Meeting Place
Stagecoach Inn in Salmon, Idaho
6 Days $3399
View Dates & PricesThe Middle Fork of the Salmon is one of the original Wild and Scenic Rivers and a nationally recognized Blue Ribbon trout fishery. Flowing through the largest federally protected wilderness in the continental U.S., the Middle Fork offers rugged and varied terrain and some of the best catch & release fly fishing in the country. Travel through pine-clad mountains, rolling grasslands and narrow gorges with our experienced fishing guides.
Although the whitewater on Idaho’s Salmon River may be world renowned, simply put, the trout fishing on the Middle Fork Salmon River is superb, and offers some of the best cutthroat fishing in Idaho. Skilled anglers might expect to catch upwards of forty fish per day! The population of this unique strain of west slope cutthroat was almost destroyed by the end of the 1960s. A catch-and-release regulation was then imposed and that, along with the very limited access to the river and little angling pressure, has resulted in a river loaded with fish. Twelve- to fourteen-inchers are common, with an occasional sixteen-to eighteen-inch trout, a trophy to aspire to! Native rainbow trout, mountain whitefish and bull trout are also caught here, but single barbless hooks are required and no bait is allowed. The ease of fly fishing, combined with unsurpassed wilderness and abundant wildlife make for the Idaho fishing trip of a lifetime!
Stagecoach Inn in Salmon, Idaho
$3399
Deposit: $800
Additional Costs:
O.A.R.S. Dories, Inc. is operated under special use permit with the Salmon-Challis National Forest
We respect and recognize that many of the river canyons on state and federal lands where we operate are the ancestral homes of indigenous communities. Where we operate on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River between Big Loon Creek and the confluence of the Middle Fork and Main Salmon Rivers, we acknowledge the territories of the Nimiipuu, Shoshone-Bannock, and Lemhi-Shoshone.
“The guides are terrific in every way. They are highly skilled, friendly, interactive, etc. We, of course, also enjoyed the Middle Fork.”
-Jeffrey Bigman ~ Ormond Beach, FL
“The relaxed yet professional way the guides handled everything from the first evening’s meeting to the last ‘Thank you for boating with us’ was wonderful; I never ever imagined being treated so well on a river trip.”
-Dave McDanel ~ Reynoldsburg, MA