Fishing Answers
Want to hire a fly fishing guide?
I've fished before, but never fly fishing. How do you find a qualified guide?
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- Contact your local Fly Shop. Most Fly Shops have (or know) a guide. If there is no Fly Shops in your immediate area, ask around your larger local bait & tackle.
- It'd help to know where you are. There's a chance you're right smack in some Y!A user's neighborhood and they could direct you right to the front door of the guide you want. If I were looking for a guide I'd just do a Google search like, "Green River fly fishing guide." That would be a start. Most fly fishing shops either have in-house guides or they're plugged into local guides and pros in the area. Sometimes you can find flyers or business cards for guides or trip services at ordinary sporting good stores. If I couldn't come up with some leads from those sources, I'd break down and see if I could find the phone book... there must be one around here, somewhere, but I can't imagine a guide will be that hard to find, especially if you live in an area where there's lots of fishing. Once you have a few leads, call up and ask them every question you can think of. Ask for references. Make sure they're licensed and bonded, and make sure you know what the bottom line is before you leave. After that, it's just a matter of opening your wallet -- real wide...
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