11-23-2008, 07:26 PM
[indent]Well, sure. That's why I use a flyrod and a flintlock rifle.
For me it's the doing. Catching a fish just means I solved the problem. And anything I shoot for the table is just extra. Frosting on the cake, as it was.
But when you're guiding (which is what I understood your post to mean), you personal feelings have to be subsummed. What counts is pleasing the sport.
Most of them say they're only in it for the sport. But, as you well know, the bottom line is that they're there to catch fish. Your job is to do whatever it takes to assure that.
You ever read John Gierach's tale "Guiding and Being Guided?" I can relate. Boy, can I relate. Which is why I'm a great teacher, but a not so great guide; and avoid doing it whenever I can
Brook
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For me it's the doing. Catching a fish just means I solved the problem. And anything I shoot for the table is just extra. Frosting on the cake, as it was.
But when you're guiding (which is what I understood your post to mean), you personal feelings have to be subsummed. What counts is pleasing the sport.
Most of them say they're only in it for the sport. But, as you well know, the bottom line is that they're there to catch fish. Your job is to do whatever it takes to assure that.
You ever read John Gierach's tale "Guiding and Being Guided?" I can relate. Boy, can I relate. Which is why I'm a great teacher, but a not so great guide; and avoid doing it whenever I can
Brook
http://www.the-outdoor-sports-advisor.com
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