Categories: Trip Reports

2023 Oman Trip Report Justin Miller – Hosted Trip My small group of guys and I were super excited for our fly fishing mission to the Middle East. We headed down to Oman, which sits on the Arabian Sea, to target the rarest permit species in the fly fishing targetable slam, the Trachinotus Africanus. We (more…)

2023 Casa Vieja Trip Report by Justin Miller I do a lot of saltwater fly fishing, but it has always been on the flats, the shallow water, sight casting to tailing permit or cruising tarpon… Casa Vieja Lodge in Guatemala was going to be my first excursion into the deep Bluewater. Casa Vieja’s reputation precedes (more…)

Montana Familiarity Trip Report April 10 – 18, 2023 by Chris King Travel day Flying out of Redding is convenient. But it sure doesn’t save much time. Was at the airport at 05:30 PST. No troubles with the flight to SFO. Was scheduled for a 3-hour layover. Flight was delayed, they changed gates on me (more…)

2023 Bahamas Trip Report March 1 – 18, 2023 by Erik Argotti Whether sight-fishing from a poled skiff over skinny water or stalking a white sand flat, the Bahamas are the ultimate bonefishing experience. Last month I embarked on a three week familiarity trip to the Bahamas, concentrating on Andros Island followed by a hosted (more…)

Montana Wilderness Lodge Trip Report July 7 – July 16, 2022 – 9N/10D Float Trip by Mikey Kaplan Day 1: Thursday 7/7/22 – Travel day Departed Redding around 9:45am for Medford, A little over two hour drive to get to Medford. I stopped at Target down the street from the airport to grab some toothpaste (more…)

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…)