08-09-2016, 05:56 AM
Just to clarify further, the comment about the guides, fluctuating runs, and making their next dollar was coming from my experience in the upper river. Most of guides I know or encounter live in the towns close to the river and are supporting the area they grew up in or live in currently. Some of them guide because they want to live in the area and there really isn't a ton of other opportunity, some of them do it because that's their passion and they enjoy sharing it with others, etc. I don't think these guys are exploiting a resource and trying to capitalize on it completely. I think there's a fine line, and from what it sounds like, it's been crossed on the Clearwater.
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