I have asked guides to fish with me and they have always refused. I don't mind them fishing as I don't need a 100% watcher. Just some pointers and advice from time to time will do. Some people might mind a guide catching and themselaves not. I for one would not care. I expect a guide to outfish me. If everything else is equal (equipment, fly selection etc) they still have skills that I do not and that should help them catch more.

For me it isn't about competition, its about having fun. Locally I and two others I know have pulled out 20+ inch browns recently. I think I enjoyed my catch as much as theirs, or should I say it the other way around.

jed