Flip Pallot

[tjm]

Arkansas trout guides are that bad? 

[Ham]

12 minutes ago, tjm said:

Arkansas trout guides are that bad? 

It used to be that $25 got you a guide’s license in Arkansas. Their experience and abilities really run the gamut.

 

[tjm]

Do they have to take a test now?

[fishinwrench]

53 minutes ago, tjm said:

Arkansas trout guides are that bad? 

With all due respect......Not everyone needs instruction on how to fish. Plenty just want someone with a boat, to give them a ride. 👍

 

Besides, the odds are that the ones considered "Good Guides" are just going to rig you up with a bobber & a scud anyway. 🙄

[ness]

On 8/30/2025 at 12:51 PM, fishinwrench said:

Scientific Anglers used to have a 8-9wt. Line in ORANGE that could be pulled off the Dacron core, cut into inch long pieces, and slid up and glued onto a leader.   Makes for a really sweet sighter for nymphing.    

About 16 years ago I had ran out and couldn't find any anywhere, but Flip responded to a post on the Flyfisherman magazine forum saying that he had some, and would dig through his garage to see if he could find it.  About 6 days later I received an envelope in the mail with 6 feet of that line.   I'm still using it 😊

That's a pretty cool story if it's true🤪

[fishinwrench]

11 minutes ago, ness said:

That's a pretty cool story if it's true🤪

Please don't hold me to the "16 years" part.  

Time !    I mean wow !  

 

In later videos I've watched, Flip mentioned how much he hates the Internet...... But as I recall, at that time,  he was always quick to respond to an email.  I think he spent more time perusing it than he let on. 

[Gavin]

 Nothing against Arky trout guides. The problem was every GD Arky trout guide wanted to come up to STL and speak. I got sick of there offers, so I decided to book none of them. Phil gave a good presentation at Ozark with a young man whom I cant remember. Ryan maybe, not Doty.

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1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

ith all due respect......Not everyone needs instruction on how to fish. Plenty just want someone with a boat, to give them a ride. 👍

Yep.  I’m paying for access.  

[tjm]

3 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

With all due respect......Not everyone needs instruction on how to fish. Plenty just want someone with a boat, to give them a ride. 👍

 

Besides, the odds are that the ones considered "Good Guides" are just going to rig you up with a bobber & a scud anyway. 🙄

I wouldn't know, just wondered  that @Gavin had them all on his "no book" list. 

I think that I've actually only seen three guides in my life and they were all hanging around in or working at fly shops. From conversing with them, the boat might be the best reason for hiring one. 

I take that back I did meet Davy at the 'Sowbug' when he was giving a lecture there that my son wanted to hear. Too bad the microphone didn't work. So that makes four guides that I've seen in my life.  

 

I did see and talk to a few exceptional tiers at that Roundup. 

[Gavin]

I always laugh when a guide ties a dry & dropper on my rig. Clip, that nymph is going away. I'm paying for a boat ride, not bobber fishing.