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Why You Don't Want To Be A Fly Fishing Guide (or, Another Sign of the Fly Fishing Apocalypse)

By Tom Chandler 1/15/2010

Anyone who has ever taken someone fly fishing for money will suffer from Post Traumatic Guide-Related Stress Flashbacks after viewing this video. (Better put that crisis counselor on speed dial.)

Those with common sense, disgust for those who mistake a chipmunk for a rattlesnake, or a weak stomach may want to turn away.

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Tom Chandler

As the author of the decade leading fly fishing blog Trout Underground, Tom believes that fishing is not about measuring the experience but instead of about having fun. As a staunch environmentalist, he brings to the Yobi Community thought leadership on environmental and access issues facing us today.

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David Roberts: OK, like Robert said, “had worse, just didn't get it on film.” The guy that set up on a steelhead throwing his slack line up and back to get it out of his way (I had been telling him all morning to reel up the slack) a loop of line goes over my head, and when the fish took up the slack and choked the shit out of me, and broke off the fish, he started yelling at me that I had lost ... more his fish. He is also the only one I have ever pulled into the next boat ramp and told him to get out of the boat and call for a ride and keep your money, and headed for my rig down river.David (Quote) Dave, I'm laughing soo hard my cofee's coming out my nose! The tart is an idiot and the girl is worse, look at their faces when they see the waders to get into; priceless! I bet Graham got no tip!
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You coward. Get back in there and finish it...
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"Guiding is like prostitution only one of the party has the fun." That's brilliant. Why can't I think of stuff like that? Nice.
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I tried. I really did. I made it to :50.
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Watch the video again, and tell me if our heroine didn't intentionally pull the guide down the first time he went in...
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The guide missed his only chance for redeeming any value from the whole ordeal. When he started to loose his footing by that girl (I think calling her a woman or a lady would be a stretch), he should have grabbed for the closet thing that would have helped him stay afloat. "Oh sorry, miss...I was just trying to keep from going down on you."
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Info from the two guides above confirms the scenario I envisioned when I considered becoming a guide...no thanks. I'll stick with casting instruction. It's only two hours, unless you wanna make it longer, and you can make it so that the likes of those two will leave well before that...
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Dave thats what you get when you hire a left handed guide with only one ore in the water. First loose the poor bastard's fish then make him walk home...Guiding is like prostitution only one of the party has the fun....wayne.
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I didn't actually *accuse* you of losing my fish, more suggesting that you should have endured the choking for the time it took to land the fish. Say another 5-10 minutes...
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OK, like Robert said, "had worse, just didn't get it on film." The guy that set up on a steelhead throwing his slack line up and back to get it out of his way (I had been telling him all morning to reel up the slack) a loop of line goes over my head, and when the fish took up the slack and choked the shit out of me, and broke off the fish, he started yelling at me that I had lost his fish. He is also ... more the only one I have ever pulled into the next boat ramp and told him to get out of the boat and call for a ride and keep your money, and headed for my rig down river. David
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I've had worse, I just didn't get it on camera.
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That is why guiding is selling your soul.
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Been there, done that, washing my drift boat with the T-shirt...
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Where do these people come from?! I'm with Brian, the guide shoulda just said "I don't think so" as soon as he saw these two walking up. No amount of money would get me to put up with them for 15 min., let alone a half or full day.
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Who revealed the Official Guides' Motto to Erin- "I guess it's just my nature to help other people." Hope Graham detoxed those waders afterward. Whirling disease would be the least of the concerns with that pair.
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That was too funny but then again, I'm not a guide. My guide appreciation just went way up!
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That was really uncomfortable, and much more commonplace than you think. (shudder) What comes to mind is the pair of fellows I had on Hat Creek - I'd be nursemaiding one into a fish and the other fellow is upstream yelling, "Stick 'em, Brucie!" ... which in the evening calm carried about a mile and a half ...
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here is the lesson, yes that was a rattle snake the biggest one i've seen this morning the snakes in the river are even bigger. wait till you see the rats watch them leave cut losses and go fishing alone
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Regardless of one's stance on abortion, this proves that the decision should be delayed until all factors can be considered, years later.
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That'll teach me to read the disclaimer.
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You just don't KNOW who/what you will meet streamside or at the beach when the customers transport arrives. I bailed on a bicycle touring company, years ago, because of beings like those. You just don't know...
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this definitely makes me reconsider the dream of becoming a guide.
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This great couple very much enjoyed their boat ride with me last week :>) and my Sushi rolls at lunch were a big hit! We were able to really commune with nature, but of course neither one of them cared to touch the fish ;>(
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As long as she isn't talking she has some admirable qualities, probably enough to save her from being swept downstream and out of the gene pool and kept around camp to replace the pet parrot. Her partner on the other has no redeeming traits and why the guide doesn't just cut his suspender straps and walk away is beyond me but that's life. We have made such a mess of the "natural order" of things that ... more purging the gene pool of flawed genetic information is no longer possible and those same flawed genetics are now in fact thriving in some places. It looks to me like this guides experience has probably been limited to the California capitol trout pond which puts him right on par with these two. Aye, in the end it makes my stomach turn...
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WTF was that? A chipmunk? Very nice to meet you....
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This video has forced me to rethink my stance on packing heat on fishing trips.
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