immigration
...is my problem. Once upon a time a spey school was set up across the border. I was concerned about the immigration implications and I raised them, but I was told everything was taken care of. When I hit the border I was told that no, everything wasn't taken care of, and that the person who organized the school did not infact ensure that all proper documentation etc was in place and as such any schools or clinics in the US by me would be considered as illegal employment (as they would be for anyone crossing into either the US or Canada to undertake similar activities), and on that basis I was refused entry. Now whenever I cross I must go through 1000 questions (which is fair enough) about where I'm going and what I'm doing, especially if I have any fishing tackle with me. I don't have any problem with this, and I just want to be sure that there also aren't any problems created for anyone else, too. I know this will sound sappy but I consider myself to be an honest and trustworthy sort and it still troubles me that this happened; fortunately, due to the good and careful people that watch over our borders I am still okay to come and go as I please as long as I'm not working, which I never do.
So this makes it impossible for me to run such a clinic across the line, unless someone (a shop for example) wants to go through all of the immigration headaches to secure a permit for me to do so, which I'm told is a 6 month process. So we'll have to do it up here. I know that the BC population base for Spey casters is much smaller than Washington, but the Vedder is relatively close to the border, so I'm hoping a few people from Washington will come along and join us.