This gig can get a little distracting. Not the fishing…but the bullshit…and I’ll be the first to admit that I succumb to drama from time to time. A little confrontation means you’re doing something right. Its competition, and when you’re doing a good job there is gonna be drama that follows. The trick is to stay above it. Just do you and let others be asshats. Stand your ground, make your point professionally, and move on down river. I never engage riverside, I just pull over and let the drama pass me by. I’ll talk and blog about the things that come my way, make my opinion known, and move on. I’m in this gig to share fly fishing with anglers and enjoy wild places and the fish that live in them.
I just dont have time to get into Twitter spats and messenger and PM arguments. Thanks for the comment and the input, I’ll take it into consideration, and move on. I never engage in drama riverside. Theres no place for it, I follow standard river ethics and just run my boat.
Focus, on the task at hand, not being the best, the busiest, the loudest, catch the most fish, nope…none of that…all I’m after is doing my best each guide day so that my clients have the best possible experience riverside. No matter what the day throws at us.
So to those that have commented, said things, and all that drama that seems to seep out of the guide community on my homewater….you keep doing you, I’ll do me and we can just leave it at that. I’ve got more important things to focus on…like clients and reading water, and tricking trout. This gig is all about that and that’s where my attention will focus. Taking some time off makes that more apparent.
So I’ll make my posts, take my photos, blog my thoughts, show my clients super awesome times, catch a few fish, and live that river life. It’s been working just fine the past 4 seasons, and at some point you just have to focus on the river, fish, and clients, and let haters hate and move on down to the next bend.
Tamarack
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I have been fishing the Yakima River and its surrounding tributaries, creeks, and lakes for 10 years. I have been tying flies specific to this river for 10 years as well. I have guided not only the river but also many of the hiking and mountaineering trails in the area and fished some of the more remote lakes and streams. I love to fish the Yakima River and have been running my driftboat here for 5 years. I guide a little differently than the other services here and have a slightly different philosophy on guided fishing trips.
Its all about the experience, and while I can't promise there will always be cooperative trout, there will always be good times. I learned from some of the greatest anglers the Yakima has both on the water and at the vise and I guide to share and pass on that knowledge and expertise so others can enjoy this river as much as I do. I love to teach people to fish, I love to teach people how to read the river, and I love showing people the beauty and art of fly fishing. My service is a bit cheaper but that is because I have no shop taking a percentage.
I use a lot of my own fly designs and patterns that no other guide has and have spent the past 10 years fine tuning my tying and patterns specific to this river. I have flies, leaders, tippets, and fly rods and reels, and always welcome anglers to bring their own gear. If you need waders and boots I can arrange for a rental. I support my local fly shop for my trips as well as it is important to me that our local shops stay open.
When you take a trip with me it all about fishing and the experiences that happen along the river. I love getting my clients to have great moments with our trout here. Ask me all the questions you can, I want to teach as much as you want to learn. Whether you are an experienced angler or brand new to the sport I love sharing this river with people. I guide the Yakima River and many other secret waters in the area. When you give me a call I will ask you lots of questions as I want to make sure you have the best experience possible while chasing the trout we have here. Whether its a guided river float or a hike and fish, or a walk and wade to the secret places, I can help make your fly fishing experience memorable and fun.
Give me a call today and lets set up a time to go fishing.
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Hey Nate, there will always be haters and critical folks looking for a way to tell everyone around them what they’re doing wrong. Small people with really fragile egos and really weak self images. People with no life of their own.
You’re way better than that and I appreciate the way you’re who you are not who some other person believes you should be. Be true to yourself and keep charging. Have a great season.