For me, if I hired a guide, it would be to help me learn something new, or to give me an opportunity I don't get to enjoy on my own, such as fishing from a drift boat.

As of right now, if I were to go by myself, I'd hire a guide with the expectation to get into few but high quality fish. If I were to go with my wife or father, I'd want a guide who has patience, can help teach them the fine art of fly fishing better than me, and put us on many fish, primarily for their sake.

I have learned one thing. I am not a guide. I can find the fish on my own, but everytime, I take my wife out fishing, we have terrible luck. heh