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Florida is the “Sunshine State” with a population of over 21 million, most of whom live in the Miami, Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville urban areas. Nearly 80% of Cuban Americans live in Florida, especially in South Florida. Key West is only 94 miles from Cuba. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf (more…)

Montana is Big Sky Country, although its official nickname is “The Treasure State” due to its large deposits of gold and silver. We like “Big Sky Country” better. Montana is the fourth largest state in the Union boasting 145,552 square miles of land, sharing borders with three Canadian provinces, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. With (more…)

Wyoming is known as “The Cowboy State” and the least populous state in the country, with just under 600,000 residents, 10% of that live in the state’s capital of Cheyenne. It’s also home to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park close to a 109,000 of river, much of which offer some of the most outstanding (more…)

Washington State is the beating heart of the Pacific Northwest, nicknamed “The Evergreen State” because it is so green due to abundant rainfall. Washington state encompasses an area of 71,362 square miles and contains approximately 70,439 miles of rivers including the mighty Columbia River. The upper Columbia is a terrific and very consistent rainbow trout (more…)

Louisiana is located in the Deep South and is known as “Sportsman’s Paradise” with over 52,000 square miles of land mass that can be divided into two parts, the uplands of the north, and the alluvial stretch along the coast, that includes low swamp lands, coastal marshlands,  beaches, and barrier islands that cover about 20,000 (more…)

There are several hundred miles of terrific trout and steelhead rivers, and a bunch of lakes and streams within easy striking distance of Redding. Much of the fishing is straightforward and ideal for the self-reliant angler. However, there are spots where fly fishermen could use help. Some local fisheries are protected with fly-fishing only, catch-and-release (more…)

Blue Horizon Lodge was the brainchild of Lincoln Westby, with the support of Will Bauer and The Fly Shop® back in November 1996. “I built it where it was because I wanted to be in the center of the best permit fishing in the world,” said Lincoln. “And that was it right there . . (more…)

The steelhead rivers of the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska 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 that you will float… and all are extremely productive fisheries. Add to that (more…)

Iceland is the the land of Fire and Ice, a mesmerizingly beautiful landscape of volcanoes, rock, rivers, waterfalls, ice fields and endless tundra. Iceland offers a diverse fishery targeting Atlantic salmon, arctic char, brown trout and sea-run browns. The island has three separate oceans and seas crashing against its shores. The cold waters of the (more…)

The Land of Fire and Ice The island itself is a mesmerizingly beautiful landscape of volcanoes, rock, rivers and waterfalls; the scenery is magnificent.  The island has three separate oceans and seas crashing against its borders. The cold waters of the Norwegian Sea flank its eastern edge, with the Arctic Ocean on its north and (more…)