Captain Bruce is a full time Florida Keys Flats guide. For over 17 years now he has guided many anglers to their catch of a lifetime. As a Federation of Fly Fishers MASTER Certified Fly Casting Instructor, Capt Bruce has conducted, taught, and hosted many of his own personal fly fishing schools internationally in the Bahamas, Guatemala, Belize, and all over the U.S. As a paid speaker at sportsman shows around the U.S., Bruce has had the opportunity to establish a working relationship with many of the largest companies in the fly fishing industry, leading to the development of the Capt Bruce Chard - Jim Teeny Professional Grand Slam Series of fly lines - The Chard Permit Fly Line, Chard Tarpon fly line, and Chard Redfish-Bonefish fly line, by Jim Teeny Co. (a leader in the development of the most specialized fly lines in the world). New this year is the release of a full line up of Captain Bruce Chard - Jim Teeny Professional series premium hand tied saltwater leaders. These hand tied to perfection leaders cover all the angles from special tapered permit leaders to extra stealthy bonefish leaders, and easy to use barracuda/shark wire tippit leaders to super strong tarpon leaders in both traditional and Kick butt designs. These superb saltwater leaders are some of the best saltwater leaders on the market today.

Bruce is the top salwater member on the Ross World Wide advisary staff , and is also on the Simms Ambassador program where he helps extensivley in the design , promotion, and testing of future fly fishing products. Capt Chard is also a top pro staff member with a number of other well know fly fishing companies like Ross Reels USA, Jim Teeny Fly Line Company, Cliff Boxes, Gamakatsu Hooks, Buff Headwear,Seaguar, Whiting Farms, and Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures.

As of March 2010 Bruce has been named the new salt water contributer for Fly Fish America Magazine.

Bruce has also been featured in many major fly fishing catalogs with Ross Reels, G-Loomis Rods, Thomas and Thomas Rod Company, Riverborn Fly Company, Jim Teeny Fly Line Company, and Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures. Ross Reels and Ross World Wide has used Bruce extensivly in their advertising in over 8 different fly fishing magazines and online websites. You can find Capt Bruce on the cover of 9 major fly fishing magazines, featuring in numerous fly fishing articles, has published many fly fishing articles, televised fly fishing shows, and most recent of all Bruce stars in the new, unbelievable fly fishing movie called "RISE" - a Confluence Films Production. As a new innovative fly designer, some of Capt Chard's flies are being sold world wide trough the Riverborn Fly Company. Chard has over 27 Fly Patterns available through Riverborn Fly Company, ranging from Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon Flies. Many more flies are being added to the Chard collection through Riverborn every year. Look for more exciting things to come from Capt Bruce in near future.