Ya, if that is how you imagine it, then you shouldn't become a guide. I do the guiding thing to be on the water everyday the fishing is good. If it's not good fishing, then I don't go. Most of my clients are good fiends as well as patrons. If I didn't fish durring the day it is because the boat already has 4 guys fishing. Otherwise I fish everyday. If I don't fish, my clients tell me to get a line in the water. 95% of the time they want you to fish. They have a better chance to take home fish if you have more lines in the water.

If you are a driftboat guide and you sidedrift steelhead without a motor, then you are one of the unlucky ones who gets stuck on the oars. Not the worst place to be in the cold winter days.

I can't imagine spending my life anywhere else but on the water. I cant get enough. Even when I'm not fishing, I still love being on the water.