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TOPICS IN THIS
ISSUE:
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Dean River/Moose Lake
Lodge Combo
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Delux West
Andros Bonefish retreat
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New Belize Video
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Fall travel
ideas and remaining openings
This is the
sixth edition of our monthly newsletter with updates
on great fly fishing venues and insights for our
traveling fly fishers. We want to help you match
the right location with your fly fishing goals and
objectives and properly prepare you to fully enjoy
the experience. We’ve been most places and pride
ourselves in the ability to research new locations –
and whatever unbiased information on timing and
locations we can provide comes at the same cost to
you as booking direct – i.e., no extra cost.
Dean River Steelhead, King Salmon, and Outstanding
Dry Fly Trout Fishing – An Exciting Combination
Package For July ’03.
This past July,
we had several of our traveling fly fisherman visit
two of British Columbia’s premier fly-in lodges,
Moose Lake Lodge and their sister lodge, the Dean
River steelhead camp. Reports from those that went
either place were of outstanding service,
comfortable and scenic surroundings, good food, and
an outstanding, isolated angling environment. The
waters fished (including the Blackwater R. and the
upper Dean) from Moose Lake Lodge offer some of the
best dry fly fishing for native rainbow and
cutthroat on the planet in early July with 50 and
even 100+ fish days possible – and all on drys. The
Dean is simply the “Dean” of all the steelhead
rivers with great catch rates of large, “hot”, fresh
from the ocean fish. Many of the weeks on the Dean
for steelhead have been booked for years by the same
“steelhead addicts” and getting space is impossible.
Leland’s Fly
Fishing Adventures has made an arrangement with both
lodges (same ownership) for July 4 – 11, ‘03 that
allows a combination package with three full days
fishing from each location. This will combine the
fast action of dry fly fishing on some of BC’s
greatest rivers (all fly out adventures) and streams
with the opportunity to catch the steelhead of a
lifetime. Also, that week has seen the height of
the king salmon run in the Dean the last few years
so the river will have both steelhead and kings
available. The price will be $4,250pp for the
seven night trip and includes the charter flight
from Vancouver and all the fly outs from the lodges.
THE CATCH: We can reserve
this combination package for either an intact group
of six or twelve for that week only and the
reservations must be confirmed by deposit before
October 1. If you have a party of two, three or
four who would like to reserve this adventure, we’ll
do the coordination to put fishermen together so
they add up to six or twelve. This is a very
special adventure in a environment of stunning
natural beauty which combines some of the greatest
possibilities in the realm of fresh water fly
fishing and it’s not that far from home.
Flamingo Cay – the Delux West Andros Bonefish Lodge
This is the ONLY
lodge on the West Side of Andros Island. It’s
location on the West Side gives it access to
fabulous flats that can’t be practically reached
from the East Side of Andros (there are no roads in
the area and access is only by float plane). But
it’s location is just the beginning – the lodge
itself has a wealth of character reflecting the
Bethell family ownership which began in the 1920’s.
For many years the lodge was held just for personal
family friends and was also host to the Duke of
Windsor and other celebrities, primarily for
waterfowl shooting. Today, hunting is still an
attraction and can be combined with angling, but
it’s the fishing that is of primary interest to us.
The operation is run by Charles Bethell III and is
on our list of hosted trips for ’03. The price of
$4,700 per week (includes the float plane trip from
Nassau) reflects the exclusiveness of this bonefish
destination. We have four spots still open on the
trip that Josh Frazier will be hosting April 12 –
19, ’03. Also, we can book space for any time
during the year for both the fishing and the combo
fishing/hunting trip.
New Belize Video
There is a new
video available describing in detail the Belize
fishery and how to best access all the possibilities
from a Belize mothership. This is a great personal
saltwater adventure for a small group (2 to 7) of
fly fishing friends or family. If you’d like a free
preview of the video, drop us a note and we’ll get
you one.
Fall Adventures
Still Available
Deschutes River
Steelhead (9/26 – 29) float trip has availability
Three Rivers
Ranch Ladies Week ( 9/7 – 13) still has space for
one or two ladies.
Belize
Mothership trip (Oct 13 – 20) hosted by Josh Frazier
has room for one rod (could be room for 3 rods if we
can access the second boat)
Christmas Island (Oct 27 – Nov 3 as well as other weeks available) has room
for more rods
North Platte Lodge – this is a Rockies trout destination with large fish
and it’s unique in that it fishes well even into
November
New Zealand
(Feb ’03) has space for one more rod (the number
available may be three depending on a pending late
cancellation)
Either call or
drop us an e-mail if you have questions or would
like more information about any of our destinations
An enthusiastic
traveling fly fisherman,
Don Muelrath
Leland Fly
Fishing Adventures
888-347-4896
flyfish@napanet.net
www.flyfishingoutfitters.com
e-mail Josh
Frazier at
Josh@flyfishingoutfitters.com
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