Reel Action Alaska Lodge

Simon Gawesworth Hosted Week on June 21st - 28th, 2019)
(Only 2 spaces remain on this prime king salmon week)

May 25, 2019

We welcome you to join internationally renown casting instructor, author and leading expert on spey casting Simon Gawesworth at Reel Action Alaska Lodge on the prime king salmon week of June 21st - 28th, 2019. We are down to only two spaces remaining on this week and these will not last long! Last July the group had a fantastic week catching a grand slam of fish species including king salmon, silver salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon, rainbow trout, dolly varden and grayling all on the same week! Click here to check out the pictures from the July 2018 trip. Simon's 2019 hosted trip will focus on swinging for king salmon on this prime time June week. There will also be chum salmon, sockeye salmon, dolly varden, rainbow trout and grayling available on this week as well. The price for this week is $5950 and 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. Private lessons with Simon are also available for an extra fee but limited to a first come first serve basis. If you would like to reserve a space on this week or have any questions please email us at info@reelactionfly.com or call 585-568-7335 (REEL).

Simon's father John Gawesworth a leading expert and author in fly fishing taught him how to fish when he was just 6 years old. By the age of 8 Simon was fully into fly fishing and when he left school at age 16 he was already a British Junior casting champion and repeated it again the following year. The years to follow included Simon breaking seven British casting records also winning the adult casting championships three times in a row while representing England in two European and one World Team Championships. Simon went onto to compete in three home internationals, two European championships and five World Championships in Spain. You may have seen some of Simon's articles in magazines or his excellent books on spey casting. He has also been featured in many instructional videos including RIO's Modern Spey Casting DVD. Simon is a C.I., Master and T.H.C.I. (Two Handed Casting Instructor) in the United States and A.P.G.A.I. and S.T.A.N.I.C. certified in the United Kingdom. Simon has many casting schools around the country as well. For a complete listing of classes and his books please visit his website by clicking here (www.speyborn.com).  

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 location or 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 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. Read more about our lodge accommodations by clicking here.

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.

Check out our Reel Action Alaska Fly Fishing Video by clicking here!

Check out more pictures from Reel Action Alaska Lodge by clicking here!

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!

Reel Action Alaska Lodge Key Points

Season: Our 2019 summer season will start on June 14th and run through August 30th, 2019.

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 $360 to $611 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 $360 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.