Our first fishing trip of 2008 is the Baja Extravaganza in Mexico. Alaska Fishing begins with the Spring Float Tubing for Rainbows adventure in May.
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Important Notes for 2008: |
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| May | June | July |
| Float Tubing- read trip report |
Brooks River-June 23-26 trip is full - June 20-23 has one opening | Lake Clark is full Nome is full Orca Fly fishing school is full |
| August | September | |
| Reel Wilderness Trip is full | Orca Silver Salmon trips- Sept 5-8 is full, Sept 9-12 is open Kodiak Kapers-two spots open |
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- Beginning Fly Tying - Anchorage, AK January 11/12, 2008. Contact us for registration.
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The Fly Fishing Show, Washington – Stop by and see me at in Bellevue, WA at the show at the Meydenbauer Center February 1, 2, 3, 2008. I’ll be tying flies and doing presentations on Alaska. http://www.flyfishingshowwest.com/Seattle.html
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The Central California Sportsmen's, Boat, R.V. and Outdoor Living Show – Stop by and see me at the show at the Kern County Fairgounds in Bakersfield, CA February 8-9-10, 2008. I’ll be tying flies, doing casting clinics, and doing presentations on fly fishing Alaska. www.calshows.com
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The Fly fishing Show, Pleasanton, California Stop by and see me at the show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds February 22-23-24, 2008. I’ll be tying flies, doing presentations on Alaska, and signing books. Details are online at http://www.flyfishingshowwest.com/Pleasanton.html
Contact us for bookings or for more information.
FLY FISHING SHOWS
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The Fly Fishing Show, Pasadena, California-Come see me at the Pasadena Center in Pasadena March 1-2, 2008 . http://www.flyfishingshowwest.com/Pasadena.html I’ll be tying flies, signing books, and doing presentations on Alaska.
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The Mat-Su Outdoor Show, Wasilla, Alaska – Stop by and see me at the show at the Wasilla Multi-use Sports Center March 28-30, 2008. I’ll be tying flies and doing casting clinics and presentations on our Alaska trips. See http://www.chinookshows.com/index.htm for details.
Contact us for bookings or for more information.
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Our 12th annual Baja Extravaganza for saltwater fly fishing in Mexico will take place April 8-14, 2008, at Rancho Leonero Resort near East Cape. See http://www.bajafly.com/pudge2008.htm for all the details. It’s an all-out fly fishing frenzy for marlin, tuna, dorado, jack cravalle, and many, many more species. Fabulous hotel, http://www.bajafly.com/Leonero.htm, all the meals, 3 days on the boats, some of the best beach fishing on the Baja, and evening casting clinics, etc. There’s still time to make your plans and join us, but hurry! We’ll be waiting to hear from you. Read the 2007 Mexico Fishing Trip Report for all the great details.
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9 Hour Beginning Fly Fishing Classes -- Anchorage & Soldotna. Contact us for dates and costs.
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The Great Alaska Sportsmen Show will take place in Anchorage, AK April 3-6, 2008. It’s the social event of the spring season in Anchorage. There’s speakers, new gear, fly ting and much more. I’ll be doing casting clinics for women and girls, tying flies, slide shows, and book signings at the show. See http://www.auroraproductions.net/sportman.html for details of 2008 show.
- See you at the Alaska Women’s Show, April 18-20, 2008. Join the casting classes, watch the slide shows, visit my booth, and buy my books.
Contact us for bookings or for more information.
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Beginning Fly fishing classes will take place in Anchorage during May. E-mail us for specific dates (pudge@womensflyfishing.net)
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Beginning Fly fishing classes will take place in Kodiak, May 9-11, 2008. Cost $100. See Cy's Sporting Goods for more information.
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Chicks With Sticks, a beginning fly fishing class in Soldotna, Alaska will take place at the Blue Moose Lodge (www.blue-moose.com) May 16-17-18, 2008. (e-mail us for more information at pudge@womensflyfishing.net)
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Spring Float Tubing for Rainbows- May 19-22, 2008
Come along with us in May to see what float tubing the lakes is all about, while we pursue hungry rainbows just out from under the ice. Do just one day or several. Single days will be $185, and two days and one night will be $400. All of the gear, equipment and flies are included as is cabin for the over-nights. Want to know more? Read the Spring Float Tubing trip report for 2007.
This float trip was featured in Fish Alaska Magazine in July 2004. See all Pudge's articles in Fish Magazine at www.women'sflyfishing.net/fishingArticles.html.
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Ladies Outdoor Night, sponsored by Women’s Flyfishing®, Mountain View Sports, and Fish Alaska Magazine will take place at Mountain View Sports Center in Anchorage, AK on Thursday, May 8th. Join us to take advantage of the fabulous sales on outdoor gear and clothes, and help us benefit the AWAIC shelter for victims of domestic violence. (if you would like to donate to the event, e-mail us at pudge@womensflyfishing.net)
Contact us for bookings or for more information.
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9-hour beginning Flyfishing classes. Anchorage. Contact us for dates and costs.
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Beginning Fly fishing classes will take place in Juneau, June 13-15, 2008. Cost $150. See Juneau Flyfishing Goods for more information.
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Brooks River Fish for sockeye, rainbow trout, and arctic grayling and watch the bears in a world-renowned setting in Katmai National Park. Trip cost is $2,250. That includes three nights lodging, three days guided fishing, Park Service day use fees, round trip airfare from Anchorage to Brooks Lodge, and all the gear, equipment and flies. 2007 Brooks River trip report is online for more information. Couples are welcome.
One Opening June 20-23 or
FULL June 23-26, 2008 Our Brooks River trip was featured in Fish Alaska Magazine in June, 2003. See all Pudge's articles in Fish Magazine at www.women'sflyfishing.net/fishingArticles.html.
Contact us for bookings or for more information.
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FULL Lake Clark Sojourn July 2-6, 2008
Fish for arctic grayling, rainbow trout, and Dolly Varden char in one of Alaska's most spectacularly scenic areas. Trip cost is $2,400 per person (price will increase to $2,450 on 1/1/08 so book now!) Trip includes four night lodging at water-front Farm Lodge at Lake Clark, www.lakeclarkair.com/ all the delectable meals, boat drop offs, gear, equipment and flies, four days guided fishing, including one day fly-out fishing for trout and char and round trip airfare from Anchorage to the Lodge! Check out the pictures on the lodge web site for a taste of the Lake Clark area. It's gorgeous!!! Couples are welcome.
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New this year! Heli-Fishing & Wine Tasting Retreat - July 8-9-10-11
We’ve got a real treat in store for you on this one. We’ll be offering three separate trips of three & ½ days in length that include helicopter-assisted fly fishing for rainbows and char along with daily wine-tastings, fantastic gourmet meals, rafting, a heli-glacier flight, morning yoga, and round trip airfare from Anchorage to the truly Alaskan hospitality of Kirsten and Carl Dixon’s world-famous Winterlake Lodge. www.withinthewild.com Cost: $3,930 per person (all inclusive)
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Denali Highway Grayling Safari - July 14-17, 2008
One of my favorite trips! We'll fish the remote and lovely Tangle Lakes area and wander the picturesque road to other choice spots for non-stop arctic grayling fishing with dry flies and nymphs. Trip cost is $775 and includes four days guided fly fishing, instruction, all the gear, equipment and flies, and all camping fees where necessary. (Lodging is available if you prefer not to camp. We'll refer you.) Couples welcome. Read our 2007 Denali Highway Grayling Safari trip reports online.
The Denali Highway/Tangle Lakes trip was featured in Fish Alaska Magazine in April, 2003. See all Pudge's articles in Fish Magazine at www.women'sflyfishing.net/fishingArticles.html.
- FULL There's No Place Like Nome!- Dates are July 20-24, 2008
Fly fishing for trophy arctic grayling on a river so clear and so un-spoiled you can't believe it! If you love dry fly & nymph fishing this is the trip to keep your 5-wt rod bent all the time. The fish are as beautiful as they are cooperative.Trip Cost is $2,780 per person. Alaska Northwest Adventure Lodge http://www.akadventure.com/ will be our headquarters. Trip includes lodging, meals and transportation from White Mountain to the Lodge & on the river each day, five days guided fishing, instruction, gear, equipment & flies. This is un-crowded fishing at its best! Couples are welcome. Enjoy reading our 2006 Nome fishing trip report online.(Trip is already almost half full!)
No Place Like Nome was featured in Fish Alaska Magazine in April, 2005. See all Pudge's articles in Fish Magazine at www.women'sflyfishing.net/fishingArticles.html.
- FULL Annual Fly Fishing School at Orca Adventure Lodge- July 26-30, 2008 We'll have you casting both light and heavy-weight fly rods, hooking, playing, landing and releasing fish, tying knots and constructing leaders, wading safely, and much, much more. We'll fish for pink and chum salmon as well as Dolly Varden char and cutthroat trout.
Trip cost is $2,250. Price includes the complete school, all the gear, equipment and flies, four nights lodging (double occupancy), all the fantastic meals, four days guided fishing including one fly-out fishing day into glacier-studded Prince William Sound. Orca Lodge is at www.orcaadventurelodge.com/ and our 2007 Fly Fishing School report is online for more information.
Contact us for bookings or for more information on any of these trips.
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Fly in & Horseback out Grayling Fishing on the Kenai August 4-7, 2008
We're headed to Crescent Lake and Crescent Creek on the Kenai for this unique trip. Get a fantastic view of the lakes and mountains from the air on the way to the camp and then experience the trail back down from the saddle on a horse. In between, float-tube the lake and hike the creek to fish for arctic grayling in a very beautiful setting. Trip cost is $1,585 per person. Trip includes transport from Alaska Horsemen’s Kenai Lake corral near Cooper Landing to Soldotna on the first afternoon, lodging & dinner at the lake-side Blue Moose Lodge in Soldotna, a scenic flight from Soldotna to Crescent Lake, two nights camping, all meals, three days guided fishing, instruction, gear, equipment and flies, and a horse-back ride back to Kenai Lake on the last day. See the Blue Moose at www.bluemooselodge.com and Alaska Horsemen at www.alaskahorsemen.com/. Couples welcome.
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Heli-Fishing & Wine Tasting Retreat - August 11-12-13-14
We’ve got a real treat in store for you on this one. We’ll be offering three separate trips of three & ½ days in length that include helicopter-assisted fly fishing for rainbows and char along with daily wine-tastings, fantastic gourmet meals, rafting, a heli-glacier flight, morning yoga, and round trip airfare from Anchorage to the truly Alaskan hospitality of Kirsten and Carl Dixon’s world-famous Winterlake Lodge. www.withinthewild.com Cost: $3,930 per person (all inclusive)
- FULL Reel Wilderness Adventures in Wood Tikchick State Park August 16-19, 2008
This super camp lies within the largest State Park in the U.S. with scenery, adventure, and fishing to match. See www.reelwild.com/. It’s a great setup, including the cozy weather-ports for sleeping and the amazing yurt for the scrumptious meals, visiting in front of the fire, or some fly tying while you relax. It's a wonderful set-up. Trip cost $2,650. That includes three nights lodging, four days guided fly fishing for trout, char, pike, and sockeye, scrumptious meals, all the gear, equipment and flies, and round trip float plane flights from/to Dillingham, Alaska. Couples are welcome. 2007 Wood Tikchick trip report is online for more information. (Trip already half full.)
- Canoe, Float Tube & Creek Fish on the Kenai Peninsula August 29-Sept 2, 2008
Combine creek fishing, float tubing and canoeing on Kenai Peninsula lakes and streams. Put your light-weight fly rod to work on rainbow trout and Dolly Varden char as you wade and fish or as you paddle the still-water. Trip cost is $990 and includes three nights lodging at the Blue Moose Lodge in Soldotna, all meals, three days guided fishing, instruction, and all the gear, equipment and flies. Visit the Blue Moose at www.bluemooselodge.com and see our 2007 Kenai fishing trip report online.
We're bringing back this great trip that combines float tubing, dry fly fishing and casting to pink, chum & silver salmon. We'll start with float tubing a lake north of Wasilla for the rainbows, and then head up to the Denali Hiway for grayling, ending up with salmon fishing at Montana Creek on the way back. It's a way to try it all. Trip cost is $985 including four days of guided fly fishing, instruction, all the gear, equipment and flies, one night cabin, and two nights camping fees. Read our Smorgasbord Fishing Trip Report for more information.
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Our Annual September Silver Salmon Spectacular
FULL Sept 5-8
OPEN Sept 9-12, '08 Orca Adventure Lodge in Cordova is the site of our annual coho (silver) salmon trips again in 2008. The fishing can't be beat, and neither can the lodge's hospitality. Trip cost is $2,150. That includes three nights lodging (double occupancy), all the delicious meals, four days of fly-out or boat-out guided fly fishing, instruction, fish packing, and all the gear, equipment and flies. Couples are welcome. See Orca at www.orcaadventurelodge.com/ and read about 2007 on our Orca Adventure Trip Report. You haven't lived until you've played a coho on a fly rod. Do it with us!
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Kodiak Kapers September 16-18, 2008
Fish for silver (coho) salmon and Dolly Varden char with us on Kodiak Island's road rivers. Trip will include three days guided fly fishing, instruction, gear, equipment and flies, plus transportation to/from the fishing and lunch each day on the river. Trip cost is $850. (Single days available.) Learn more at our Kodiak Trip Report online.
- Heli-Fishing & Wine Tasting Retreat
- September 21-22-23-24
We’ve got a real treat in store for you on this one. We’ll be offering three separate trips of three & ½ days in length that include helicopter-assisted fly fishing for rainbows and char along with daily wine-tastings, fantastic gourmet meals, rafting, a heli-glacier flight, morning yoga, and round trip airfare from Anchorage to the truly Alaskan hospitality of Kirsten and Carl Dixon’s world-famous Winterlake Lodge. www.withinthewild.com Cost: $3,930 per person (all inclusive)
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John Campbell Folk School The dates of this year's class are October 5-10, 2008 at the John Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. Visit www.folkschool.org for more information.
- August 2 or 3, 2008
Join us either day in the delightful community of Hope on the Kenai Peninsula fly fishing for pink salmon and Dolly Varden char. We'll supply the rods, reels and flies. Cost for the day is $185 per person.
- August 22, 2008
Join us on Montana Creek north of Anchorage where we'll be fly fishing for pink, chum, and silver salmon. We'll supply the rods, reels and flies. Cost for the day is $185 per person.
New This Year!!!
Heli-Fishing & Wine Tasting Retreat
We’ve got a real treat in store for you on this one. We’ll be offering three separate trips of three & ½ days in length that include helicopter-assisted fly fishing for rainbows and char along with daily wine-tastings, fantastic gourmet meals, rafting, a heli-glacier flight, morning yoga, and round trip airfare from Anchorage to the truly Alaskan hospitality of Kirsten and Carl Dixon’s world-famous Winterlake Lodge. www.withinthewild.com
Cost:
$3,930 per person (all inclusive)
Dates:
July 8-9-10-11
August 11-12-13-14
September 21-22-23-24
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