What is the most important thing we do for our students? We help them find work as guides. It doesn't matter how much we can teach our students if they don't have the opportunity to use their new knowledge. We hire our new guides for our lodge from our school, and we often use students partime, also, to help with large groups at the lodge.

We work with our students to help them build good résumés and cover letters, and also provide mailing lists and resources for finding your ideal employer. And YOGA acts as a reference for you, praising you generously when we receive phone calls from prospective employers. Don't underrate how valuable this is, we receive tons of résumés each off season.

And while many of our students have been able to find work in the same season they attended our school, the majority of them find full time work the following season; most hiring is done in the off season.

You will find that there are a lot of varieties in pay scale, hours, etc. We hire guides for 3 months, pay them by the day, and provide room and board. Others will hire for longer periods of time, may or may not provide room and board, some pay a monthly salary, and there are many other variations. One of the drawbacks of guiding is that it is often very seasonal. To be successful, you must be flexible. Try to find two jobs where the seasons don't overlap each other. Pursue your current career in such a way that you can have your summers free for trout. Whatever it takes. Some of our guides manage to live on basically three months of hard work, just taking odd jobs to supplement their income while they fish in the off season. $200 per day for our guides is common, and since they have room and board paid for, they save most of it.

Again, we will help in any way we can to find you employment. And we do have good connections, and have placed nearly all of our qualified students. For best results, don't come to our school needing to work immediately. Consider it an investment for next season, and if you can find work right away, it is a bonus. Remember, guiding for a living is about quality of life, not money. If you really enjoy guiding, you will find a way to make it work. The opportunities are there, and we can help you find them.