Preparing For Alaska Fishing Trips

The fishing trip of your dreams is waiting for you at Rainbow King Lodge, where you’ll experience the best Alaska fly-fishing the state has to offer. Situated in an unspoiled environment, you’ll never see crowds of people hip to hip in rivers, engaging in what’s called combat fishing. Our private license to access ensure exclusive access to more than 30 pristine streams and rivers that feed into Bristol Bay.

To ensure you will get the most out of your Rainbow King Lodge experience, our Alaska fly-fishing trips are six days and six nights long — available from June to September each year. Chances are, you’ll see more wildlife than other fishermen here, so be sure to nurture the dream by being ready.

Properly preparing for an Alaska fishing trip ensures the best possible experience.

Recommended Clothing and Personal Articles

From the shores of the lake to mountain streams, Rainbow King Lodge offers you practically every type of Alaskan fishing experience. That’s why it’s important to be prepared for all of them when packing for Alaska. It takes more to be equipped for the Alaskan wilderness than dressing warmly. The climate and terrain are as wild and varied as the wildlife, so having the right rain gear for Alaska and other types of appropriate Alaska attire is crucial to enjoying your stay with us. With the right gear, you’ll keep yourself warm, dry, and comfortable, no matter what the circumstances, so you can concentrate on what you came to do.

Licenses

To ensure that you’re good to go from the moment you step off the plane from Anchorage, fill out the fishing license form, print, and either mail or fax them to us or simply fill out this On-line fishing license form so that we can have them ready for you.

Alcoholic Beverages

Iliamna is a dry village by law, and it’s illegal for us to sell or provide liquor. However, guests are free to bring their own spirits and we furnish whatever mix you may need, and serve your wine at dinner. Anyone is free to tend the bar and you’re sure to have a great time getting to know your fellow guests in the comfort of our lodge.

Gratuities

Although gratuities are left to guests’ discretion, it’s customary to tip staff between 10 to 20 percent of the total cost of their stay on Saturday evening, before their departure or on the last day of their trip. Because all staff shares the responsibility for ensuring guests have a stellar stay, they also share gratuities. There’s no need to seek them individually when it comes time to show your thanks.

Please feel free to contact us at your convenience if you have any questions. We’ll be happy to talk with you about anything from the fly-fishing equipment you’ll need to the type of desserts prepared by our skilled chefs in our gourmet kitchen.