Fishing with a guide
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I have NEVER fished with a guide. No not true: I’ve never PAID for a guide.
I have a buddy in Calgary who owns a fly shop and when I visit him he takes me fishing on the Bow.What do you think about fishing with a guide? I’m used to explore a new river with my buddies I fish. The idea of hiring a guide and paying him $300+ for a days fishing makes us look sore… We prefer the adventure of learning new waters. Are we Europeans just cheap or are we missing out something?
Oh BTW, fishing out of a boat is fun for every once in a while but generally I prefer wade fishing because from a boat you just float and miss out all the nice spots you can check out when wading.
A guide gets you local knowledge, local flies, and most importantly local access to the fish. Everyone who comes to new water immediately goes to the public access. Everyone uses the same predictable flies, or the ones the shops are selling. But shop flies don’t typically resemble the ones the guides use, and guides frequently invent their own. Guides are on the cutting edge of their water and are typically the best fishermen out there.
Now here comes the clue:
Maybe we are a bit weird on this but we generally don’t want to be shown where to, which fly to use nor shown how to fish. I mean what else is then to learn rather then casting with the fly of the guide to the spot the guide spots? I’m assuming that one is knowledable of catching a decent fish. Not beginners.Maybe lawyers and doctors who picked up fly fishing after watching The movie and wants to fish for a week in a year in Montana would need such a service.
Now, fishing WITH a buddy (be it a local or not) is something different in my view. He might or might not suggest a fly if you’re not doing well but generally you will fish your own way and generally just enjoy the company. I won’t mind if the local buddy catches more or bigger fish but that’s his advantage of knowing his river. Sure, I’ll pick up some tips from him along the way.
Jay
Places I WOULD hire a guide are inaccesable places like in the jungle of Brazil or bonefish spots somwhere God-knows-where deep in the flats of some sunny island.
But basically we are talking about general trout fishing in rivers and streams that has good access.
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