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    Fracking - Some Info For Ya'

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

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    Sundance,

     

    Flash Gordon was redone into a tv series that was airing on Space Channel, I think it has been canneled as it was the "YOUNG" Flash Gordon and was absoultly horrible.

     

    Who remebers the TV series Young Indian Jones, another really bad series IMO

     

    Oh and I will shot myself if they redo happy days with Henry Winkler as the father of the new Fonz, eeeeeehhhhhhh

     

    Its really hard to watch alot of these old series as I grew up watching alot of the originals, only one that was half decent was BSG

     

    Now back to the original post and Frac off, lol

    Guide's Association Yay/nay, & How Do We Start?

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

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    Brad - paying taxes - how many bus boys pay taxes on tips? I recall working at Maxwell Taylor's on Calgary Tr in Edm back 1988 - 1992 making $300 on Fri & Sat nights. Hauling $500 a weekend in tips 20+ years ago at 16 - 17 years old was pretty good. Was I going to pay taxes? Nope. But, was I looking to buy a house, a new car, etc, things that needed a credit history and a proof of income statement? No. Was I supporting a family? No. Was I concerned that something I did/didn't do was going to possibly impact someone else as a busboy? No. But this wasn't full time, it was in a different age of society when taxes on tips weren't looked at with as much scrutiny as today, etc. When it comes to guiding - some do it with the same mentality and it works for them until they want to buy a house, car, etc, or expand in business with a partenership or buy a lodge, fly shop, etc, where income statements and proof of business comes into play. How many are so short sighted as to not see this or to not see that insurances are vital and the ramifications of not having it are devastating to all involved in things that can happen in this business? I suspect any guide not charging at least $400 a day as a guide is cutting corners somewhere, or has a good off season job that affords them to subsidize their love of guiding. :)

    The truth is that a guide association is not going to fix any of the above or curb illegal guiding. Here in NZ, our good friend is a director for F & G as well as the NZFFGA. The NZ guide association is one of the strongest lobbies out there yet Aussie guides run trips non stop, illegally. Can you get insurance coverage if you are doing something illegally? And on and on it goes.

    Again, and I was thinking of this again yesterday on the water, the main reason that so few guides last 5 years is that it is hard work, you deal with a lot of personalities, the $ aren't great, and the responsibilities for someone else are huge - there's a lot of stress in hosting someone's prized vacation time and making it about them and not about you (as the guide) is very difficult for most people. Add everything up and few people bother to stick it out when it takes 5 to 10 years to finally BUILD UP a business to possibly, finally earn that $35K a year. Remember, there's almost "0" chance you'll make that much in your first 5 years. Likely 1/3 that for the first many. Maybe by year 7 or 8 your income statement will get there, likely longer as depreciation and initial start up capital needs to be in place. Do auto detailers take 7 or 8 years of apprenticeship income to build up to $35K a year?

    Dave,

     

    Thanks for the info and I agree a guiding assoication will not fix things, it was more of a rant then anything, and by the way I work retail and have had the same job for the last 9 years and I make just under 40k a year before taxes (and that is also working 12 month a year 8 hours a day 5 days a week, and I didn't not make the money I make now that is due to beeing with the company for 9 years, I belive my first 3 years I was lucky to make over 20k before taxes), and I deal with alot of personailities also, in fact my customers are extremly demanding and I have alot of times tight deadlines and I also manage alot of kids, wanna talk about stress come do my job for a year and then I think you would have a diffrent perspective.

     

    I do also belive guides work very hard but so do alot of other people, my whole point is that people cry about this and that but at the end of the day it was their choice to be in the feild that they work and no one made them do it.

    Guide's Association Yay/nay, & How Do We Start?

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    Oh and I forgot to mentioned I have tlked to some guide from BC (This is not the place to be mentioning their company names) that branged to me this summer that they can come here and guide and not have to pay any taxes what so ever, and they tell their customers if they are stopped to say that they are friends so that the guide does not have to buy a lience just his clinets.

     

    How is this fair to me, I work very hard every day take shiz non stop from customers pay my taxes while someone not even from this province can make money in Alberta and then run away without paying anything back, and we in alberta get accused of beeing greedy.

     

    Sorry for the ranting but this but it is something that really bugs me, people whine and complain about this and that say they are not making any money, well then I guess you should just go out and get a diffrent job then, no one is holding a gun to your head and saying you have to guide it is your choice, so live with it or get a new job.

    Guide's Association Yay/nay, & How Do We Start?

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    100% profit. Love it. Any professional guide has to work 30 days just to break even if they are properly insured, has good working gear, boat, vehicle, proper marketing, etc. After that, the profit point is 2/3 of std full guide rate. But that's based upon the $500 / day. Many guides are contract, paid $350 to $425 from the outfitter/shop. Those are the plain, hard facts of guiding. And it's no 200 day season. Run off, big rain, big wind days, cancellations, etc take it down to an honest 100 - 120 day season in Alberta. Which is why, if you do the math, no guide ever makes more than about $35K/yr going full out and doing up sale trips. Sure, hidden in there is you get a few ff type product perks, but those are the realities unless you grow things past the guide stage.

    Dave,

     

    Just curious but what about taxes and tips, if waiters/waitress and bartenders have to claim taxes on these items would a guide also be responsible for claim these taxes.

     

    Also I would really like to know how many guides out there actually do pay their taxes I do know of some guides or so called guides that do not pay taxes and take the money and put it in their pockets.

    Best Vise

    in Fly Tying Bench

    Posted

    I used the Apex Peak when I first started and really like it, recently I got a Dyna-King Traveller vise which I also really like. I usally tie about a couple of thousand flies a year and both these vises worked awsome for me. Check out the vises at Fish Tales.

    Official Oilers 2008/2048 Season Thread

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

    Posted

    6 in a row baby! :whoot:

     

    Has only been 9 years since they last pulled off that little feat!

     

    Yes, Brad, it is still early, and the wheels may yet fall off, but we haven't really had much to cheer about the last couple seasons, so I am going to cheer like a m*&^%&$*er while I can! I have six years of pent up frustration to let out.

     

    GO OILERS GO!

    That is what sex is for darrin or your left hand which ever comes first

    Logging In Castle As Early As Next Week

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    I bet you could have a million names on this petition and logging will still happen, granted the petition may make small adjustments to quell the mass but it will be logged. Or they will not log what can be seen from the road as they have in Wiapourace (sorry for the spelling)

     

    There are logging is provincial parks under the disguise of protecting the woods from the pine beetle.

     

    What is needed is some honest politicians.

     

    Lol, funniest thing I ever heard: HONEST POLITICAN

     

    Show me a honest politican in the world that does not have some type of secert agenda and I will be surprised.

     

    You do know there is a very special place in HELL for MOST politicans.

    Livingstone And Area Oct 11

    in Photo Posts

    Posted

    Awsome photos chris, we really need to get out to the mountains one of these years, was out with Frunnin this year and had a absoulte blast, wish I fished the mountains more as it just stunning out there and lots of ideas for my watercolor paintings.

    Sturgeon On The South Saskatchewan River(updated May9/12)

    in Photo Posts

    Posted

    Back to the original topic.

     

    Looks like you had a awsome trip I have friends in BC that do stergon every year and hopefully one day I can make it down there to join them.

     

    Not knowing much about stergon fishin but everything I have heard is that bait fishin for them is the best way, can you catch them on a fly (I know Doc caught one on the bow on a fly but that is a very rare thing)

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