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On why Norman didn't like Orvis... The book says he resented his privileged classmates at Dartmouth - while they spent summers playing polo and learning to sail, he was back in Montana fighting fires and leading pack trains. I suspect he saw Orvis as catering to entitled sportsmen from the east...

Orvis Bellevue (with Leland and the rest of the crew) was for me, a clothes area around a fly shop. A number of other Orvis stores I visited seemed more like a fly fishing area inside a clothing store. Not that the employees weren't interested or supportive, just a different feel - and one...

Last year I was wading in the Sound - water at the knees. Not paying attention I turned downstream in the current to get back out of the water and wound up falling - and submerging (for a couple of seconds but seemed much, much longer) as I struggled to get back up. In all the years on the...

I can't speak to the guide's experience, only know what some who have, have told me. But based on that... As in any industry, expect to start at the bottom and only very slowly work up in position - meaning working for an outfitter either full time as the grunt or available for last minute...

And to reiterate what someone else said - staying healthy and fit. I survived two major medical emergencies because I was physically strong and healthy.

Sorry that your entry into the workforce wasn't what you had hoped - you're not the first (this I know). Here's something to consider. You have a full decade ahead of you to make mistakes in career choices - even with the changing economy, that's what your twenties are about. You have the...