About Curtis Leyenaar

Curtis Leyenaar is a professional river guide with Murphy Sportfishing, Vice President of the Alberni Valley Tyee Club, and an Island Fisherman Magazine "Guide of the Year" recipient. Born and raised in Port Alberni with deep family roots in local salmon enhancement—carrying on the conservation legacy of the Jake Leyenaar Salmon Hatchery and the Alberni Valley Enhancement Association—Curtis possesses intimate knowledge of the Somass and Stamp river systems and the Alberni Inlet. A prostaff angler for Scotty Fishing Products and Rapala/Normark Canada, his writing focuses on reading river water for winter steelhead, dialed-in slip-float depth calibration, and tactical river terminal setups using soft beads, marabou jigs, worms, and spinners.