Bob Weinberger wrote:
...
Guides regularly get total newbies to flyfishing as clients, and any guide
worth his/her fee will be quite adept at teaching a beginner how to flyfish,
including casting lessons.

While that may be true of some guides it is by no means true
of all guides. If you're a total newbie and don't even know
how to cast be sure to mention it before hiring a guide.

--
Ken Fortenberry