The Best Fly Fishing Lodge in the World: A Traveler’s Guide

How to Choose the Right Lodge for Your Needs: When it comes to choosing a fly fishing lodge, there are a few factors to consider. First, figure out what type of fish you’re looking to catch and make sure the lodge has access to and knowledge of those types. Determine your budget, this will help find what your expectations of this experience should reasonably be.  You’ll also want to look at the accommodations and see if they meet your needs. Finally, it’s best to ensure that any guides you hire have plenty of experience in the area and can provide valuable advice on how best to land that big one! There is no way that the best fly fishing lodge in the World does not have the best fly fishing guides in the World! 

The truth is, only you can determine the best fly fishing lodge in the World.  Our experience can help you find where you should NOT look to spend your money, and your most valuable asset, your time!  Be on the lookout for nickel-and-dime outfits, and bait and switch operations.  Outfitters and lodges that offer trips for a lower price, then tell you that your “All-Inclusive Trip” has some add-ons, such as equipment rentals, and transfers to and from the airport, and some even want to charge for flies.  Any trip that states that it is all-inclusive, virtually insures that it is not true as such.  Make sure that you are crystal clear on what is included in the price, and what exactly the services are.  Some trips that seem to cost more will actually end up costing less in the grand plan.  Please take steps to make sure that you are not taken advantage of.  Make sure that you research reviews, in my experience as a traveling fly angler, it is rare that people will take time out of their busy schedule to write a glowing review of a lodge that blew their socks off with an amazing trip, but if they are treated poorly, or are given a service less than they were promised, or didn’t catch the fish of their expectations, they will let the World know loudly.  Look in particular for the negative reviews, and read them.  This is like a crystal ball into the soul of a company, there is no way of taking bad reviews from GOOGLE down, the only way that nefarious companies can get rid of them is to try and bury them with other reviews.  Also, as a consumer, I believe that we have a responsibility to help others in their search to find the best fly fishing lodge in the world.  Help them by leaving honest reviews of your experiences, good or bad.

Read the copy:  “Dig deep, or go to sleep” is a saying that applies here.  Writing copy for a website, or even brochures is a time consuming event, it takes a lot of effort to explain your operation.  Look deeply into this writing, it will tell you everything about a company.  If the writing is done by the owners, if it is from their voice, and it is passionate, then you could reasonably assume that they too are passionate about what they do.  This is not a hard-fast rule, but a small thing to possibly separate the companies that are out to just make a quick buck form the companies that would go to the end of the World to do what they promise.