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Trout Week Report at Lava Creek Lodge, Alaska (July 31 – August 07, 2022) Boy was I excited about this trip!  This was our first year of offering “Trout Weeks” at Lava Creek Lodge. We had set aside four weeks after Chinook season and before Coho season to specifically concentrate on and fully vet the (more…)

Pinnell Creek, Kodiak Island, Alaska, Trip Report (September 21 – October 01, 2022) Pinnell Creek is named after Bill Pinnell, a pioneering adventurer and brown bear hunter that with his partner, Morris Talifson, traveled to Kodiak Island, Alaska, and carved out a life in the bush during the Great Depression. You can read about their (more…)

Erik Argotti – Fly Fish Mongolia Hosted Trip July 18 – August 7, 2022 Headwaters Expedition – July 20 – 31, 2022 Classic Canyon Float – July 27 – August 7, 2022 July 18, 2022 The trip started out with my flight from Redding to San Francisco with an 8:30 pm departure. 100+ people at (more…)

The Bahamas is all about bonefish, and most people would agree that the Bahamas is the Bonefish Capital of the World.  Even its currency has bonefish on it! Nearly all of the 16 major islands of the Bahamas – and countless smaller cays – are surrounded by flats that are teeming with bonefish of all (more…)

No other freshwater gamefish takes your fly harder than a tigerfish. It has been described as “bone shaking” when they eat your fly. They have been known to take finger guards right off your hands and cut through your sun gloves and stripping tape. We’ve even seen rods ripped out of the angler’s hands from (more…)

Who Saved International Fly Fishing Travel? by Don Causey Founding Editor of The Angling Report It would be an understatement to say that the fly fishing travel business was slammed hard by COVID-19. The global health emergency did not just make it almost impossible to travel for an agonizingly long time, it frightened and demoralized (more…)

Andros South Lodge Trip Report March 6 – 13, 2022 Eric Ersch Andros Island is the largest of the Bahamian Islands, 104 miles long and 40 miles wide at its widest point. Andros has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined. Consisting of three major islands, North Andros, Mangrove Cay, and (more…)

ESB Lodge Trip Report March 26 – April 4, 2022 Erik Argotti Saturday  March 26, 2022 Redding to San Francisco – I flew out of Redding at 6:10 am. I don’t know why I get there an hour and a half before departure, as I am always one of the first ones there and the (more…)

What to Pack for Fly Fishing the Bahamas by Pat Pendergast Everyone has a different idea of what to pack for a fly fishing adventure, whether it be in freshwater or salt. But if you want an expert opinion on what to bring on a trip to the Bahamas, read this list from our travel (more…)

Essential Fly Fishing Gear for Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha The Chinook, or “king salmon,” is the largest of the six Pacific salmon species. Typically, Chinooks average 20-30 pounds – depending on where they are found – although specimens have been recorded in excess of 120 pounds, with the official record being 97 lbs 4 ozs (more…)