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Tanner is a good egg, you'll learn from him no matter how you like to fish. His id here is onthedrop, just search.Fred;n614779 said:lol, well I guess I was wrong. Anyways I'm a bank angler so would I learn anything for bank fishing from tanner? What's his website so I can check it out.
OnTheDrop;n614932 said:montym !!! Miss ya pal.
Thanks for the kind words, my amigos!
Just like its its been mentioned above, the reality is there’s going to be days where you don’t catch anything. With guide, or without. Are your chances of success higher with someone who is on the river all the time, and catches fish all the time? Definitely. I would say 90% of the people I take out know they aren’t guaranteed a tug. Those are the people that I love taking out. If you’re a customer of mine, or anyone else’s, be that way. I go on a handful of guided trips myself, and I like to do the same. If I call to get in on a boat again, I want to be welcomed back. It’s a very personal business, and if you’re not jiving well with a guide, find one your personality fits.
I’ve never fully refunded a trip. I have given a deal on a following trip due to getting rained out mid trip, or any reason beyond us humans control.
I can't really comment on your situation with your SW WA guide, but I think we can all agree if he offered to take you again, and ‘ghosted’ you, that wasn’t professional. He should have just not said anything...
Cheers mates,
pinstriper;n614936 said:That's a man with Integrity, there. Yeah, as a guide, if you don't mean to back it up, don't make the offer of another trip or a discount, just to get off the boat ramp without a scene.
As a customer we have to show some integrity, too. If your guide put you on fish and you whiffed, don't hold that against him. If your guide put you in position, and the conditions were right, and the fish just weren't there, that's just life.
If you think the guide took you out in conditions that weren't right, but that they crossed their fingers and took you on a low probability trip just to have a payday, maybe you have a gripe.
OTOH if the guide says "you know, it's been slow this week and a lot of people are staying home, but the water looks good and we'll have the river to ourselves" and gives you the option of an informed choice, again that's the conditions of the trip and you shouldn't hold it on them.
If you want to know you're coming home with a fish, find a guide who says "meet you at Costco".
EOBOY;n614771 said:Fred:
I've fished with Tanner for years now and sometimes we get skunked! But mostly we catch fish. But, more than that we have become friends.
OnTheDrop;n614938 said:Damnit, must mean “On the other hand” <<< Millenial inference