Siver Hilton, I guess I should have stared this by saying in 11 years I have fished with over 1300 clients, all but maybe 10 were great people and we had a great time, but like in any job where you come in contact with alot of people there are bound to be a few personality conflicts, and some people that are just not overly pleasant to be around.
As for guys bringing there own gear, I have know problem with it, if it is appropriate. I have had guys bring gear that would be outmatched for 10 lbs. steelhead and they want to fish kings with it, I've seen guys bring tuna rods with 2 speed Penn Internationals to fish kings, you ever try to mooch something like that, how about mooching with spinning rods and reels, I don't tell them they can't use it I just explain that when they want to get serious and catch some fish let me know and I'll set up an appropriate rod.
As for clients telling a guide where they are going to fish, which has happened to me a couple times, I am on the water everyday and I work with 24 other guides, we know what is happening and where, twice guys have got on the boat and said we caught fish at point X last year thats where we want to fish today, in the mean time, the rest of the boats are headed 20 miles in the other direction and I'm off to last years hotspot, end of the day these guys are looking at little or no fish while everyone that went to the hotspot is in early with limits and I become the bad guy for not performing a miracle. Like I said, this happened twice.
Hope this clears things up a little, didn't mean to ruffle so many feathers, just wanted to give guides a chance to vent a few frustrations they have had to deal with during their guiding careers.