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Captain Smith
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Many
of our visitors decide to hire a guide that will put them on fish, teach
them new angling techniques, and to take the work out fishing.
At River Ridge Inn, we think there is more to guiding than
catching fish.
Your guide needs to know that he or she is responsible for the
welfare and safety of everyone under his guidance.
This responsibility starts the minute the journey begins and does
not end until you and your party are back at the Inn.
In Arkansas, the requirement for becoming a “licensed guide”
is to be able to come up with the $25 fees for the “license”.
There is no requirement for insurance coverage, no requirement
for having first aid knowledge, and no requirement for knowing that
before all else, safety comes first.
Your host, Jim Smith, is a licensed U.S. Coast Guard Captain.
He has been trained in the safe operation of vessels and the care
and well being of the passengers that have hired him.
He has completed extensive education in first aid including
Current Aspects of Trauma and Cardiac Care.
Years of experience, both inshore and off shore, gives him the
knowledge and training to assure that your safety will not be
compromised.
River Ridge Inn carries limits of liability well above that
required by the Federal government for making excursions on the
Federally owned Buffalo River.
The coverage is not confined to Captain James A. Smith, but is
extended toward any guides that River Ridge Inn contracts with to guide a
party out of the Inn. Our guides are also required to carry liability insurance of their own.
We are very particular about our selection of guides for our
guests.
We will not compromise the health and safety of our guests for
the pleasure of catching fish. 
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