NUDGE-NUDGE, WINK-WINK
I was at Miami International Airport on a long delay to Buffalo, New York, so I stopped by a newsstand and picked up the Winter issue of Anglers Journal. I read “Fish Pimping,” and although it’s beautifully written, I have a completely different view of guiding. Perhaps it’s because most of my clients are not part of the 1 percent, but there is no doubt of their wealth.
In the last 20 years of guiding, I have found that the vast majority of them are environmentally conscious and sensitive to the fragility of the streams and how politics can affect that balance. I don’t want to downplay the effects of repeated days on the water, but I often find it an honor to turn my clients and their families on to the wonders of nature. There
