Recommended Gear for Rainbow River Lodge, Alaska

Wild, trophy-sized rainbow trout…in great numbers! Alaska is famous for its salmon fishing, but that is just part of your experience when you can combine the best salmon fishing in the world with trophy-sized rainbows. Well, it just doesn’t get any better than this! Truth be told, many travelers have said Rainbow River Lodge is the best lodge on the planet! If you’ve never been to an Alaska fishing lodge before, be forewarned that after spending a week here, one never goes all the way back home. You will find yourself forever feeling a compelling urge to return.

Rainbow River Lodge is located on private land in the heart of Alaska's phenomenal Bristol Bay and Lake Iliamna "Trophy Alaska Rainbow Trout" watershed, conveniently adjacent to the Katmai Wilderness. The fly fishing lodge offers magnificent views of the Alaska wilderness and the "Home River" is the beautiful Copper River, one of Alaska's original "fly fishing only" designated streams.

Rainbow River Lodge has been rated as one of the "ten best fly fishing lodges in Alaska" and the Copper River, our "Home River" has been rated by Trout Unlimited as one of the "top 100 best Trout streams in the world". Truly outstanding accolades from the finest fly fishing authorities in the world today.