Categories: Trip Reports

Royal Wolf Lodge, Bristol Bay, Alaska, Trip Report (July 21 – 29, 2022) Our week at Royal Wolf Lodge in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska was to precede our “Trout Week at Lava Creek Lodge”. My wife Lisa and I were really fired up for this trip, especially having the opportunity to visit our (more…)

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…)

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…)

ALASKA STEELHEAD COMPANY  (SEP 25 – OCT 03, 2021) 7N/7D Chris King & Pat Pendergast I recently had the opportunity to host a group of anglers at one of our newest lodges in Alaska.  Alaska Steelhead Company is perched on a bluff at the mouth of Deep Creek overlooking the Cook Inlet on the southern (more…)

Tanzania Tigerfish Trip Report 9/29 – 10/10, 2021 Terry Jepsen 9/29 – 9/30 (Travel Days): We flew out of SFO at 6:20 pm on 9/29 via Turkish Airlines (Business Class) – This is a very nice airline that has excellent service. Lay down seats were perfect for the long flight to Turkey (Istanbul) (13 hours (more…)

Introduction: Since starting our lower 48 program last year (2020) at The Fly Shop®, I wanted to get over to visit Teton Valley Lodge in person in order to see the fishery and better represent the lodge. Teton Valley Lodge has been around for 102 years and I have heard so many great things about (more…)

Tarpon Caye Lodge, Belize by Pat Pendergast A couple years ago, Brian O’Keefe and I had the opportunity to visit and fish with the folks at Tarpon Caye Lodge located close to the Barrier Reef in Southern Belize. Brian and I had spent the prior week at Espiritu Santo Bay Lodge and we were looking forward (more…)