Categories: Trip Reports

2024 Rio Mataveni Hosted Trip Report – March 12 – 25, 2024 by Erik Argotti There were 10 of us on this trip. All the guys were seasoned travelers and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of guys to hang out with for the week. They were an older crew. I was by (more…)

2023 Tanzania Trip Report – November 1 – 13, 2023 by Erik Argotti November 1: I arrived at the Redding airport around 5 am for a 6 am flight to SFO. Took off on time and arrived in SFO around 7. Smooth and easy. According to the board, the Turkish Air counter was supposed to (more…)

Mike Mercer’s 2023 Hosted Alaska Lodge Trips Royal Wolf Lodge – August 4-11, 2023 Lava Creek Lodge – August 13-20, 2023 Royal Wolf Lodge: Flying out of Redding has made our traveling easier in many situations here at The Fly Shop, and my case was no exception. It allowed me to depart Redding at 5pm (more…)

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…)