TroutYeah! guide service has 2 great guides in Josh and Joe. Don't worry about a thing as they are very knowledgeable and will take care of you. Their prices are very affordable compared to other services I've seen. Not sure if you'll even need your own rod as they typically provide everything. I'd check with Josh to see what you need to bring.
As far as how much to tip them: I say tip them good, but I know both of them personally, so I'm a little biased... LOL I would tip just like you would for a good meal. 15% as a baseline, but for good service go above that. <mailto:electronic-tradem...@hotmail.com>Jonathan ________________________________ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Pete Gramp <pete.gr...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 11:27 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] First guided trip, any help / suggestions welcome So my wife totally floored me and said that I could take a 4-day weekend in June, after the kids' and her schools let out (she's a teaching librarian in the local high school) to fly fish some semi-local waters with a guide. I've selected Spring Creek and/or Flyfisher's Paradise, near State College, Pennsylvania, USA, which is about a 3 hour jaunt from where I reside. I'm in contact with Josh Miller, of Team USA Fly Fishing, to guide me and hopefully instill some knowledge on euro nymphing, which I'm a baby at (or whatever you'd call someone who doesn't even make the cut to be called a novice... at least when it comes to euro nymphing... at least... I've fished dries almost exclusively for my fishing career, and done remarkably well with them, but considering the relative percentage of food that is under the surface, I'm no dummy and am eager to learn the ways of the nymph. I'm no Nate Brumley...) So this is my first ever trip using a guide. I'll be practicing my casting on the back lawn, using the rod and reel I intend to take with me on the trip, just with an old fly line. (Fishing for grass carp, I suppose? ;) ) but besides that, what should I do to prepare, or what can I expect during the trip? Also, he has yet to get any sort of pricing to me. Not sure what to do regarding tip, either - any suggestions? I realize it is based on the quality of the trip, and if he loads me up with flies or something like that, I'll obviously pay extra, but I wanted a general ballpark figure. Just a closest hundred or 200 bucks (USD) or so. Just so I have an idea of what I should be aiming at for a tip. So I have no idea what to expect from a guided trip, and am looking for any "guide"-ance you can provide. Thanks, everyone! -Pete -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
