If you've listened to the show for any length of time, you know how often the conversation turns to "where should I go fish next." We get that question constantly, and up until now, our honest answer has been "here's a name, go figure it out yourself." That's changing.
We've partnered with Frontier Travel to help FFIP listeners plan and book guided fly fishing trips — and we mean trips, plural, all over the map. Frontier books two kinds of experiences: pre-planned packages with set dates and pricing you can book right now, and fully custom one-off itineraries built around your dates, your budget, and your bucket list. Whether you want an affordable long weekend or the honest-to-goodness trip of a lifetime, there's a way to make it happen.
Bristol Bay Lodge, Alaska — photo courtesy of Frontiers Travel
And it's not just about the fish. A lot of Frontier's lodges — and their fully custom itineraries — pair days on the water with everything else a trip can be: fly fishing and horseback riding, sporting clays, and a spa day at Brush Creek Ranch in Wyoming (built for family trips and corporate retreats alike); flats fishing and reef diving, Mayan ruins, and zip-lining at El Pescador in Belize; wild trout sight-fishing right at the doorstep of New Zealand's Marlborough wine country. And through Frontier's Elegant Journeys team, running since 1983, you can build a fully custom trip around golf, wine touring, cultural journeys, wildlife safaris, cruising, or family and romance travel, paired with any fishing destination in the world.
Here's a taste of the fishing destinations on the table:
Left to right: Argentina, New Zealand, Mexico, Belize, Canada, Montana — photos courtesy of Frontiers Travel
Argentina — Kau Tapen Lodge on the Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, chasing the world's largest sea-run brown trout. This is the bucket-list pick, roughly $12,950–$14,950 a week, all-inclusive.
New Zealand — Owen River Lodge on the South Island, with 25-plus rivers within a 90-minute drive and some of the best sight-fishing for wild trout anywhere. Roughly $8,680 a week.
Mexico — Palometa Club on Ascension Bay, widely considered the permit capital of the world. A more affordable saltwater trip that still delivers a shot at the grand slam, roughly $4,950–$5,900.
Belize — El Pescador Resort on Ambergris Caye, a Forbes Top 10 eco-resort chasing tarpon, bonefish and permit. Short stays are available here, making it one of the most accessible price points on the list at roughly $2,556–$5,614.
Canada — Scott Lake Lodge on the Northwest Territories/Saskatchewan border, remote and wild, built for trophy pike and lake trout across half a million acres of water. Roughly $9,195 for 5 days, $17,195 for 10.
Domestic — Bristol Bay Lodge in Alaska (pictured up top) for the fly-out, bucket-list version of a home-soil trip at roughly $14,950 a week, or Big Hole Lodge in Montana if you don't even want to leave the country — no passport, just wild browns, rainbows, brookies and cutthroats, roughly $4,966–$8,601.
Here's how it works: fill out a short trip inquiry on our site — where you want to fish, when, and with how many people — and it comes straight to us. We pass it along to Frontier's travel specialists personally, so you're not another anonymous form submission; you're a listener we vouched for.
And here's the part worth repeating: booking through us costs you nothing extra. You pay the same rate you'd pay booking with Frontier directly. What you get on top of that is a personal introduction and access to relationships Frontier has built since they opened their doors in 1969 — partnerships with Virtuoso, Four Seasons Preferred Partners, The Dorchester Diamond Club, Belmond, Abercrombie & Kent, Lindblad Expeditions, Seabourn, and Silversea. Frontier compensates us when a listener we refer books a trip, and that's the reason we can keep doing this show without turning every episode into an ad. We wouldn't put our name on a travel partner we hadn't vetted ourselves.
Ready to start planning? Head to the trip inquiry page and tell us where you want to go — and what else you want the trip to include. Affordable or once-in-a-lifetime, we'll help you find the fit.