Chris Jolly Outdoors has been leading tours and outdoors activities of various types around the Taupō region for more than 40 years. They’re deeply rooted in the community and the landscape. Most importantly, they know the area rivers and trout migrations within them as well as anyone. Their local streams vary widely from grassy, narrow
Amenity: Conventional Options
Da Bay Area Bonefish Lodge
Da Bay Area Bonefish Lodge is located on a white-sand beach in secluded Mar’s Bay on South Andros Island. This operation revolves around the big local bonefish, but their flats brethren occasionally make appearances: permit, tarpon, barracudas, lemon sharks. Da Bay is central to many of the famous tidal creeks cutting through the island as
Andros South Lodge
Why We Like It Situated near Deep Creek in largely undeveloped South Andros, this cozy lodge offers quick and easy access to some of the best flats and biggest bonefish, even by Bahamian standards. Andros South offers clean, air-conditioned accommodations a few yards from a white-sand beach, and every guest gets his or her own
Mount Pleasant Fishing Lodge
Mount Pleasant Fishing Lodge sits on an expansive private beachfront property located near Cargill Creek in Central Andros. It’s a skip and a jump from the famous North Bight where anglers will find plenty of prime bonefish water, even on windy days. The lodge faces the south end of White Bight, which offers productive wade
Blue Horizon Lodge
Why We Like It This is a permit-focused operation. If your goal is to catch your first permit or your 50th, Blue Horizon is a really great bet. The lodge is located smack-dab in the center of “Permit Alley,” offering its guides and clients first shots at several of the most productive reefs and flats
Copal Tree Lodge
Why We Like It This operation offers excellent permit fishing and quick access to some of the most productive flats in the Caribbean. Anglers can expect double-digit shots at fish on most days, with the average sickle-tail weighing between 10 and 20 pounds. The cabins and suites are immersed in a lush jungle setting surrounded
Cree River Lodge
Why We Like It Cree River Lodge offers exceptional pike and walleye fishing in the untouched Canadian north. While staying at Cree you’ll enjoy a quiet and comfortable lodge, a crew that welcomes you in as part of a team, and fantastic meals throughout your stay. This can be your pike fishing experience of a
Thanks Alaska Mothership
Why We Like It Thanks Alaska offers some of the most unique steelhead fishing on the planet. Opportunities are plentiful for bright, spring-run wild fish ranging between 8 and 14 pounds and some that grow much larger (their record measured 42 inches long). The 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest offers hundreds of these wildly remote steelhead-bearing streams,
Northern Lights Lodge
Why We Like It Simply put, the waters around Quesnel Lake and Northern Lights Lodge are rainbow trout Nirvana. Guests here will fish four major rivers and countless lakes from the classic Canadian wilderness lodge, with chances to land six distinct strains of wild rainbow trout that range between 16 and 26 inches. (The lodge
The Dogwood Lodge
Why We Like It Dogwood Lodge is your launch point into the Biloxi Marsh and the greatest redfish angling in the world. These fish are found in big numbers, especially during winter when they invade shallow flats to feed on abundant crabs and other forage. On a good day, anglers will get dozens of shots