5 . SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
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5 . SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
One final tip for you in finding a good fly fishing guide : look for one who believes in old fashioned customer service ! How to tell ? Simple : they ’ re often the ones that are the busiest ! A service-oriented guide will often take photos of your outing ( if you desire ) and actually follows up by sending them to you ! A guide who doesn ’ t give a rip , will troll the same cut plug herring for four hours -- despite your protests ( that ’ s a true story , a salmon trip on the Chehalis River ).
A good guide deeply cares about your experience ( and your recommendation ) and will notice that your jacket is soaked and offer you an extra one they brought along . If lunch is included in your trip , they care about your food allergies . Forgot your sunblock ? They got it . And so on . And , last but not least , some will even offer a form of “ Satisfaction Guaranteed .” This is because they are confident that they can make it a great outing for you and your group .
Back to my guide who sunk his boat , and me along with it , in his defense : he did not charge me for the outing . However , he promised me a free trip sometime in the future--I ‘ spose he wanted to set things right . But each time I contacted him , my free trip never came . Needless to say , that outfitter won ’ t be getting my recommendation .
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