Are you expected to tip a fly fishing guide even if you are paying them handsomely?
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If you are paying the guide directly, no, but if you are paying the business the guide works for, yes.Can you give me some names of manufacturers of gunsmithing tools?
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Raging,My son-in-law is a professional fishing and hunting guide, I know that doesn't have any bearing on your question, but if it is a BIG fish our a TROPHY hunt, ya' bet your britches the guide should get a tip.
It's only common decency when the guide assists the client in trackin' or even locating a record annnnnnd if one doesn't think so, then let them try ta' find trophy specimens on their own. Believe me, it ain't easy.
another politically correct thing...Should we tip the grocery bag kid if he bags the groceries neat?,should we tip the guy who gives your change back when we pay for gas?? I have service type business and if someone tips me,I give it back and tell them to put it in a savings account for their kids
On tipping a guide.
Many guides work out of a fly shop or several fly shops or resorts. The money you pay to the fly shop owner or resort owner gets split between them and the guide. The guide may only get 40% of what you pay, maybe 50%.
Here are some factors to consider.
Many guides are responsible for your lunch, that means they pay for it out of their own pocket.
Many guides furnish flies for you, out of their own pocket.
Some furnish leaders and tippet as well, out of their own pocket.
Their day starts a couple of hours before you see them, taking care of the gear they carry, getting ice and pop and water in the ice chests, picking up your lunches and snacks.
The truck they drive you to and from the river uses up very expensive gasoline, which comes out of their own pocket.
They pay for a shuttle service out of their own pocket, so their truck is waiting for them at the take out spot.
Then they row you down a river and sometimes back up a river all day long.
They rig up your rods, replace lost flies and tippets, unsnarl your birdsnests
If you have a good guide, he is willing to educate you all day long on how to read a river, which seam to cast to, how to keep your rig drag free, in other words, he can make you a better fly fisher, if you listen to him.
He is with you, being your guide, waiter, educator, fix the problem person, for up to 10 hours a day, all day long.
What would you want to get paid if you were the guide?
In a restaurant, you should pay a waiter/waitress 15% to 20% if they serve you well, and that is only for an hour or so. What if they were helping you for 10 hours?
I always pay 15% to 20% of what the trip costs me. Sometimes more. Does that sound like a lot of money, yes it is, but that guide worked his tail off all day long trying to give me a great fishing day and a great memory. As to how many fish I caught, Mother Nature has a lot to do with that and you don't mess with Mother Nature, meaning you can't control what the fish are going to be doing that day. But, I guarantee, the guide tried his best or should have.
So, I always plan on tipping anywhere from $50 to $70.
Think about it, would you do what that guide does for anything less? They have a family to support and gear and equipment to maintain. They are not in the guide business to get rich, trust me, they don't ever get rich. They are usually just getting by. They are guides because they love being out on the water, even if they are not fishing.
What would you want to get paid to do that job?
Larry
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most guides are employees of a company. they get a daily wage and whatever tips are on top of that. most of the fees you pay for a guided trip go directly back into the business to replace and repair the tools of the trade.basically use the same criteria as you would a waiter or waitress. good service = good tip, bad service = poor or no tip. most of the guides i know will go way beyond what they are expected to do because they know you are paying a premium price for the service they provide. tips are not expected but much appreciated and are a large part of a guide's income.
a guide that asks for a tip should be discussed with the owner of the business. it is in very poor taste to ask or demand it.
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