REEL ACTION ALASKA LODGE

Located just above tide water on the Kanektok River in Southwestern Alaska

January 1, 2018

We had a fantastic summer season in Alaska! In mid June and July the Kanketok River received a very strong run of king salmon with guests experiencing high catch rates swinging flies on spey or single hand rods. The fly fishing for leopard rainbow trout was excellent as well all throughout the season in June, July and August. In mid July the shear bionmass of fish species in the river is truely a spectacular site to see. The silver salmon fishing in August was amazing with our guests catching silvers on top water poppers and wogs. Dolly varden (char) and grayling were also plentyful on the river in July and August. We are looking forward to the next summer!

Now is a great time to reserve your week if you are considering a trip to Reel Action Alaska Lodge next summer. We will be attending six fishing shows starting in early January. Please feel free to call us at 585-568-7335 (REEL) or email info@reelactionfly.com to let us know what dates you prefer or to check on availability as reserving your trip now will guarantee your space for 2018. Our weeks are filling on a first come first serve basis.

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We had a great summer fly fishing season in Alaska and would like to thank everyone that joined us! We are taking reservations for our 2018 summer season and invite you, your friends and family to join us at Reel Action Alaska Lodge to fly fish the famous Kanektok River (aka The Chosen River) next summer! We have a high repeat booking rate so please check availability early as many of our guests come back annually to experience our world class fly fishing operation. We run a fly fishing tent lodge right on the banks of the Kanektok River and offer one of the most diverse and best value fly fishing vacations in Alaska. Our staff is also great and well trained at hosting large groups of friends, coworkers or families at our lodge. In our 17th year in business, Reel Action Fly Fishing is one of the premier outfitters managing fly fishing operations in both Western New York and Southwestern Alaska. We understand the importance of having a highly trained and experienced team of guides, staff, and managers that assures your experience is the best. Guests enjoy a 1:1 guest to staff ratio with a focus on excellent customer service and attention to detail. We would be happy to refer you to guests that have fished with us on any of the weeks you like.

Our standard week long package to fly fish the Kanektok River runs from Saturday to Saturday with a full 6 days fishing and 7 nights of lodging. Our guests can also take advantage of fly fishing in the evenings at our river front access on one of the best gravel bars in the lower river! In the month of June our weeks are priced from $5,250 to $5,950 to kick off our prime salmon and rainbow trout season. Our July week long prices range from $4,950 to $5,500 per person and have some of the best variety of fish species Alaska has to offer. Also on our last two weeks of July we have family week specials where adults pay full price and siblings 21yrs or younger accompanied by an adult pay half price! August weeks are $5,400 per person and are the most popular weeks with an amazing run of fresh chrome bright silver salmon! For a listing of prices per week and the fish species available please scroll down. We also have a limited number of 3 day / 3 night packages for June, July, and August that range from $2,750 to $3,150 per person, please contact us for dates. Your all inclusive package also includes transportation from Quinhagak to the lodge by jet boat, all lodging (your own private heated tent cabin with bed and linens), meals, rods, reels, custom tied flies by our guides, terminal tackle, vacuum packing of fish, fish box, a USB drive of pictures and videos from your trip plus free wi-fi and phone service.

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We are taking reservations for Alaska weeks in the summer of 2018. For a general listing of availability please scroll down to see our weeks list below. For more specific questions on available dates please shoot us an email by clicking here. Planning a trip to Alaska starts early so feel free to check out more information on our website, view our pictures galleries or watch our videos. By placing your reservation early you can secure your prefered week as we do have a high repeat booking rate with many guests coming back annually to experience our world class fly fishing operation. Feel free to take a 43 second vacation and click here to watch our mousing for rainbows video or a longer 7 minute vacation and click here to watch our full Alaska fishing video! Guests of all ages and experience levels from beginners to advanced enjoy our comfortable lodge setting with our family friendly environment. This makes a great trip for getting your kids hooked on fly fishing or families looking for everyone to experience catching lots of different species of fish! For the experienced anglers we have it all including mousing for rainbows and dolly varden or wogging for silver salmon! Hiking up small side channels, fishing the braided sections of river, fishing the main river channel and enjoying the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area all in one action packed week!

At Reel Action Alaska Lodge our guides and staff are focused on providing you with a high quality fly fishing experience. With only ten guests per week our lodge allows for maximum flexiblity to guests fly fishing preferences and we have a wide variety of daily fishing options recommended by our professional guides. Our guides work extremely hard for you and are passionate about providing you with the trip of a lifetime, every time! In our 17th year in business, Reel Action Fly Fishing is one of the premier outfitters managing fly fishing operations in both Western New York and Southwestern Alaska. We have over 50 years combined fly fishing experience and our guides have traveled and fly fished in the Great Lakes, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Florida, Alaska, Bahamas, British Columbia, Argentina, Brazil, India, and Thailand.

The Kanektok River is a fly fishing wonderland. Guests that have fished this river before keep coming back because there's no place like it in Alaska! To have such a phenomenal overall fishery on one river in Alaska simply can't be found. The Kanektok (aka Chosen River) is the perfect combination of an excellent salmon fishery where you can catch king, coho, sockeye, chum, and pinks along with beautiful leopard rainbow trout, char (dolly varden), and grayling. The Kanektok is fishable all season long, no fly outs are needed, and you can fish everyday regardless of the weather. Check out our Alaska video filmed on locationor any of our picture galleries by clicking here.

Reel Action Alaska Lodge is perfectly situated low in the river system to take full advantage of the excellent salmon fishery. Chrome bright pacific salmon pass by our lodge all day long. Guests enjoy catching chrome bright salmon along with mousing for rainbows, catching grayling on dry flies and enjoying catching char on many different fly patterns. The healthy Leopard Rainbow population are excellent sizes and plentiful with many over 22 inches and some even reaching 30 inches. The diversity of species you can catch combined with easily wadable gravel bars along with many creek channels and braided sections to explore make this fishery one of the best in Alaska! Reel Action also has a special use permit for the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area where guests enjoy access to over 25 miles of wilderness that contains some of the best mousing action in Alaska! Want to see a rainbow hit a mouse pattern? Then click here and watch a short video! Don't believe us that these rainbows feed heavily on mice? Then click here to read this article compliments of research done by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge.

We have customized spacious 10 x 12ft and 12 x 12ft heated wall tent cabins with wooden floors and carpeting. These wall tents are super strong, waterproof and can withstand the weather conditions in Alaska. For your comfort we sleep single occupancy, one client per tent cabin. The tent cabins are furnished with a padded cot with quilt and high quality sleeping bag, soft pillows, dresser, lantern, mosquito net, mosquito coil, clean linens for showering, clothes hangers, windows with screening, and plenty of storage room for your luggage and gear. The location of our lodge (1 mile from tide water) was carefully chosen to provide our guests a front row seat to the freshest chrome bright fly fishing action in Alaska. The best holding water to fly fish for fresh run kings, silvers, chums, and pinks is right in front of our lodge.

Conservation and respect for the fishery is a very important principal we teach to guests at Reel Action Alaska Lodge. We are strictly catch and release for all the following fish species; king salmon, rainbow trout, char (dolly varden), and grayling. Please remember these are all wild fish and every fish you release makes a difference to the overall health of the fishery. Proper fish handling techniques when shooting pictures and landing fish are strictly enforced! If you are interested in keeping a few salmon to take home we only keep the males of chums, sockeye, or silvers. They are filleted, vacuum packed, and frozen and we provide a 25lb wax fish box for your trip home.

Our summer Alaska season at Reel Action Alaska Lodge on the Kanektok River begins in mid June and runs until the end of August. Please scroll down to learn more about our Alaska Lodge on the Kanektok River. We hope to see you in Alaska!

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Reel Action Alaska Lodge 2018 Weeks

June 16th - June 23th, 2018 - Price $5,250 - Email or call us to check availability
Prime swinging for king salmon week or mousing for rainbow trout. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

June 23rd - June 30th, 2018 - Price $5,950 - Email or call us to check availability
Prime swinging for king salmon week. Chum salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon all available. Mousing for dolly varden and rainbow trout. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

June 30th - July 7th, 2018 - Price $5,550 - Email or call us to check availability
Prime swinging for king salmon week. Chum salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon all available. Mousing for dolly varden and leopard rainbow trout. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

July 7th - July 14th, 2018 - Price $5,150 - Email or call us to check availability
Prime swinging for chum salmon week. King salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon all available. Mousing for dolly varden and leopard rainbow trout. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

July 14th - July 21st, 2018 - Price 4,950 (Family Week Special - Adults Pay Full Price, Siblings 21yrs Or Younger Accompanied By An Adult Pay Half Price) - Email or call us to check availability
Grand slam week with all species available including king salmon, early silver salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon. Mousing for dolly varden and leopard rainbow trout. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

July 21st - July 28th, 2018 - Price $5,250 *Simon Gawesworth Hosted Week* (Family Week Special - Adults Pay Full Price, Siblings 21yrs Or Younger Accompanied By An Adult Pay Half Price) - Email or call us to check availability
Prime diversity week with king salmon (first part of week only), silver salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon. Mousing for dolly varden and leopard rainbow trout. Egg patterns also highly effective as this is a major egg drop week for spawning salmon. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

July 28th - August 4th 2018 - Price $5,400 -Email or call us to check availability
Prime silver salmon week with chum salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon. Mousing for dolly varden and leopard rainbow trout. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

August 4th - August 11th, 2018 - Price $5,400 - (Sorry Week Has Been Reserved)
Prime silver salmon week. Mousing for dolly varden and leopard rainbow trout. Flesh flies and leech patterns are also highly effective this week for rainbows. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

August 11th - August 18th, 2018 - Price $5,400 - (Sorry Week Has Been Reserved)
Prime silver salmon week. Mousing for dolly varden and leopard rainbow trout. Flesh flies and leech pattern are also highly effective this week for rainbows. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

August 18th - August 25th, 2018 - Price $5,400 - Email or call us to check availability
Prime silver salmon week. Mousing for dolly varden and leopard rainbow trout. Flesh flies and leech patterns are also highly effective this week for rainbows. Dry fly fishing for grayling.

Reel Action Alaska Lodge Key Points

Season: Our 2018 summer season will start on June 16th and run through August 25th, 2018.

Lodge Capacity: We can accommodate 10 to 12 guests per week and hire a staff of 10 to 12 which ensures you have the best individual attention along with excellent customer service. Our small size allows us to have a flexible fishing program.

Single Person Accommodations: All guests get their own fully furnished tent cabin complete with comfortable bedding for no additional charge. Single anglers do not pay extra, period!

Togiak Refuge Permit: We have a Special Use Permit allowing us special access into the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area.

Riverfront Fishing Access: We have excellent riverfront access that guests can walk too from camp and has some of the best king, silver, and chum holding water on the river.

Highest Quality and Variety: The Kanektok River is one of the best rivers in the world for having a huge variety of beautiful, aggressive fish, combined with a huge variety of fly fishing water (main river, small stream channels, gravel bars, spey/swinging water, drift boat water). Over five hundred thousand fish run past our lodge during the season.

Excellent Mousing: The river has some of the best mousing for rainbow trout and dollies in Alaska. We have even caught silvers, chums, pinks, sockeye, and grayling on mouse patterns!

Guide Ratio: Two guests to one guide with your own jet boat. Our guides are courteous and respectful of the fishery, knowledgeable in their craft, patient, and excellent instructors.

Rotation Of Guides: Guests go out with a different guide daily and are able to experience different techniques and locations on the river. Our guests often comment on how much they learn with having a different guide each day.

Lodge Equipment: We have Winston, Sage, G-Loomis, Redington, and Echo fly rods. 10wts, 9wts, 8wts, 7wts, 6wts both spey, switch, and single hand rod/reel outfits are all accessible for your use.

Custom Fly Patterns: All our guides tie their own flies and have special fly patterns that are highly effective on the Kanektok River. Rest assured your guides will be prepared so you have the best trip possible.

Pictures: At the end of your week our guides assemble all the pictures from their cameras and you will go home with flash drive filled with all the images from your trip. Guests often comment what a great service it is to go home with such amazing pictures!

Easy and Affordable Travel: Flights to our lodge are easy and affordable with rates ranging between $340 to $591 round trip.

Family, Friends, and Fun: Our family friendly environment makes this a great trip for couples, families, and friends. Our guides are excellent instructors and are great at teaching beginners how to cast a fly rod and catch fish!

Trip Details: Your all inclusive trip package also includes transportation from Quinhagak to the lodge by jet boat, all lodging, meals, rods, reels, custom flies, terminal tackle, vacuum packing of fish, fish box and a DVD of pictures and videos from your trip.

Travel Costs: Plane flights to the lodge are not included in our price. Flights to our lodge are easy with Alaska Airlines 1hr and 15min flight on a Boeing 737 from Anchorage to Bethel for $251 roundtrip and Ravn Alaska's 50 min flight on a Cessna C208 Caravan from Bethel to Quinhagak for $350 roundtrip. Many of our guests reduce their costs further by signing up for the Alaska Airline Visa Signature Credit Card to get the round trip flight from Anchorage to Bethel using 15,000 miles points round trip. Since you are awarded 30,000 miles points after signing up this covers the cost of two people a savings of $502 total! Friends and family members can also take advantage of the companion ticket which allows two people to fly from the same airport for the price of one! For more information on the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card please click here to visit the Alaska Airlines website or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.alaskaair.com/content/credit-card/visa-signature.aspx

Booking Terms: A 50% deposit is due at the time of booking to hold your week. We will hold your week for 10 business days after booking, until the deposit has been received. Our prime weeks fill up very quickly and availability is subject to first come first serve. Final payment of the remaining 50% is due 120 days prior to your trip. We strongly recommend travel insurance for unforeseen circumstances.

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For any reservations or questions please e-mail us at: info@reelactionfly.com or call us at (585) 568-7335 (REEL)