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Q - What has been a few of your highlights so far as a guide?
A - Highlights would include the amount of great people that I have had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with from all over the world. Helping a kid or even adult catch that fish that makes them smile uncontrollably.
Q - Have you learned anything new about yourself and/or fishing in this first season?
A - I have learned how much patience is involved and how little fishing is involved in the business. I personally try to learn new things and take something from the water every day I can. Whether it's adjusting to conditions to put people on fish or a new lure or niche from a guest.
Q - Fishing isn’t always easy. As a guide, how hard do you work each day and week to make the best experience possible for clients? Is there extra work behind the scenes?
A - I work endlessly; basically, there is always something fishing related being done. Behind the scenes work is also endless. Any day possible to be in the office has to be taken. Just an idea of some of the behind the scenes work include boat and equipment maintenance, returning calls, emails, setting up meeting places each day, chasing partnerships, constant driving, invoices, articles, networking, social media, website etc.
Q - To realize this job and make it happen for you and your family, what does this mean to you personally?
A – Personally, I feel blessed to be able to put everything into something I have always had a very strong passion for. I'm excited for the future going forward.
Q - How crazy was it to try this and make it work? There must have been some anxious times?
A - It was beyond crazy to make it work. Took me roughly a year and a half to set things up and even with the amount of work that I had put in there was still a lot of unknowns.
Q - How much, would you say, of your heart, sweat and soul have you put into realizing this next step in the industry and has it changed you in any way?
A - I have literally put everything into this next step. To say I jumped in with both feet would be an understatement. It is changing me in too many ways to even comment. Just mindset and health alone are huge factors I have noticed.
Q - What is truly awesome about being a guide in northern Ontario? What do you love the most and why?
A - I would say the best part is being able to show guests how lucky we are in northern Ontario and kind of show off what I think is the best part about living in the North. We are beyond blessed in the North it is truly any outdoors mans dream up here.
Q - What are you looking forward to as you get more experience as a guide and into the future?
A - I'm looking forward to hopefully growth enough to supply employment and to see how much better I become as a fisherman overall, and always being on the water day after day.
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You’re in your first year of official guiding after doing it for a one-year mock trial. What are some things that have stood out in your first season as a guide?
Everyone always remembers their best fishing stories. Some things that stood out for me so far are how much less fishing time I get on the water LOL, and how many great people I get to meet doing this job. People from all over the world. I have had people from Australia and Scotland and various places in the United States and western Canada.
What do you do to help ensure clients not only have a chance at fish, but, overall, a good time on the water?
I try to always be personable and teach while I am on the boat. About 90 percent of the time we are fishing without bait so teaching a technique gives the client something to take home at the end of the day as well.
What does it mean to you to share your angling passion through guiding?
Sharing my passion is one of the best things about the job. Opening people’s eyes on the industry itself as well as helping make those life lasting memories that people never forget. Highlights would include the amount of great people that I have had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with from all over the world. Helping a kid or even adult catch that fish that makes them smile uncontrollably.