fack off wayne.....go take your meds
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fack off wayne.....go take your meds
thanx for the recommendations guys
Not all anglers make good guides!! A wise man gave me some advise, he at the time was one of the best guides in Ontario and I was just getting started guiding... He said "if you're in a spot with a friend or customer and the fish are biting like crazy and you cant resist to grab your rod and fish or it's killing you to not wet a line then you're not a good guide, but if you get just as much enjoyment out of watching someone else catching all the fish, you'll make a good guide" he was bang on! Keep in mind, Just because your a fishing guide doesn't mean you're fishing everyday... Most years I guide every day for steelhead from the middle of October to the beginning of December, if the conditions where good I was out there and I rarely fished 1 day myself in over 40 days on the water... Guiding's not as easy as it looks sometimes.. there's tons of behind the scenes stuff you don't see or know about.. Most of my guide days are 12 hours + and I don't get to fish much of the time.. It can also kill the passion for the sport, to much of a good thing scenario.. Not trying to deter you but that's stuff you should know before you dive in...There was a good article on fishing guides, but I cant find it. you should google - life as a fishing guide... I agree with a lot of guys, contact some lodges, you can learn from them and their other guides.. that's the best start...good luck
i truly get a buzz from showing what i know and watching others use my advise with success....im the type of guy who hands my rod off to a newb when i get a nice fish on
Take it from an old guy: follow your dreams, grasshopper, and don't get married and have kids - yet. I love it when a young person knows what they want to do. Others have given some good advice here. I would echo the advice to"just do it". Send letters to lodges and follow up with calls. Go to sportsmen's shows and talk with the lodge owners that are there. Let them know what you want and what you can offer. Think like them: who would you want to hire as a guide? If it was me doing the hiring, a diploma from an accredited educational institute wouldn't mean that much. I would want someone personable and somewhat worldly so he could relate to as many different types of customers as possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by 123chadder