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you are not allowed to guide anyone for pay on any PA tributaries without being a registered PA guide with a validated insurance policy and current CPR treatment.

I would suggest going with Jim,  username stillhead on this site.

hey man.. if your up in the area.. ill gladly show you things for free.. fishing is fishing whether i have to teach some1 how.. but loomis is correct .. and for 50$ good luck.. but if you have questions about fishing.. id be more than happy to lend a hand while im fishing.. i fish tandems every time.. use thingamabobbers as well.. love those lil things.. im not saying im an expert. loomis the steelhead king would be that man lol.. but i do have alot of experience fishing erie tribs. and fly fishing.

shoot me a pm if interested

lmao at the moniker of "steelhead king" haha not me by any means.  I would be happy to show someone, anyone for that matter, the ropes though.  I will probably be in Erie in 2 weekends weather permitting. 

I just don't want anyone to get in trouble with that.  Had an issue similar three years ago on Elk Creek.

 I was driving a fly shop owners vehicle with a friend, and he subs out guided trips to local guide from Indiana, so he has it advertised on his vechicle.  When we come back to the parking lot, the Fish Commission Officer had blocked me in with 2 WCO's standing there.  He continued to tell me his whole macho spiel about how I cant be guiding.  Since I was actually registered at the time but without an insurance policy renewed, I said, "im not guiding, im fishing" and explained this was not my vehicle.  He continually grilled me and my friend, and seperated us to get the "story straight".  I ended up getting pretty angry and annoyed (imagine that) at him and asked him if I wear a steelers jersey on does this make me a Professional Football Player?  He got pretty heated.  ....long story short my mouth got me a fine....again, not really that surprising, but I was kind of mad an hour of my fishing was wasted because they had to repeatedly tell me about the rules in PA, which I obviously knew.  By the way, he gave me a fine for not displaying my license.   

Id be down for that.

I agree with anadromous. You can read all you want and have people show you but there is nothing like getting out there and wetting some flys. I took some casting lessons when I first started but only improved with practice (like in my yard after work) Of course I'm the only one I know who flycasts and/or ties. Boards like this are great for info but doing is what you need.

To have someone show you how to do the basics while you are on the stream if only for a little while, will go so far for your confidence. You have to put in your time no doubt. I let my brother in law try my fly rod on a slow day. Showed him a few things. Now he is hooked. If someone offers you some of their time to teach, you really need to make an effort to hook up with them. Thats how I learned and am learning. Now on to fly tying....