Becoming a Fishing Guide, with Mike Dawkins

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2018

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

How do I become a guide? Should I get a job as a guide? How do I train to be a fishing guide? What skills do I need? I get these questions all the time on podcast requests, and because I have neither the skills nor the temperament to be a guide I asked our good friends at World Cast Anglers, specifically Mike Dawkins, to talk about the guiding life. They should know as they probably employ more fly-fishing guides than any other operation, and they have also been running a guide school for years. Listen to this week’s podcast about the pleasures and perils of being a fly-fishing guide. In the Fly Box this week, here are a few of the questions I try to answer: · How do I land giant alligator gar? · Where should I put my weight in relation to my tippet ring? · What are your top three suggestions for teaching someone to fish with a fly rod? · Should I get a weight forward or double taper fly line? · Can I use tightline nymphing techniques when fishing downstream? · How do I simplify and lighten up my gear when backpacking? · I get corrected—a listener has seen seen trout eat adult early black stoneflies and yellow sallies · How do I fish a long, clear, shallow stretch with no riffles without spooking fish? · Is it OK to put a perfection loop in my fly line? · Can I use a sinking poly leader when indicator fishing? · Why am I losing fish that I have hooked while fishing nymphs during the winter? · Why did I not catch fish while fishing nymphs during the winter?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast with Tom Rosenbauer,
0:07.0	bringing you tips, tricks and techniques to help you get the most of your time on the water. Here's your host, acclaimed
0:14.6	fly fishing author and lifelong fly fishing enthusiast Tom Rosenberg.
0:19.4	Hi and
0:23.4	Welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. This podcast is being recorded on
0:26.6	February 27th 2018 and a little bit later on the show, Mike Dawkins of World Cast Anglers on
0:40.1	becoming a guide. World Cast Anglers has a, runs a large number of guides
0:49.8	through their operation every summer.
0:51.3	And they also run a guide school and there's a lot of
0:53.6	experience guides there who have had many many years on the water so I get questions
0:59.5	frequently about becoming a guide and I hope this interview will answer some of your questions.
1:07.0	Also I'm getting a little light on phone calls and emails with questions. So if you've been thinking about sending in a
1:16.8	question, please do so. I'd also like to hear from more women. I know there are women who listen to this podcast
1:24.1	because I talk to you when I'm out and about at shows and things like that. But I
1:29.2	hear very few female voices and I get very few emails from people who are obviously female.
1:35.6	So let's get this up to 50-50 and get some more female participation in the podcast questions.
1:44.3	Anyway, before we do that, let's do the flybox.
1:47.2	And the first question is from Samuel from Michigan. While I'm still green to fishing on the fly
1:57.3	I have challenged myself to learn as many aspects of the game as possible.
2:01.0	For example, I was fortunate enough to catch a break from the city and spend some time this past weekend on the Boine River in Upper Michigan.
2:09.3	Based on the season, local fly shop information and podcast and book knowledge I felt that the
2:15.2	35 to 40 degree weather was prime for nymphing or at least nymph practicing I was
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