BONEDALE FISHING REPORT #20

BONEDALE FISHING REPORT #20

WHAT’S GONE IS GONE WHAT’S LOST IS LOST

Being a guide is a bit like being a cheap whore. The shop or outfitter is your pimp, and they get a significant portion of the action. It’s an unholy union, but necessary, and how else are you going to procure the massive quantity of bugs it takes to get through a long season? I know I don’t want the hassle. One day, we cranked through seven-dozen flies, and there was whiskey involved. Another problem with the shop is you have to play by the rules, something I’m not fond of. It’s an annual event for me to hang out and annoy the store manager, telling him all the things he could be doing better. Generally, it falls on deaf ears, but makes me feel cleansed. I do it during the spring, because I don’t have the energy to bitch as much during the high season. When you hire a guide, remember we don’t make much dinero, so tip well. It helps more than you know. Guides, at least the good ones, do what they do because they’re not qualified for any other line of work. All of us, especially the fly shops, want to see the good whores stay on the water.

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Kea C. Hause esq.

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Searching for interstate bass near Silt, CO. Photo: Copi Vojta