Lodge: Fraser river Lodge Guide: Kevin Favorite Memory: My wife's first Pink Salmon

One hour outside of Vancouver makes this lodge an easy quick get away for pacific salmon. No need to go all the way to Alaska. The lodge sits in a residential neighborhood and is the owner’s old house. The meals were excellent and accommodations are fine.  Being so close to a major city you do not get the remote feeling of an Alaskan camp, but the fishing is about the same. We were there for the Pink run and there were times when the whole bottom of the river was moving with fish swimming up stream. You had to be careful when stripping your Salmon fly , because snagging a Humpy in the back can break your rod, as I found out. Guides pick you up in the morning and drive you to the boat ramp and you are fishing by 8:30. My wife caught first salmon here and spent a couple days site seeing around the beautiful Fraser River Valley.