Meet Cleanline’s Owner and Head Guide, Blake Klopfenstein
Cleanline Sportfishing’s owner and head guide Blake Klopfenstein, provides the right balance of local knowledge, passion for fishing, years of experience on the water and is always eager to teach everything he knows to those willing to learn.
Blake’s passion for sportfishing started at a very early age, accompanying his father on patrols of Babine Lake in B.C.’s interior, with fishing pole in hand while his father conducted salmon surveys up various feeding tributaries. Nothing like a stream teaming with hungry rainbow trout to keep this 5 year old occupied for hours on end! It didn’t take long for Blake to develop a keen interest in fly fishing, growing up early on in the Steelhead mecca of the world, Smithers B.C., fueling a new passion that would take him fishing all over the world. From many remote river and lake systems all over B.C., Chile’s Patagonia, many winters spent abroad in tropical regions in Mexico, Central America, and Asia, Blake has honed his fishing skills in both salt and freshwater fishing techniques from around the world.
Somewhere in between, after 5 years of University, Blake earned himself a Bachelor’s in surfing and a Masters in fishing. Although somehow he did end up with a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Victoria, specializing in geography and biology, perhaps he had ulterior motives furthering his education on Vancouver Island. Having spent the last 12 years fishing professionally on Vancouver Island, Blake now resides full time in the town of Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island where he owns and operates Cleanline Sportfishing. If you would like to join Blake and to experience what Cleanline has to offer call us now to book! 1.855.726.3828