 3.00 hrs/week

Bob Anderson Board Member-Eastern Waters Council 1.00 hrs/week

Bob Dewey Board Member-Carolina Fly Fishing Club 1.00 hrs/week

Bob Elliott Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Bob Martin Board Member-Carolina Fly Fishing Club 1.00 hrs/week

Bob Wilkinson Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

Bobby Brewer Board Member-Southeastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Brad Eaton Board Member-Upper Midwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Brett Morehead Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

Brian Cobos Board Member-High Plains Drifters 1.00 hrs/week

Brian Deloach Board Member-Southeastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Brian McArdle Treasurer-North Eastern Council 3.00 hrs/week

Bruce Brown Secretary-Merced Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

Bruce Hager Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

Bruce Pregler Treasurer-Anglers Of The Au Sable 3.00 hrs/week

Bruce Rohen Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

Bruce Whipple Secretary-Veterans Fly Fishing 3.00 hrs/week

Bryce Bezant Board Member-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Bryce Knight Board Member-North Eastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Bud Johnson Treasurer-High Plains Drifters 3.00 hrs/week

Cameron Schutza Board Member-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Candace Bell Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Cari Vota Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

Carl Gurske Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Carl Johnson Board Member-Washington State Council 1.00 hrs/week

Carmeron Derbyshier Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Carole Ontiveros Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Cathryn Valancius Secretary-Southeastern Council 5.00 hrs/week

Cathy Hamilton Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Cece Rubin Board Member-Northern California Council 1.00 hrs/week

Cece Rubin Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Charles Frank Board Member-Southern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Charlie Daniels Board Member-Southeastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Charlie Daniels Board Member-Veterans Fly Fishing 1.00 hrs/week

Choki Gomez Secretary-Streamborn Fly Fishing Club 3.00 hrs/week

Chris Bevilaqua Secretary-High Plains Drifters 3.00 hrs/week

Chris Vincent Board Member-Upper Midwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Chris Willard Board Member-Northern California Council 1.00 hrs/week

Chris Williams Board Member-Gulf Coast Council 1.00 hrs/week

Christian Price Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

Cindy Crowder Treasurer-Oregon Council 3.00 hrs/week

Clarence Button Board Member-North Eastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Claude Neidlinger Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

Clint Barton Board Member-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Cody Weaver Board Member-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Craig Hunter Board Member-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Craig Smothers Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

Cruz Ornelas Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Dan Tatum Board Member-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Dani Rose Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

Dave Roberts Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

David Folkerts Board Member-Chesapeake Council 1.00 hrs/week

David Hudnall Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

David Lambert Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

David Redd Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

David Smith Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

David Waymire Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

Dean McKay Board Member-Northern California Council 1.00 hrs/week

Deb Freele Board Member-Great Lakes Council 1.00 hrs/week

Debbie Bond Board Member-Northern California Council 1.00 hrs/week

Debbie Sharpton Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Dennis Allen Treasurer-Friends Of Lefty Kreh 3.00 hrs/week

Dennis O'Brien Board Member-Great Lakes Council 1.00 hrs/week

Dennis Stambaugh Treasurer-Stanislaus Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

Dick Erickson Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

Dobbin Buck Board Member-Veterans Fly Fishing 1.00 hrs/week

Don Anderson Board Member-Texas Hill Country Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Don Irwin Board Member-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Don Sawyer Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

Don Simonson Board Member-Washington State Council 1.00 hrs/week

Donald Dehm Treasurer-Gulf Coast Council 3.00 hrs/week

Doug Myers Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Douglas Goosen Board Member-North Eastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Douglas Myers Board Member-Umpqua Valley Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Dwyne Combs Board Member-High Plains Drifters 1.00 hrs/week

Ed Siska Board Member-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Ed Vanover Board Member-Southern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Ed Weston Board Member-High Plains Drifters 1.00 hrs/week

Ethan Ingleheart Board Member-Southern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Flip Siragusa Board Member-Gulf Coast Council 1.00 hrs/week

Frank Brownell Secretary-Mid-Coast Flyfishers 3.00 hrs/week

Frank Burr Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Frank Catino Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

Frank Eldridge Board Member-Northern California Council 1.00 hrs/week

Fridtjof Thomas Board Member-Southern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Gary Begley Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

Gene Barrington Treasurer-Southeastern Council 5.00 hrs/week

Gene Battaglia Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

George Prochaska Secretary-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

George Sylvestre Secretary-North Eastern Council 3.00 hrs/week

Gerald Schwann Board Member-Upper Midwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Glen Giacoletto Board Member-Upper Midwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Glenn Erickson Board Member-Eastern Waters Council 1.00 hrs/week

Greg Lapolla Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

H Carl Crawford Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Hillary Burkhart Secretary-Oregon Council 5.00 hrs/week

Howard Johnson Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

Hugh O'Donnell Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

Jacob Sherwood Board Member-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

James Cass Board Member-Southeastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

James Correa Treasurer-Merced Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

James Goedhart Board Member-Washington State Council 1.00 hrs/week

James Reese Board Member-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Jeff Ferguson Board Member-Gulf Coast Council 1.00 hrs/week

Jeff Helmcamp Secretary-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

Jen Klabunde Secretary-Great Lakes Council 3.00 hrs/week

Jerimy Billy Board Member-Streamborn Fly Fishing Club 1.00 hrs/week

Jerry Coviello Board Member-Eastern Waters Council 1.00 hrs/week

Jim Black Secretary-Washington State Council 3.00 hrs/week

Jim Crislip Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Jim Hines Board Member-Texas Hill Country Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Jim Maus Treasurer-Washington State Council 3.00 hrs/week

Jim Ower Secretary-Hi-Desert Flyfishers 3.00 hrs/week

Jim Schneider Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

Jim Shiflett Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

Jim Stone Treasurer-Ohio Council 3.00 hrs/week

Jody Martin Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Joe Francis Treasurer-Great Lakes Council 3.00 hrs/week

Joe Gerace Board Member-Eastern Waters Council 1.00 hrs/week

Joe Lemire Treasurer-Streamborn Fly Fishing Club 3.00 hrs/week

Joe Radachio Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Joe Sloboda Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

Joe Wantz Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

John Dallas Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

John Driver Board Member-Stanislaus Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

John Hulse Treasurer-Umpqua Valley Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

John Robbins Board Member-Carolina Fly Fishing Club 1.00 hrs/week

John Rose Board Member-Streamborn Fly Fishing Club 1.00 hrs/week

John Russell Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

John Wright Board Member-Southern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Jon Connally Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Jon Tupper Board Member-Southern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Jonathan Hayhurst Treasurer-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

Joyce Haxton Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

Joyce Shepard Board Member-Carolina Fly Fishing Club 1.00 hrs/week

Karen Warfel Treasurer-Florida Council 3.00 hrs/week

Kathleen Bergeron Board Member-Carolina Fly Fishing Club 1.00 hrs/week

Kathleen Bergeron Board Member-Southeastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Katie Cowan Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

Kc Williams Board Member-San Gabriel Fly Fishers 1.00 hrs/week

Keith Groty Board Member-Great Lakes Council 1.00 hrs/week

Ken Babineau Board Member-Florida Council 1.00 hrs/week

Ken Dixon Secretary-Ohio Council 3.00 hrs/week

Kiera Quam Board Member-Texas Council 1.00 hrs/week

Kim Nelson Board Member-Anglers Of The Au Sable 1.00 hrs/week

Kuni Masuda Board Member-Washington State Council 1.00 hrs/week

Kyle Cone Board Member-Veterans Fly Fishing 1.00 hrs/week

Larry Gibbs Board Member-Washington State Council 1.00 hrs/week

Larry Lack Board Member-Northern California Council 1.00 hrs/week

Larry Olson Board Member-Upper Midwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Laura Durdin Secretary-Texas Council 3.00 hrs/week

Laurie Arndt Board Member-Upper Midwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Leigh Ann Swanson Board Member-Southwest Council 1.00 hrs/week

Leo Labbe Board Member-Northern California Council 1.00 hrs/week

Lesie Ester Board Member-Ohio Council 1.00 hrs/week

Linda Hall Secretary-Umpqua Valley Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

Linda Vance Board Member-Southeastern Council 1.00 hrs/week

Lisa Amato Craig Board Member-Oregon Council 1.00 hrs/week

Liz Davis Treasurer-Fort Worth Fly Fishers 3.00 hrs/week

Information compiled from IRS Form 990 and organizational materials.

Executive Compensation

Top compensated officers & key employees from IRS Form 990

Total Reported (2019)

$4K

Highest Paid

$4K

Pat Smith

Compensated Officers

Name	Title	Base	Other	Total	Hrs/Wk
Pat Smith	Managing Director - Ffi Southern Council	$4,200	—	$4,200	1

Name	Title	Base	Other	Total	Hrs/Wk
Pat Smith	Board Member - Ffi Southern Council	$4,200	—	$4,200	1

Source: IRS Form 990 filings. Compensation includes base and other reported compensation.

Contact

Get in touch with Fly Fishers International

Phone

(406) 222-9369 (140) 622-2936

Social

Visit Website

1201 Us Hwy 10 W D4 Livingston, MT 590479000

Fly Fishers International

What They Focus On

Financial Information

How They Work

Member Engagement

Strategic Planning

Program Implementation

Impact Assessment

Programs and Initiatives

Community Engagement

Member Services

Economic Development

Leadership Programs

Business Advocacy

Team & Leadership

Aj Rosenbohm

Andy Mekelburg

Anthony Hipps

Bob Bullock

Brett Morehead

Chris Allen

Clay Hash

Craig Porter

Dave Londeree

Dave Peterson

David Eberly

David Olson

Debra Pauli

Derek Daley

Earl Arnold

Ed Gomez

Gus Link

Jacque Rose

Jeff Johnson

Jeff McElravy

Jeff Schroeder

John Mauldin

Jon Larrabee

Josh Greenburg

Kay Jackson

Lane Thurgood

Milestones

Program Enhancement

Continued Impact

Associated People

Board of Directors

Executive Compensation

Contact

Phone

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