2019 Fly Water Travel Catalog
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2019 Global Angling Guide British Columbia CONTENTS Smithers & Upper Skeena Region .............................. 42 BC West ...................................................................................... 44 Silver Hilton Steelhead Lodge ................................. 45 Terrace & Beyond ................................................................ 46 DESTINATIONS Skeena River Lodge & Nass Base Camp ................... 48 Pacific Northwest Saltwater Flats Speywater Lodge & Floats .............................................. 49 Cuba ................................................................................................ 6 Oregon ........................................................................................ 50 Christmas Island Outfitters ..................................... 10 Andros South Lodge ....................................................... 11 The Rockies Bahamas ..................................................................................... 12 Montana ................................................................................... 54 Yucatan ...................................................................................... 14 Idaho ........................................................................................... 58 Isla del Sabalo ...................................................................... 16 Colorado & Wyoming ..................................................... 60 Tarpon Cay Lodge ............................................................... 17 Canada ....................................................................................... 62 Belize ........................................................................................... 18 Float Trips ............................................................................... 64 Indian Ocean ......................................................................... 20 Alaska Bolivia ..................................................................................... 26 Alaska Peninsula ................................................................. 65 Fly-out Lodges ..................................................................... 68 ....................................................................................... 28 Brazil Rapids Camp Lodge .............................................................. 70 Alaska West ............................................................................. 71 Russia Base Camps ................................................................................ 72 Kamchatka ............................................................................... 30 Fishing Bear Lodge ........................................................... 74 Kola Peninsula ..................................................................... 32 Southeast Alaska ................................................................ 75 Mongolia ............................................................................ 38 New Zealand ................................................................... 80 Greenland ......................................................................... 39 Patagonia Costa Rica .......................................................................... 40 Chile ............................................................................................ 84 Coyhaique River Lodge .................................................. 86 Austral Kings Camp .......................................................... 87 Argentina ................................................................................ 88 Las Pampas Lodge ................................................................. 94 World’s End Lodge ............................................................ 95 Estancia Despedida ............................................................ 96 Las Buitreras .......................................................................... 97 On the Covers: Front—Fly Water Travel’s Andy Archer on California’s McCloud River. Photo: Ken Morrish. Inside—Providence Atoll. Photo: Brian Gies. Back—The Tree River Camp in Nunavut’s arctic. Photo: Ken Morrish. PAGE 2 WWW.FLYWATERTRAVEL.COM FEATURES Welcome to Fly Water Travel South Fork of the Flathead by Ken Morrish & Brian Gies .................................................... 4 Roughing it in the Frank Church Wilderness by Charles Gehr ....................................................................... 56 Cuba Culture & Fishing A Tour That Has it All The Other Steelhead? by Jon Covich ............................................................................ 8 More Chrome to the North by Ken Morrish ........................................................................ 66 Providence The Seychelles’ Ultimate Saltwater Wilderness Hidden Gems of Scotland by Brian Gies ..........................................................................22 Fine Custom Tours for Friends and Families by Ken Morrish ...................................................................... 76 Sudan High Adventure on the Red Sea’s Nubian Flats Santa Cruz Province by Brian Gies ..........................................................................24 Home to Argentina’s Three Best Trophy Rainbow Destinations by Ken Morrish ........................................................................ 90 India’s Lost Province In Search of Arunachal Pradesh’s Golden Mahseer Los Plateados by Ken Morrish ....................................................................... 34 The Miracle of Argentina’s Atlantic Steelhead by Ken Morrish ........................................................................ 98 Renton River Adventures A Family’s Passion for the Rivers of Oregon by Andy Archer ........................................................................ 52 ©2019 by Fly Water Travel, LLC. All rights reserved. Graphic design by CarterWorks of Ashland, Oregon, (541) 646-0995. Photo credits: Covers, Ken Morrish. All other photos: Ken Morrish, Brian Gies, Charles Gehr, Dylan Rose, David Kalinowski, Matt Harris, Abe Blair, Bryan Gregson, Cpt. Jack Films, Jason Ching, Adam Tavender, Jon Covich, Rafael Costa, Tourette Fishing, Tres Amigos, Brush Creek Ranch, Justi Campa, Val Atkinson, Walter Hodges, Paul Imperia, Stephan Gian Dumbaj Jr., Barry and Cathy Beck, Fly Castaway, Deneki Outdoors, Northern Patagonia Fishing Company, Nervous Waters, Kharlovka Company, Eric Neufeld, Eric Ulibarri, Dillon Renton, Arian Stevens, Guido Rahr and others. Pricing: All prices are set by individual lodges, outfitters and guides and are subject to change without notice. Pricing is based on double occupancy. 1-800-552-27291-800-552-2729 • WWW.FLYWATERTRAVEL.COM PAGE 3 Welcome to Fly Water Travel hange, it seems, is the only constant we can count With time we learned more about one another’s Con. We sometimes hope that things will even out, long-term visions and in July of 2018 decided that that we might catch our breath, rejuvenate, and for a through joining forces we could ultimately create brief moment, just cruise along and enjoy a predictable something whose sum would be far greater than ride. But as we learn, life typically has bigger, more in- the individual parts. teresting plans in store for us all. It is the way of things. So once again, we have unwittingly been blessed Brian Gies and I started Fly Water Travel 20 years with change and the opportunity to become more ago with little more than hope, enthusiasm and a than we were before. Brian and I remain firmly at shared commitment to doing our best, whatever that the helm, but moving forward we have the resources may be. We wrote our first business plan on a napkin and wisdom of our industry’s greatest minds and in the back of a rental camper in New Zealand, sealed brands behind us. The excitement within our office the deal with a hearty shot of bourbon and then is palpable, as we now see the same landscape from metaphorically stepped to the edge and jumped. We a different elevation and the possibilities of what we learned a great deal along the way, and not always can accomplish stretching out far beyond the near the easy way. We showed up each day, worked hard, horizon. In the short term, what will this mean to surrounded ourselves with a talented staff that com- Fly Water Travel clients? Very little, as our staff, plemented our values and commitment to service, location, leadership and style of doing business will and most importantly, we reached out and connected not be changing. But in the long term we will be with traveling anglers and outfitters who shared our doubling down on our commitment to providing passion for the sport of fly fishing. It wasn’t much of the industry’s best customer service as well as the a plan but it was ours, and looking back, there isn’t broadest array of thoughtfully selected destinations anything we would have done differently. in fishing travel. We will also be bringing forward Today, the teachable moments continue. Our new ways to make booking fishing trips easier and clients and outfitters, all of whom we consider more information-rich than ever before. friends, have often been our greatest teachers. They have helped us understand that the journey 2018/2019 Highlights is often more important than the destination, that Once again we thank all of our customers, the relationships we build are more important than outfitters and fans for making 2018 an incredible catch rates, and that how we treat others is the true and dynamic year. We are continually