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We would love to have you join us on one of our hosted fishing trips around the world, or Let the Yellowstone Angler help you book a trip to one of our favorite flyfishing destinations. Our staff are specialists in the field of arranging travel for discriminating fishermen. We have fished extensively around the world and one of us will be able to answer any of your questions on places to go, the best lodges and when to plan your trip. Take a look now at the various destinations and lodges that we book for, and give us call or e-mail us at staff@yellowstoneangler.com with your inquiry. We'll be happy to reply to you quickly and answer any questions we can.

Enchanted Alaska's Enchanted Lake Lodge

"The World's Best Fishing for Big Rainbows!"

with George Anderson and friends

September 16-23, 2012

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Alaska's Enchanted Lake Lodge

If you like catching big rainbow trout, like the one above, there is nowhere like Alaska's Bristol Bay area and Enchanted Lake Lodge! We'll fish streams and rivers every day where you'll often have a chance to catch fish like this on your next cast! A short 10 to 15 minute flight in a Beaver float plane puts us into the very finest rainbow fishing the Iliamna/Katmai area has to offer. We'll hike to fish some streams, utilize jet boats and rafts to run and float the larger rivers. Combine the red hot fishing for big rainbows like this with the spectacular accommodations at Enchanted Lake Lodge, and it adds up to one of the most enjoyable and exciting fishing trips we've ever done. Enchanted Lake Lodge has the well earned reputation as being the finest fly fishing lodge for rainbow trout in all of Alaska. The superbly remodeled main lodge sits high atop a hill overlooking Enchanted Lake and Nonvianuk Lake. The view from the dining room is stunning with the Alaska range as a backdrop. Gourmet cuisine, great guides, and a wonderful staff under the direction of manager Daren Erickson all combine to make this the Alaskan wilderness experience of a lifetime!

I hope that you can join me on this exciting trip to the finest fly out lodge in Alaska! Our week will be limited to 12 anglers. Follow this link for all the details of our trip and lots more photos....

Read George Anderson's informative newsletter about recommended flies, tackle, clothing and gear for this trip to Enchanted Lake Lodge.

Casa Blanca Lodge

Ascension Bay in Mexico's Yucatan

Casa Blanca and Playa Blanca lodges on Mexico's Yucatan have always been some of our favorite fall, winter and spring get aways for some great flats fishing, two hundred miles to the South of Cancun.

We fly to Cancun and then take their private charter aircraft directly to a landing strip on an island close to the lodge. For an isolated destination, this is certainly an easy and safe way to get there. We have done several trips in the fall, November and December when their early season rates are in effect and a real bargain. Prime time is Jan through May. The weather is usually better as you get into April and May but any winter week can be good if you don't hit a cold front.

On past late fall trips we have had pretty good weather and excellent fishing. We will be going well past hurricane season, but since Casa Blanca is closed during August and September, we will be one of the first groups in there in the fall when the fish are easy to catch. On my first November trip to Casa Blanca a few years ago I caught a Grand Slam, and my boat partner Bill Hart very nearly did the same- we had each caught a permit that day, the toughest part of any Grand Slam.

Casa Blanca Lodge has always been one of my favorite Caribbean destinations and we've done several trips here over the years. Everyone that has been to Casa Blanca rates it as one of the top 5 lodges in the Caribbean and I'd agree with my friend Lefty Kreh, when he says that Casa Blanca is the best place in the world to catch a Grand Slam - a Bonefish, Tarpon and Permit in the same day, on fly. In fact a Super Grand Slam is totally possible since there are good opportunities for snook there also.

In Ascension Bay there are endless bonefish and permit flats to fish, with plenty of baby tarpon up to 50 pounds or more to keep it interesting. I've also had very good sight fishing for snook at Casa Blanca along some of the mangrove islands on the South side of the bay. Big jack crevalle and big barracudas are also common on the flats and these fish add to the fun and the variety of fish that we can catch each day.

A terrific group of experienced guides, many with 10-15 years or more of guiding experience insure that everyone will have a great guide. Casa Blanca was one of the first lodges to obtain and use classy flats skiffs like the Dolphin Super Skiffs, made in Miami. These skiffs with clean casting decks and poling platforms make flats fishing a real pleasure. You can run fast in a foot of chop without fusing your vertebra, yet they will run shallow enough to pole in seven inches of water. Add new, super quiet four stroke Yamaha 40 and 50 hp motors and you have the ultimate in flats skiffs.

The variety is outstanding and you'll find it hard to quit and come back to the lodge were it not for the fact that some great Margaritas and guacamole await us. The accommodations are superb making this one of the best fishing lodges I've been to take your wife along. Even if she doesn't fish every day there are lots of things to do like snorkeling, bicycling, visiting the Mayan ruins or just kicking back in the shade of a palm tree with a good book.

Turneffe Flats Lodge - Belize

Join us for an end of winter getaway to a warm and exotic fishing and diving extravaganza. If you have been thinking about trying a saltwater fly fishing trip, or if you are a saltwater veteran, this trip is a dream come true. Turneffe Flats is the premier fly fishing resort in Belize and offers a wide variety of fishing and non-fishing opportunities sure to satisfy everyone on the trip. If you have a non-fishing partner, there are few better spots to visit. The Turneffe Islands offer some of the best diving and snorkeling in the world. Anglers can take advantage of the combo package and combine any amount of diving they like with their fishing days. Belize is an English speaking nation that is very easy to get to from the United States. The lodge staff is wonderful and the location is incredible.

Details on the trip and the fishing

Tackle, gear, and flies needed for our trip

Turneffe Flats check Lists

If your calendar doesn't allow for you to join one of our hosted trips, just drop us a line and we can help you put together your own trip to one of the "top notch" lodges that we represent. Just tell us when you want to go as well as what type of fishing you are interested in. We will, at no charge to you, put together a trip to remember.

The Yellowstone Angler Travel Department will help you make all of your reservations and provide you with the information necessary to ensure an enjoyable trip. Additionally, if you need any gear for your trip, we can help you with that as well.

We will work hard to make sure there are no "surprises" on your trip. We only book with lodges that we have visited and fished, and with guides that we know and trust. The Yellowstone Angler has built its reputation on providing the best information and service in the industry. Let our professional travel staff work for you next time you get the itch to go on a fishing trip.

Hosted Travel

Join one of our staff on a hosted fly fishing trip

Each year several of us here at the Yellowstone Angler host fly fishing trips to some of the most exciting destinations worldwide. These trips are to trusted places we've been in the past like Alaska, New Zealand, Argentina, and some of the very best saltwater lodges in the Caribbean

like Turneffe Flats Lodge in Belize and Casa Blanca lodge on Mexico's Ascension Bay at the tip of the Yucatan.

In traveling to these exotic worldwide destinations, it's always good to have someone along that knows the ropes, and can handle any problems that arise, and more importantly has been to these destinations on past trips and knows the fishing well. It's a lot of fun seeing other parts of the world, and experiencing some of the best fly fishing on the planet.

Over the past twenty-five years we've ferreted out the best fly fishing lodges and guiding operations around the world and we'd love to have you join us. Many of these trips we do on an annual basis. Some, like Enchanted lake lodge in Alaska are such a great experience, we just roll over our same week each year. 2008 will be our 18th year at Enchanted Lake Lodge, Alaska's finest fishing for huge rainbows. Many of our guests return with us on these trips each year.

Follow the links on this page for more details on this season's hosted trips.