NOLS Fly Fishing Courses, Wind River Fishing Trips, and More!

Learn to fly fish with NOLS on the Wind River, or fish with OARS on the Salmon River and Chilko Lake

Fishing is one of those experiences that seems so simple on the surface, but is so much more when you look deeper. Any experienced fisherman will tell you that the thrill doesn’t come just from the act of outsmarting an intelligent fish, but by being in close communion with the natural world, away from the hum of work and family life.

And there are no outfitters in the world better able to take you into wild nature than Adventure Collection tour providers. On our fishing trips in the states, you can attend an intensive three-day, fly-fishing seminar to help you perfect your cast, learn to “match the hatch,” and read the water in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains, where cutthroat, brook, brown, golden, and rainbow trout abound. Or fish for trout in a deep, clear pool in Oregon’s Rogue River or in the Main Salmon River in Idaho. Of all the rivers that flow through Idaho, the most spectacular is the Wild and Scenic Salmon River, the longest undammed river system in the continental U.S. If you choose to go farther afield, venture to British Columbia, Canada, where you can cast a line into the glacially fed Chilko River, which never clouds.

Experienced fishermen say that just looking into the water causes the mind to let go and relieves stress. I guess that’s why “Gone fishin’ ” is an English idiom to describe taking the opportunity to get away for a while.

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