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Yeah, I run a light tackle guide service out of Niana, Connecticut. We've been at

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it for 44 years right now. I actually had gone away to school in University of

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Alaska. And just prior to that, I had met my wife now and came back here to be

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with her and started guiding full -time.

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I really enjoy guiding for the main reasons because I get to see people at their

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best. They really want to be on the water. They're not in an office, they're not

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doing something they don't want to do, they're sharing the experience with family and

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friends. So it's just a real positive experience. And through the years,

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because I have so much repeat clientele, we've become friends over the years, and

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even meeting new people, such a great environment that it's great to share.

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So I got my captain's license in 1983 and ran on my own boat for a number of

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years. I was fortunate enough to start running Robalo boats. And nobody was doing

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any light tackle at all inshore for striped bass, blues. I found a niche to fit

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into and through recommendations of clients and friends that I should do it full

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time.

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I like bringing enjoyment to people. You know, they might have a really stressful

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job or might have issues, you know, at home or whatever, but when they come on the

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boat, they seem to leave all that behind. Just very relaxing for them. It's very

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rewarding for me to watch them catch fish.

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My life is nowhere near what I thought it would be. It's ended up being way

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better. The things that I never thought that I could appreciate or realize was the

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great people that I met and how influential people are in your life and the friends

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you make. Right now I have no plans on retiring at all. I still feel really feel

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good. I love taking me my clients. We've become friends over the years and I just

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really enjoy being with them.