Stick to word of mouth referrals from friends or other fisherman, thats the closest you can get to trying before you buy when it comes to guides. I personally only use one guide on the peninsula and will not go with anyone else. I have 8 other friends who all use him and none of us will ever look for another. Between us we probably book on average 16 trips a year with him at $325 a trip which equals $5200 bucks a year this equals a lot of faith in one guy. I can share more info via e-mail since I don't want to post another guides name on Bob's board. This is not Mansfield either.