Spence Petros would be another guy who peaks my interest.

As for the other issues concerning someone claiming an area of water as "theirs", it does happen. Having your cake and eating it too is a tough sell when paying REAL money for a guide. (We hired Steve last summer on Vermilion and did not even fish with him but just drove around for 3 hours marking waypoints.....that is all we cared about.) It took me a couple of years to get used to seeing former clients cruising around in some of "my" spots but such is life. I certainly do not own the river.

You just hope that they are C/R guys and respect the area/resource as much as I do. I had promised myself when I started to guide that I would be a "catch and release only" deal for the muskies/pike.....added trout to the list in 2006. Yes, it has cost me some considerable business but that is OK.

Note: I am not inferring that anyone mentioned in this thread thinks they own the water in which they guide.

Some are very protective of their waterway and I can understand both sides of the issue.