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ROW ADVENTURES Coeur d' Alene, Idaho United States www.ROWadventures.com
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ROW Founders, Peter Grubb & Partner Betsy Bowen

ROW Adventures was founded by Peter Grubb in 1979 and specializes in river trips in Idaho, Montana and Oregon, and adventure tours around the globe. Peter and Betsy have personally led dozens of yacht trips in Turkey, Greece and Croatia, and have expanded their Adventure Cruise offerings to include Alaska and British Columbia. Nothing teaches better than first-hand experience, and today we offer a wealth of knowledge in small group travel, custom trips and yacht charters around the world.

People join us because of our attention to detail, warm hospitality and the experience gained from fulfilling guest’s adventure travel dreams for over 24 years. We have an extensive list of references available on request.

Jake Hood, Manager/Guide, Rods n' Reels Out West

I began fly-fishing in the mid-1980s after taking a fly tying course as a way to pass the winter doldrums here in our snowy inland northwest. I caught and released my first cutthroat trout on the beautiful St. Joe River. My second date with my wife was to fly-fish for cutts on the headwaters to the Coeur d’ Alene River, and thousands of hours before and since have been spent doing even more fishing and guiding. Fly-fishing has been my passion for twenty years now and I’ve fished and guided throughout the inland northwest and Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

I was born and raised in Spokane, Washington and I continue to live there with my bride, Linda. I have worked in the professional fly-fishing industry since 1989 as a retail manager and guide manager in Idaho, Montana and Washington. I was first licensed to guide the St. Joe in 1993 and have logged countless hours on this gem since. I am, by all accounts, a fanatical fly-fisherman that spends as many hours as possible fishing when I’m not on the water guiding. I have no particular favorite genre of fly-fishing but, as luck would have it, I do like to row the boat nearly as much as I like to fish.

I am passionate about the waters that I guide and fish on and feel deeply about sharing those waters with our guests. Guiding for me is about creating the relationship with the river that I have come to enjoy for each of my guests. This can sometimes be a challenge in such brief encounters but it is always my goal. Thoreau said, “ The mass of men live their entire lives in quiet desperation”.

I believe the cure for desperation is fly-fishing.

Thoreau also said, “ He who travels confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, will enjoy a success unexpected in common hours.”

All I know is that I love to fish!