Captain Brandon Shuler is a waterman in every sense of the word.  He heeded the ocean’s briny call thirty-one years ago at the early age of four and has never looked back.

Brandon’s formative years on the water found him sharing time between pillowed iceboxes on his old man’s boat or walking along the deck with a Clorox bottle tied to his belt so he would float in the wayward event he went overboard.  However, over time, Brandon spurned the Clorox bottle and now chases the biggest fish and waves across the globe—no life preserver required.

His first few years out of high school were an awakening experience.  He spent the first three years as a US Navy Search and Rescue Diver before running to the arms of higher education at the College of Charleston.  While at the College of Charleston, Brandon became a renowned local triathlete, runner, and swimmer.  He earned his BS in Exercise Physiology in 1996 and upon graduation landed his first employment as an Assistant National Teams Coach for the USA Triathlon’s Resident Team in Colorado Spring, Colorado.

In 2000, Brandon accepted a position as Head Age Group Swim Coach for the CCA Marlins in Roanoke, Virginia.  After a short period in Roanoke and burned out on coaching, Brandon sought another challenge and tempted his fate in the stock market.  Brandon landed a position with MetLife and became a pension sales specialist. He ranked in the top-three annuity salesmen for the entire company three months running and two of those months he ranked first.  Brandon worked with MetLife until 2004 when he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

Brandon, one that listens to signs and clues, decided it was time for him to pursue his life long dream and passion.  Always a writer and with aspirations to make a living from it, Brandon, along with his father Captain Bruce Shuler, discussed the realities of Brandon becoming a full time writer.  With no formal training, or ideas at the time, Brandon decided, or was he coerced, to join the family business, Getaway Adventures Lodge.  Brandon earned his 50 Ton USCG Captains License and has become one of the most respected offshore fly-fishing guides on the Texas coast.  Brandon has guided his clients, or himself, to a number of Texas Parks and Wildlife Blue Water Fly Fishing Records and a smattering of IGFA World Fly Records.

Never straying far from his dream of writing--Brandon has now written for a number of nationally and regionally renowned outdoors magazines.  He is a masthead contributor to Shallow Water Angler, David Samm’s Lonestar Outdoor News, and Jonette Child’s Saltwater Texas.  Brandon also frequently appears on television shows for Mid-West Outdoors TV, Mark Davis’ Big Water Adventures, and Shallow Water Angler TV.  Brandon is currently working on a Texas Trophy Trout book and two collections of short stories.  He is also launching Texas Wader, a website dedicated to Texas wade-fish enthusiasts, in the summer of 2008.

When Brandon is not on the water, he is pursuing an MA in Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Texas Pan-American.  He is also married to his beautiful wife Ashley.  They are expecting there first son, Parker Reed Shuler, in November.