The response should be that you need a guide to enhance your knowledge of fly fishing in the Smoky Mountain area. This will also allow you to catch more fish and to be sure that you stay out of dangerous areas where you or others might get injured. She might even want to fish with you because the guide is excellent in fly fishing instruction and casting. Remind her that women are easier than men to teach casting and that women will do better than men at learning how to cast. Hey thats what my guide said. Your return trips will also be more enjoyable because you will know where to fish and how to fish the different water. My wife fell for this the first time but soon learned that I was right hiring a guide because she felt it was better for me to learn the water with a guide than try to wade in unfamilar water. I was also more grumpy if I didn't catch fish.

Jim