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   This Alaska fly out fishing lodge information below was gathered during 21 years of flying and guiding in remote Alaska and is our sole opinion based on facts and personnel observations as to the best value in alaska fly out fishing. Many of the top fly-out lodges are fancier and bigger and have prettier web sites but we will put our fly in fishing program against any of them. Our fly-out fishing page is for educating a 1st timer to Alaska what options you have vs. Alaska Adventures. All The the lodges that are listed are the top lodges in the area and have been in business for a long time and are nice fly out  fishing lodges. We are showing the hidden facts that sometimes get left out of the fancy brochures and sales pitches. We want all people to be able to make an educated decision on where to book there Alaska fishing lodge trip and why to choose Alaska Trophy Adventures lodge over the competition.

Top 10 reasons not to go to a fly-Out only fishing lodge

1.$$ Money the truth is the Top fly-out lodges in Alaska charge $6,000-7,600 per week per guest to much for the fishing the reason is simple Airplanes cost allot.

2. The fishing ? Not the Best wilderness Fishing in Alaska ! what do you really get for your money some fancy food prepared by chefs, the best lodges corporate money can buy, and flying in crappy weather day after day looking for some place to land that does not have 4-8 airplanes already there.

 3.Quality of fishing experience! there are around 20 top fly out fishing lodges located around  Bristol bay Alaska and 10-12 of them are competing for the same water each day on small fly out rivers.

4. Safety! the truth is that each summer there are 2-3 fly out fishing lodges crashing airplanes with injuries and fatalities in the Bristol bay area! Main Cause is pilot error because they are being pushed past there limits to find uncrowded good fishing and they fight inherent bad weather conditions including-fog-rain-high winds and icing conditions on a daily basis with many of them being overloaded.

5. Bad Weather days No flying days! at $1200 a day it sucks to hang out at the lodge and play cards all day and if your lucky enough to get out in the afternoon after the fog lifts there are already 4-6 other lodges were you wanted to fish so you get stuck with scraps and over fished water. Most of the good fly-out lodges have some type of home water to fish although most of them are competing with 2-3 other lodges on there home water. Also  there guides are not current on it as they have been flying out each day to a different location.

6.The truth about the fly fishing? the salmon and trout fishing changes weekly on the dozen or so river drainages in the Bristol bay area some weeks great! some weeks marginal and some sucky. The main problem with the top fly out lodges is they all fish a dozen rivers within a 100 mile radius, and they truly are competing for a spot to land and tie up on many of the rivers and small lakes for example this past summer one July day we took a group flight seeing in Katmai park over near morraine creek and battle creek when we flew over moraine there were 7 airplanes and 2 float trips all fishing a 2 mile stretch of river. along with an 10 person Otter unloading 10 bear photography tourist that just flew out from Anchorage. This was a complete circus and if I would of been paying $1000 a day for fly out fishing from one of the top lodges I would of been furious. Although to be fair I did talk to some of the anglers at the airport in King salmon the following week and they told me most of them did catch 3 or 4 28-30 inch trout each that day. Wow what a great wilderness experience!

7. Private Access to the fly out rivers this is a boldface lie -there are only a couple of private rivers to fish that the local natives have the rights to lease access and boat storage, although every lodge has access to American Creek~Talarik Creek,~Morraine Creek~ Kulik River ~Brookes River ~Kvichak River ~Copper River ~ Battle Creek ~ Funnel Creek ~ Contact Creek ~Heavenly Creek ~ Egegik River ~Becharof lake Outlet ~Outlet of Nonvianuk Lake, Outlet Kukaklek lake~ lower Alagnak River~ Agulawak river ~Agulapak River ~King Salmon River~ Nushagak river ~ Naknek River.

8. It is true these are the best rivers in all of Bristol bay for trout and Salmon but they are all getting crowded by more fly-out lodges moving into the area more mobile tent camps are setting up at the access points and more float trips fishing the prime water with easy floatplane access.

9.FishingValue Dollar for dollar Not a very good value if your looking at the overall wilderness experience, quality private fishing and peaceful calm experience.  Crowds-Noisy Airplanes-Stress hurry-up and wait to load floatplanes to fly out to a crowded river hurry up load planes to get back to the lodge not to miss hour devoirs and cocktail hour. Amount of fishing time and catching fish vs 5-6 guest's packed in a plane with 1 pilot and 1 guide to take care of them for the day.

10. Lodge locations, many of the so called top fly out lodges have the worst locations on the most crowded fishing rivers that's why they have to fly-out. You ask why would a multimillion dollar lodge be put where the fishing is marginal its very simple. Convenience and cost of doing business its cheaper to operate near a town with road access and its cheaper to barge fuel and supplies to a lodge located on a tidal estuary in a lower river, but what do they loose everything that makes most peoples trip to Alaska a great trip

Top 10 reasons to book with Alaska Trophy Adventures River based lodge vs other fly out fishing lodges

 1. The location-Prime Trout & Salmon location in the braids of the upper Alagnak river in Katmai Park 6 miles below the confluence of 3 top rivers. Nearest fly out lodge is over 25 miles from us

2. Prime fly fishing River- access to 3 separate rivers without fly-outs Alagnak river- Kukaklek river- Nonvianuk river all within 15 minutes by jet boat from the lodge.

3. Top Guides - 2x1 guided fishing each day with your own jet boat/raft for transportation with a very experienced fly fishing guide check out there names and credentials of our professional guides page with an average of 3 years guiding for us.

4. The Owners- head guide Charlie Summerville has been guiding fly fisherman in this region since 1985, and knows the Bristol bay region as good as any body. He also still guides 4-5 days a week to keep on top of the fishing.

5. The Price- we offer a deluxe fly fishing package for $4900pp sun-sun all meals prepared by a chef, modern waterfront heated cabins, and fully guided fishing.

6. Best Value- dollar for dollar we offer the best value in high quality wilderness fishing and will guarantee it.

7.The fishing Success- Our guest's averaged 15-17 fish a day landed for the entire 2006 season with top anglers landing 30-50 fish each day of mixed species with rarely ever fishing in sight of another person.

8. 12 different species - The Alagnak river gets all 5 Salmon species plus Trophy Rainbows, Char, Grayling, Dolly varden, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, White fish. Most guest's will catch 4-8 separate species in 1 week.

9. 1000 happy Guest's- since our start and 80% repeat clients click on to hear our 2005-06 guest's comments.

10. NO Bullshit Policy- Great fishing-Great guides-Great location-Great meals-great accommodations with out daily fly outs required for wilderness fishing.

 The location on the Alagnak, Kukaklek and Nonvianuk river and lake systems. Our main lodge is located 6 mile downstream from the confluence of the three rivers this gives us excellent access without having to do fly-outs as we specialize in daily Jet boat fishing . Many days we are trout  fishing within site of the main lodge as this area of the upper Braids holds World class Rainbows all season. With the addition of our 2-new 21 ft Inboard jet boats we can offer daily and overnight trips to Kukaklek or Nonvianuk  lake outlets and local tributaries to include Little Kukaklek-Morraine Creek and Battle River the same rivers the $6500 a week fly-out lodges are fishing except your paying $4900 a week on our deluxe package

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