"PRM" wrote in message
Do you prefer to have a guide or not?

About once a year, I've hired a guide for a particular river at a particular
time. There are aspects I enjoy and aspects I do not. Just as college
classes are more rewarding with a good professor, it can be more enjoyable
and productive to pick up some valuable tips from a master astream. So long
as I view it as educational, I'm fine with it and it has its place; but in
general I'd rather go without.

Joe F.