Our Team
Bob Shannon
Bob is the owner of The Fly Rod Shop in Stowe, VT, which started in 1986, and has over 25 years of experience teaching fly fishing. Bob’s traveled throughout the US as well as the Caribbean chasing just about every fish there is!
Parker Wright
This is Parker’s 13th year here at The Fly Rod Shop. Parker has grown up in Waterbury just south of Stowe and has lived there his entire life. He has been enjoying the outdoors since he can remember, fishing since he was old enough to hold a rod and has been hunting since he was old enough to shoot a gun. He started to fly fish at the age of 12 and has been doing it ever since.
Stephanie Olsen
Stephanie was born in a small town in New York and came to Vermont after high school to attend Sterling College. With her love of natural history and drive to educate people and protect wildlife habitat and forests, she graduated with a degree in conservation ecology. After graduation, she pursued her outdoors career and stated in Vermont. She spent two years as an AmeriCorps member at the Montpelier Parks Department creating sustainable trails, managing invasive plants and creating a beautiful place for the public to enjoy nature. Currently, she is a teacher’s assistant at the Barre Technical Center helping to educate high school students for the Natural Resources and Sustainability Program. When she is not in the woods teaching about how to protect and conserve our environment, you can find her fishing for trout and walleye!
Alex Iantuono
Alex grew up in Manhattan Beach, California and has been fishing since his early youth. He enjoys many outdoor activities and has deep experience fishing for a wide variety of species in both fresh and salt water. Alex came to Vermont to attend the University of Vermont and graduated with a degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism. He can often be found fishing the rivers near the Fly Rod Shop in search of large smallmouth, and sneaking around the smaller high-mountain streams in pursuit of brook trout. As someone who is passionate about fish and their environment, Alex is always excited to share his knowledge and experience with other anglers.
Matthew Amenta
Matthew was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. After high school, he attended Northern Vermont university as an outdoor education major. This is his sixth year here at the Fly Rod Shop. Matt has been fishing for just about his whole life and is eager to pass on the tradition.
Sean Reid
Sean is originally from the gulf coast of Louisiana. He grew up bass fishing the lakes, swamps, and marshes of south Louisiana. He eventually began spending more time offshore, where he guided clients on big game trips for marlin, wahoo, and dolphin, as well as coastal fishing for redfish and speckled trout. Most winters were spent in a duck or goose blind, guiding clients in some of the best waterfowl hunting to be found in North America. Eventually Sean started spending more and more time in the mountains, where he developed a passion for trout fishing. Now settled in the Green Mountains of Vermont, Sean loves sharing that passion with clients and introducing them to the amazing fisheries that the area has to offer. In his free time, you’ll probably find Sean on a stream somewhere, whether swinging streamers to brown trout, or hiking a high mountain stream for our native brook trout.
Tina Sprague
Tina’s been with the shop for the past 10 years or so however more recently started here full time. You may find her in the shop, running one of the Women’s Fly Fishing Schools or she may be plugging away on the back end of the shop website!!!