Fishing
Steelhead on the Grande Ronde. King salmon and halibut out of Soldotna. Cutthroat in the Sawtooths, smallmouth in Hells Canyon, and a desert river in Val Verde County that almost nobody floats. Wade it, drift it, or run offshore.
7 trips

Camp on a high mountain lake and fish for wild trout
From $425/person/day · 3+ days
Rainbow Trout
Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean

Ten years of experience on the clearest, hardest river in Texas
From $1,400/person · 2–4 days
Fly fishing · Smallmouth Bass
Devils River, Val Verde County, Texas

Football-sized rainbows and the second silver run, with the crowds gone and the hillsides turning
From $550/person · 1–7 days
Fly fishing · Coho / Silver Salmon
Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

A blue-ribbon trout fishery few anglers know is there
From $700/person · 1–4 days
Fly fishing · Rainbow Trout
Minam, Wallowa River, Oregon

Fishing, fishing, and more fishing — and barely the same water twice
From $575/person · 1–7 days
Fly fishing · Chinook / King Salmon
Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

World-class smallmouth, with a shot at a prehistoric giant
From $3,200/person · 4 days
Fly fishing · Smallmouth Bass
Hells Canyon, Snake River, Oregon

Steelhead that come up for a skated fly
From $3,500/person · 5 days
Fly fishing · Steelhead
Minam, Wallowa River, Oregon