2. STINK-EYE PROOF
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3. SAVVY ANGLER
2. STINK-EYE PROOF
Is your guide getting the“ Stink Eye?” Does it seem like anglers are staring at you as you float by? Was that a rock I just heard entering the water? Yikes! Just like any kind of sporting pursuit, guided fly fishing has rules. Nothing too onerous, mind you. Yet, among the brotherhood of guides and outfitters, common courtesy is required.
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For example: hover nymphing a pod of steelhead from your boat will get you the stink-eye on the Methow, every time. Why? Because these‘ brothers’ must all share the resource with their clientele. Hogging it at the expense of another is not cool.
Furthermore, if some have misbehaved in some way, they’ re not likely to be informed by other guiding operations about the best fishing. Neighborly guiding is crucial because in many guided fishing arenas, guides depend upon one another to find the fish and figure out how to catch them. So, if you can get the‘ word on the street’( again, talk to local fly shops and anglers) about a certain guide, it may pay you back in fish caught if she is Stink- Eye Proof.
3. SAVVY ANGLER
Your fly fishing guide should also be a very savvy angler— naturally!!! Spending a day with an experienced guide should reveal new and interesting ways to fool a gamefish or read the water. I also believe the best guides are uncommonly