I have been noticing fly fishing equipment being marketed as "Guide Model". What exactly is this supose to mean? For guides only? Would a real guide be caught with anything less? I remember when I was young and taught skiing at Mt.Hodd in Oregon, we didn't have anything specifically "Instructor skis, or poles or gloves". We did have a uniform, maybe thats what a guide vest is, a uniform? When the word "Guide" is attached to fishing gear, it seems to cost quite a bit more than the other plain Jane models. Maybe we should go back to the Montgomery wards "Good, Better and Best" description. Just curious.

[This message has been edited by Jonezee (edited 13 July 2006).]