I am definatley outclassed when it comes to technology and the internet......no fight from me on that one....But I worry about catching fish for my customers and catch more then all the younger dudes hands down ! There are a slim few who can hang with me day in and day out putting fish in the boat. That is why I fished more days this last fall then any other guide......I took very few days off and when the river was High and Blown I took my people and got them limits.....I figured out along time ago how to catch em when the water was blown and kept working and killing fish..............I have had several Booking agent / Guide agent people contact me not only from here but from abroad and have asked me to relocate and say that all I have to do is fish and they handle on the business stuff and to be honest with you that is what I need.......I suck at the business end, I hate worrying about putting stuff up on FB and twitter and instagram, I could care less, but at this day in age that is what fills the boats.....you no longer have to be a good fisherman or an experienced rower you have to excel at all the technology and master that then you will always have a full boat............. Pretty sad if you ask me.............Just like what one of my clients witnessed recently on the nooch and took a few pics of it. He watched one of these quote un quote "Young Guns type " hook and rehook a steelhead while changing jackets and plugs on the rod to make it look like he had caught multiple fish............pretty ridiculous if you ask me............us old dogs just go catch more fish..........oh well....
Time will tell where all of this leads and where I go...I am just trying to shed some light on everything and am glad to have stirred this up enough to have a good progressive thread.....and to the haters.....JUst keep hating and wishing you could fish like me.............
Peace Fly

Dude just make a simple web page with a photo of you with the hair playing that Les Paul like you were Ted Nugent and watch the money roll right in!!

Also Fly, you have one of the nicest guide web sites and logos/brands, if not the nicest, and you have the strongest forum/community presence out of all the guides I know. Keep it up, keep it professional, and I'm sure you'll continue to be successful!

Hankster..............Steelhead season as been almost the opposite as salmon.... dont know why but Salmon season was incredible and Steelhead is slow for bookings sofar.....feb is getting busy though and I am known for big nates so we will see what the year brings.....
Thanks Fly

So Spankster...............ya gonna come up and take a trip with fly then on day #2 jump in with me & Stam...............???????. Lol.. Good luck,

SZ

Fine Fuk U.Good luck,

SZ

PS, U couldn't hang more than 30 minutes anyways. Lol.......

Just got an email from family who went on a guided trip on the Klamath, I believe. 60 fish in a couple of days, averaged about 24" with a couple up to 30". Guide told them when to come back and find the big ones were just "average". Very pretty looking fish.

Fly,

If you do decide to stay with it (guiding), I am looking to market a guide in your A/O.

I will not promise you a billon customers, however I am looking for a guide that fishes that area.

I do strictly the marketing end of the business.

Best regards,


Corey

a timber hitch to the wrist about 3 ft up from the anchor, and hankster should be able to hang all day....

Fly, I bet if the Puget Sound rivers were managed well enough to offer good steelhead fishing extended past mid February you wouldn't see so many weekender/part time guides in your neck of the woods. I imagine it will only get worse unfortunately. Running a shuttle service during steelhead season doesn't seem like a bad idea actually, and if you can service 7400, you're golden.

How's that marriage working out Saundu?

Lol


Classic

this old hull has plenty of barnacles... can you haul me on a beach with a Californian mermaid?

take me with you

I hope it picks up because the S Fork sucked when it dropped in. Fish are late I think.

Some Classic stuff in here now......................Thanks Guys..........
Corey.............thinking about it..........if I stay out at it I will hit you up, if I dont I have a couple of really good dudes I will send your way...........
PeaceFly

Fly, please go back to posting just the pics of top less women. Your posts were more tolerable then. Thanks.
X.

I think everyone should post pics of topless women, but then I'm funny like that .