Arnie has been a professional guide/outfitter since 1977, holding guides licenses in Wyoming, Idaho, Yellowstone Park and Montana at one time or another. He was a biology, chemistry and physics educator, as well as a head coach for 11 years in Montana. In 1991, he developed one of the top lodges in the U.S., Missouri Riverside Outfitters and Lodge on the Missouri River in Montana. From this facility he guides outdoors people to some of the finest fly fishing and upland bird hunting in the U.S. Arnie is a regular speaker and casting demonstrator at annual fly fishing retail shows.