A charter day runs from lines-in to cleanup. Your hands are full for most of it — that's the job done right.
The booking desk for guides & outfitters
Fishing · Mountain · Hunting · Tours
You're ten miles out — and your phone is booking Saturday
Sawyer answers your booking line 24/7 — calls and texts. He quotes your real trips at your published prices, pencils the ask in, and texts your cell the second it lands. You confirm every booking. Nobody gets double-booked, and nobody dials the next outfit.
live tonight — the trip sheet takes about ten minutes.
THE DAY'S ASKSwhile you were out
7:15 am — rang while you were on the water
sat the 9th — dana × 4 — half-day
Penciled in
6:02 pm — you answered from the dock
sun the 10th — the herreras × 2 — full day
Confirmed by you
he pencils. you ink.
The problem
The season calls while you're working the season.
Guiding is the one trade where doing the job well means missing the phone all day — draft copy, plain truth, no invented numbers.
The people calling are holding real money for a real date. Big-ticket callers don't leave voicemails — they dial the next outfit on the list.
Hiring a person for the phone costs more than the boat some months. Voicemail costs more.
How he works
Penciled by Sawyer.
Inked by you.
- 01Write the trip sheet once.
Your trips and published prices, seasons, party size, meeting point, what to bring, licences, your weather policy. About ten minutes — and it's the only thing Sawyer is allowed to know.
- 02Sawyer answers everything, day and night.
Calls and texts. He quotes the sheet exactly — never invents a price, a date, or a promise. When someone wants to book, he runs the interview and pencils it in: "you're penciled in — Dave confirms by eight tonight." Never a fake yes.
- 03You ink it.
Booking asks text your cell the moment they land — whatever the hour. You reply when you're in, confirm with the caller, done. The calendar stays in the one place it belongs: with you.
Booking ask · penciled 7:15 am
sat the 9th — dana × 4
half-day — 604-555-0142
Confirmed
half-day — 604-555-0142
SAWYER @ TIDE LINE — BOOKING ASK — Dana, 604-555-0142: Wants: half-day salmon · Sat the 9th · 4 ppl · first-timers. Confirm with them: 604-555-0142.
← the text that hits your cell the moment the call ends
← the text that hits your cell the moment the call ends
One desk, four lanes
He talks your water, your ridge, your season.
Same desk underneath — the vocabulary comes from your lane and your trip sheet.
Fishing charters
Tides, gear, licences, the 6 a.m. weather call — booked while you're on the water.
The fishing desk →
Mountain guides
Objectives, conditions, fitness — answered while you're on the rope.
The mountain desk →
Hunting outfitters
Seasons, zones, tags, draws — handled while you're glassing the far slope.
The hunting desk →
Tours & outfitting
Departures, capacity, what to bring — while you're out with today's group.
The tours desk →What he knows
Your trip sheet is his whole world.
Trips & published prices
Quoted exactly as you wrote them — never estimated, never discounted, never invented.
Seasons & when you run
He knows your windows and your blackout months.
Party size
Per boat, per rope team, per vehicle — your limits, stated straight.
Meeting point
Where to stand, when to show, where to park.
What to bring
Layers, licences, lunch — your list, in your words.
Licences & tags
Your published requirements. Stated, never legal advice.
Weather & reschedule policy
Your policy, word for word. The weather call itself stays yours.
Deposits
He states your policy. He never takes a dollar — money goes through you.
And if it isn't on the sheet? He says so, plainly, and takes it for you. A booking desk you can only trust if it refuses to guess.
The hard rules
Built like safety gear: the rules don't bend.
Sawyer can't see your calendar, so he never confirms a date — every ask is penciled, promised a real answer window, and inked only by you. A desk that can't overbook your boat.
A booking is perishable — it never waits for morning. Routine recaps do wait, so your phone stays quiet unless there's money or trouble on the line.
Anyone calling about a group that hasn't come back, or someone hurt in the field, gets 911-first guidance — and your phone rings the alert that second.
An example
7:15 a.m. You're on the water. This is Sawyer.
A sample exchange — how the desk actually talks. Draft voice; every fact comes from the outfit's own sheet.
Caller
"Morning — any chance you've got room Saturday for four of us? Never fished salmon before."
Sawyer
"Saturday's a good ask — the half-day runs $850 for up to four, gear and cleaning included. First-timers do just fine on the morning run. Straight with you: I don't have the calendar at the desk, so I can't say yes myself — but I'll pencil you in right now and Dave confirms by eight tonight. What's your name and best number?"
Caller
"Dana — 604-555-0142."
Sawyer
"Penciled in, Dana — Saturday the 9th, four of you, half-day. You'll hear from Dave tonight. We'll get you out there."
Your cell · 7:18 am
SAWYER @ TIDE LINE — BOOKING ASK — Dana, 604-555-0142: wants Sat the 9th, half-day, ×4, first-timers. Confirm with them: 604-555-0142.
Lands the moment the call ends — whatever the hour.
The price
$179 / month
- 24/7 calls & texts on your own booking line
- Booking asks text your cell instantly
- Quotes your published trips — never invents
- Overdue-party alarm, 911-first
- Dashboard: every conversation, every ask
- Trip-sheet setup in about ten minutes
Billed in USD · month to month · cancel anytime · one outfit, one line
Hire Sawyer
live tonight — he's answering by the time the boat's washed down
Fair questions
Does Sawyer confirm bookings himself?
No — and that's the point. He can't see your calendar, so he never says yes for you. Every ask is penciled in with an honest answer window ("Dave confirms by eight tonight"), and you ink it with one text back. He cannot overbook you.
What happens when someone calls at 2 a.m.?
Sawyer answers like it's 2 p.m. If it's a booking ask, it texts your cell immediately — bookings don't keep. If it's routine, the recap waits for morning. If it's a party overdue or someone hurt, it's 911-first guidance and your phone rings the alarm that second.
Will callers know it's not me?
He never claims to be you. If someone asks, he says plainly he's the outfit's booking line. He talks like a person who knows your operation — because everything he says comes off your own trip sheet.
Do I keep my own number?
Yes. Your cell stays exactly as it is. Sawyer gets his own line — you put it on your website and Google profile, and if you want, set your cell's "forward when unanswered" to it so the calls you physically can't take roll to the desk instead of the next outfit.
How long does setup take?
About ten minutes: after checkout you fill in the trip sheet — trips and prices, seasons, meeting point, your policies. Sawyer is answering the same day.
What does he do with deposits and payments?
He states your deposit policy word for word and never takes a dollar. Money moves the way it always has — through you.