Guides - Alaskan Region

“Pudge” Kleinkauf is Alaska’s leading woman fly fishing instructor, fly tier and guide. Renowned for her teaching skills in both fly fishing and fly tying, she is also Alaska’s best-known woman guide, offering lodge-based flyfishing schools and small-group guided trips for women and couples to a wide variety of Alaska’s best known fly fishing locations. She also leads guided trips for saltwater fly fishing to Mexico each spring and leads annual trips to Argentina in January.  A regular presenter at outdoor shows around the country, Pudge is also one of the “Special Explorers” for the Alaska Magazine Television Series on PBS. In addition to owning and operating Women’s Flyfishing® Pudge is the author of three books: Fly Fishing Women Explore Alaska, River Girls: Fly Fishing for Young Women, and Fly Fishing for Alaska’s Arctic Grayling: Sailfish of the North and is contributing editor for Fish Alaska Magazine.

A retired University professor and lawyer, Pudge is member and one of the founders of the Intl. Women Fly Fishers. She serves as a Fly Fishing Ambassador for Patagonia®, and as a Pro Staff member for Ross Reels, Scientific Angler™, Sierra Stream & Mountain, Jay Fair, and others. Her business, Women’s Flyfishing® is a member of Trout Unlimited’s Outfitters, Guides, and Business Members Program, as well as a member of the Guides Association of the Federation of Fly Fishers.