Moving Your Game Up a Notch

Fly fishing guide Randal Sumner turns a question on its head and asks, “Who makes a perfect fly fishing client?” His answer says a lot about what you should expect in a great guide. “The real trick in my job is to match the client’s skill level with the fishing conditions on the day they have chosen to come fishing with me. Sounds simple, like making contact with the Mother Ship with my Tommy the Spaceman decoder ring. My perfect client is a person who is a student of the fly-fishing game — maybe not the greatest caster or angler, but interested in learning, moving their game up a notch or two.”