20 Ways to Endear Yourself to Your Fly Fishing Guide
Posted 08-08-2008 at 10:50 AM by Fish Bones
A friend of mine and fly fishing guide sent me a list of several things that he humorously calls...
20 Ways to Endear Yourself to Your Fly Fishing Guide
Want to insure that your fly fishing guide always remembers you? Here is a list of things you can do to guarantee he never will forget you. Choose two or more from the list and you are sure to be the topic of conversation the next time he gets together with other guides.
1. Show up late, because you didn't know you were in a different time zone than your home.
2. Bring your dog.
3. Wear dark soled shoes on a white flats boat.
4. Call him at home after 10:00 PM the night before your trip.
5. Bring a cooler because you "want to eat a big bass".
6. Get mad and pout because he won't let you drive the boat.
7. Show up with the flu, and infect your guide before you leave.
8. Remark several times that "anybody who pays $500.00 for fly rod is a fool" (while using the guide's $500.00 rod).
9. Retort to every decision he makes with "Well Lefty says...".
10. Get too drunk to cast by lunchtime, and then demand a refund for the rest of the day since you can't fish.
11. Bring real good cigars, don't share.
12. Bring real bad cigars, share frequently.
13. Repeatedly try to help launch the boat.
14. Pay for a one-person trip, then have three of your buddies follow you and your guide everywhere and fish right beside you all day.
15. Cuss out your guide over things he has no control over, like bad weather and power generation schedules.
16. While fishing with your guide, tell every stranger you meet on the river what fly is working and how to fish it.
17. The day after your trip, be seen leaving the river with a stringer of big trout.
18. Hook your guide.
19. Insist on driving your new car to the river and then get mad at your guide because it got scratched.
20. Show up with a hangover and the new girlfriend you met at the bar last night.
By Rob Woodruff
20 Ways to Endear Yourself to Your Fly Fishing Guide
Want to insure that your fly fishing guide always remembers you? Here is a list of things you can do to guarantee he never will forget you. Choose two or more from the list and you are sure to be the topic of conversation the next time he gets together with other guides.1. Show up late, because you didn't know you were in a different time zone than your home.
2. Bring your dog.
3. Wear dark soled shoes on a white flats boat.
4. Call him at home after 10:00 PM the night before your trip.
5. Bring a cooler because you "want to eat a big bass".
6. Get mad and pout because he won't let you drive the boat.
7. Show up with the flu, and infect your guide before you leave.
8. Remark several times that "anybody who pays $500.00 for fly rod is a fool" (while using the guide's $500.00 rod).
9. Retort to every decision he makes with "Well Lefty says...".
10. Get too drunk to cast by lunchtime, and then demand a refund for the rest of the day since you can't fish.
11. Bring real good cigars, don't share.
12. Bring real bad cigars, share frequently.
13. Repeatedly try to help launch the boat.
14. Pay for a one-person trip, then have three of your buddies follow you and your guide everywhere and fish right beside you all day.
15. Cuss out your guide over things he has no control over, like bad weather and power generation schedules.
16. While fishing with your guide, tell every stranger you meet on the river what fly is working and how to fish it.
17. The day after your trip, be seen leaving the river with a stringer of big trout.
18. Hook your guide.
19. Insist on driving your new car to the river and then get mad at your guide because it got scratched.
20. Show up with a hangover and the new girlfriend you met at the bar last night.
By Rob Woodruff
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