[bdhill1979]

Having been a fly fishing guide for the last 8 years I can tell you this:

You can't make a real living on it.

Sure I have days where I make rent and bills for the whole month. But then there are the off season months of no trips at all. It really is feast or famine. The company that I do most of my guiding for (I work for 4 different outfits) is by far the busiest in this state, Park City tourism is pretty big. But they still don't have trips consistently. They were calling me everyday in late April, early may. But there have been none for the last three weeks.

It also sucks to be ####### out something you love day in and day out. I was on the river over 150 days last year. I think I only fished for myself 3 times. I'm pretty burnt out on guiding.

I have not known a fly shop that is truly profitable, most are just scraping by, most don't last 5 years.

not that you cant have fun doing it, but its nothing to rely on.