Disadvantages A buddy of mine walks into a flyshop and gets to chatting with the manager about this and that, and of course, what's going on the steelhead rivers.
Lets face it, there is a lot more fish caught around the shop than there ever is on the river.
I am the guy who has to take you and your equipment and actually catch a steelhead. Not a lot of room for smoke and mirrors here. I either get it done or not. Not to say that some of these shop guys cant fish. Some of them can really fish.