Choosing from among the best fly fishing lodges & camps in Alaska

Alaska is larger than Texas, Montana, and California combined.  The state sells over  269,955. out-of-state fishing licenses each year and another 338,613-plus to residents.  Alaska fishing is legendary and the understandable focal point for every serious trout and salmon fisherman at some time in his or her life.  But, as any Alaskan will tell you, if there’s a road to any river in the state, it’ll be as crowded as any spot in the lower 48.

The solution is to add a plane to your tool kit, and Alaska is full of fly-in lodges that cater to anglers.  Every one of those places will tell you they’re “the best”.  Of course, only a few are correct.

The Fly Shop® travel team is the recognized authority on Alaska fly fishing, and we have a terrific portfolio of lodges and camps, with something for everyone.  They represent a wonderful cross-section of angling interests and a broad range of price options.

New on Alaska’s king and salmon horizon is Lava Creek Lodge, a small lodge on one of our 49th state’s most isolated and productive sea run fisheries.  You can smell the sea salt from this unpretentious riverside lodge and the silver bright fish arriving on every tide are red hot and plentiful!

Fact: On Oct. 18, 1867, The United States formally took possession of the state of Alaska. This came after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, less than 2 cents per acre. William Henry Seward, an expansionist secretary under President Andrew Johnson, advocated for the purchase.

Alaska Rainbow Adventures

Float Trip

Rivers were the natural highways for natives to travel the backcountry, and float and fish trips allow us to see and experience what Alaska pioneers did 100 or more years ago. To go to Alaska just to fish is to miss out on what is really there to be caught.
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Alaska Steelhead Company

River Lodge/Fly-Out Lodge

The steelhead rivers of the Kenai Peninsula harbor fantastic runs of fresh steelhead in the fall months, providing a wonderful and diverse Alaskan steelhead experience. These rivers are gorgeous and super fishy, from small little coastal creeks, to big water...
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Alaska West

Tent Camp

Deneki Outdoors owns and operates this destination on the banks of the Kanektok River, and has spared no expense to make it one of the most nicely appointed camps in Alaska. For the next week you'll be fishing in one of the most beautiful...
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Alaska Wilderness Safari

Tent Camp

Located on the uninhabited Pacific coast of the Alaska Peninsula, AWS has a sterling reputation for delivering a high quality fly fishing experience despite the daunting logistics associated with their wilderness setting.
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Aniak River Lodge

River Lodge

Located on the remote banks of the Aniak River, it's jam packed with rainbows, dollies, grayling, salmon, sheefish and northern pike. It's a fish factory. Talk about a complete fly fishing experience!
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Ayakulik Outpost

Tent Camp

For many years Dave Jones has been operating this isolated tent camp operation on the banks of Kodiak Island's Ayakulik River, the only outfitter licensed to operate on the upper stretches of this watershed.
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Baranof Wilderness Lodge

Saltwater Coastal Lodge

The fishing at Baranof Lodge is tremendously varied, and includes fishing for the regions parade of salmon species both in local rivers and out of boats in the saltwater, searun dollies in the streams, rising cutthroats in local lakes...
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Bear Trail Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

Bear Trail Lodge is located at the epicenter of some of the best trout, salmon and char fisheries in Alaska. For those who are looking for a superb fly-out experience targeting a mixed bag experience, Bear Trail should be at or near the top...
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Chosen River Outfitters

Float Trip

Accessible only by floatplane, the headwaters lake of the river you'll be floating (the Kanektok) will be the jumping off spot for a week of fishing through a hundred miles of remote Alaskan outback.
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Copper River Lodge

River Lodge

Located right on the banks of the famed Copper River near Iliamna, Alaska, this is, arguably, the most beautiful location and one of the finer fishing locations for rainbow trout in our 49th state. It is Alaska the way most anglers imagine it to be...
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Duncan & Sons Floats

Float Trip

The float is based on the Kanektok River, which flows directly into Kuskokwim Bay. Famous for its beautifully-marked "Leopard" rainbows, the river also hosts superb runs of all 5 species of Pacific salmon, as well as sea run Dolly Varden and...
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D&S Kodiak Steelhead

Walk & Wade - Tent Camp

The Duncan’s Steelhead Camp is based on a small river flowing directly into the Shelikof Strait, and is about as remote a location as can be imagined. Guests are flown into a remote coastal lagoon, where a quick helicopter flight will bring them to their home for the next week.
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Duncan & Sons River Camp

Tent Camp

The Duncans use jet sleds to access the fishing grounds each day; sometimes they will have anglers fish from the boats (they have set them up to be rowed), and sometimes they will beach the boats and have guests wade the shallower runs and riffles.
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Goodnews River Lodge

Tent Camp

Mike Gorton's remote outpost camp on the Goodnews River has been popular with hardcore anglers for decades. This midrange-sized river is far enough off the beaten track so as to have very few free floaters, meaning most of the many miles...
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Hidden Cove Camp

River Lodge

"Affordable, no frills, wilderness silver salmon fishing" would well describe this wonderful operation near Cordova. Custom made for the self-sufficient salmon angler that values numbers of big, bright silver salmon in a wilderness setting...
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Hoodoo's Sandy River

River Lodge

For the hardcore fly-rodder that wants immediate access to some of the best swung-fly water on this storied Alaskan river, Hoodoo's small lodge fits the bill. The Sandy River is the perfect size to access from the Lodge with jet boats and is easily waded.
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Hoodoo Sportfishing

River Lodge

We all dream, I think, of being the first to discover a remote Alaskan river, a stream so far off the charts, it has only been acknowledged, vaguely, by a few intrepid explorers. A river so distant that even its actual name is in question.
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Iliamna River Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

Nestled among pines overlooking the Iliamna River where the lodge’s float planes land and take off, the lodge affords guests easy access to fabled local waters to fish for trout, salmon, and Arctic char, as well as nearby saltwater species such as halibut...
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Lava Creek Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

Some of the best salmon fishing we’ve found in Alaska, at a super intimate little fly out lodge taking only 8 guests a week! Wilderness rivers reached by float plane and river skiff, filled with huge numbers of kings in June and July, and silvers in August and...
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Outpost On The Nush

River Lodge

The "Nush" is a fish bum's dream come true. Rise as early or late as you please 'cause there's no competition to race to the pool. Fish hard all day on 50 miles of accessible river, come back to camp and recharge with a hearty meal and a few fish stories.
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Pinnell Creek, Kodiak Island

Walk & Wade - Tent Camp

Pinnell Creek is a relatively slow moving, clear stream with a medium gradient, characterized by a series of pools, runs and riffles running over gravel, accented by significant boulder gardens and long sweeping cut banks, all of which are prime lies for migrating wild steelhead.
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Rainbow King Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

A legacy fly-out fishing lodge in the heart of the famed Katmai Basin of Alaska, Rainbow King's variety of fishing options in unparalleled. From their private lease rainbow trout fisheries to world-class salmon rivers, there is something for everyone. They even offer halibut fishing...
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Rainbow River Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

Rainbow River Lodge has been rated as one of the “ten best fly fishing lodges in Alaska” and their home water, the Copper, has been described by Trout Unlimited as one of the “top 100 best trout streams in the world”, and Alaska’s first fly fishing only, catch and release fishery.
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Rapids Camp Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

Rapids Camp Lodge, an easy to reach, full service fly-out lodge with excellent home water and one of the most diverse and exciting fly fishing programs in Alaska. The lodge is located on the Naknek River, near King Salmon, just an eighty minute flight...
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Royal Coachman Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

Of all the attributes that make Royal Coachman Lodge attractive, none are so obvious as their location, and the quality of their staff. The lodge itself is located on the banks of a wilderness river in the remote Togiak/Tikchik region of Alaska...
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Royal Wolf Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

Royal Wolf Lodge is remote, only accommodates 12 anglers a week in a true wilderness setting, and boasts one of the finest, most tastefully-appointed lodge and cabin complexes in its genre. Under new ownership and management with the same...
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Talaheim Lodge

Fly-Out Lodge

Imagine being in an Alaskan wilderness only a short 45-minute flight from Anchorage, in a comfortable lodge (that only takes 6-8 guests/week) on the banks of a great trout and salmon river, with superb guides and wonderful food.
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The Ridge

Fly-Out Lodge

The Ridge is located 210 miles southwest of Anchorage on privately held land in the heart of Alaska’s phenomenal Bristol Bay and Lake Iliamna “Trophy Alaska Rainbow Trout” watershed, and conveniently adjacent to the Katmai Wilderness.
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