Guide Services
Many guide services offer multi-day, all inclusive fly fishing packages that include all the fishing equipment you need plus lodging, meals, ground, water and air transportation. You’ll want to do your homework months in advance of your trip and prearrange your Alaskan fly fishing adventure before leaving your hometown. You can either get in touch with reputable guides and outfitters online or you can leave it up to a licensed travel agent who can book you a package that not only includes guide services in Alaska, but also your flights to and from the state.
A typical seven day/six night summertime guided fly fishing package includes:
- Top of the line fishing tackle, plus flies, waders and vest. The fish run very big here so expect to be using 10-12 weight rods and big reels with precision drags loaded with a whole lot of backing
- Three meals a day including a lakeside or riverbank lunch prepared over an open fire. Dinner back at the lodge is almost always a gourmet affair, but you can leave the formal attire at home
- Lodging either in the main lodge or individual efficiency cabin units
- Ground, air and water transport from Anchorage
- Transport from the main lodge to isolated lakes and rivers
What will a guided fly fishing package typically not include?
- Gratuities
- Fishing license
- Warm and foul weather gear
Fishing In Comfort and Style
Most outfitter and guide websites offer vital information that above all stresses individual “comfort.” Let’s face it, if you’re not comfortable, you’re going to have a miserable experience. Keep this in mind: Alaska is, by nature, a cold damp place that’s surrounded on all side by water and ice sheets. Nothing can be more cold and damp than a day spent on a river or a far away lake even in the dead of summer. Alaskan weather, at its best, is unpredictable. Bring the best quality raingear you can purchase along with a waterproof jacket, preferably with a fleece lining. Long underwear, wool socks, hats, gloves and hiking boots are absolute necessities.