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Four-Hour Educational and Fly-Fishing Day Trips from Great River Fishing Adventures

Great River Fishing Adventures
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Lynda
6 years ago
This company is very organized. Every question is answered... even before you ask. No need to bring anything other than a lunch or drinks if you want. Very helpful guides to help you reel in that big one. Absolutely amazing day!! Thank you to Glen our guide for a trip of a lifetime.
  • Learn about fish & the river
  • Participate in conservation
  • Fish on one of three rivers
  • Equipment included

Fishing is like raising children: both require patience, superior breath-holding skills, and a pocket full of worms to entice co-operation. Impress your family with today's Groupon to Great River Fishing Adventures. Choose between the following options:

• For $125, you get a four-hour educational sturgeon fishing trip (a $250 value). • For $125, you get a four-hour salmon or steelhead fly-fishing trip (a $250 value).

Great River Fishing supplies rods and tackle on each excursion. Current fishing locations will be discussed with customers upon booking. Each trip is for four people so Groupon customers will be paired with others, or may use four Groupons to put together a private trip. While sturgeon populate the river system year-round, steelhead are more prevalent during January through mid-May and salmon are most likely to use their timeshares during peak season in mid-August through November.

Great River Fishing's expert staff lead sport-fishing expeditions—with an eye toward local-wildlife conservation—through stretches of the Fraser River. A four-hour fishing expedition escorts adventurer duos in one of the company fleet’s 20 custom-welded river jet boats on a hunt for living-dinosaur white sturgeon. Blending the sport of line fishing with education on the deep denizen's 100-million-year existence, local habitat, and life cycles, each water-whispering excursion teaches current conservation efforts. Tour participants have the opportunity to tag, measure, and scan, recording each fish's personal data and credit-card numbers. Instructors will also discuss the prime seasons and proper bait for securing a finshake with the disguised river gods.

A fly-fishing adventure takes rod-wielders spying for salmon on the Fraser River and surrounding tributaries, or for steelhead on the Vedder River. During a four-hour instructional, four packs of pupils receive guidance in the basics of the craft, honing skills to cast in single, double-hand, and piggyback spey-fishing style. Anglers browsing running waters for salmon may have the opportunity to catch each of the five Pacific species. If fishing for steelhead, specialized guides lead their groups to prime fishing spots and equip them with proper fly and tackle.

Experienced spey casters also school boat-bound students on proper knot tying and rigging, water reading, relevant entomology, and stream etiquette. Participants develop fish-safe catch-and-release techniques, learning that ecosystems, like golden Frisbees, only become more valuable once they're gone. Participants of all experience levels take to the rods and ropes in hands-on instruction, and they may expect to see eagles, bears, otters, and other wildlife.

Need To Know Info

Promotional value expires Dec 27, 2011. Amount paid never expires. Limit 4 per person, may buy 4 additional Sturgeon trip options as gifts. Limit 4 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. 72hr cancellation notice required. Subject to weather and availability. Trips go out in groups of 4. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Learn about Strike-Through Pricing and Savings

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Lynda
2 ratings|2 reviews
This company is very organized. Every question is answered... even before you ask. No need to bring anything other than a lunch or drinks if you want. Very helpful guides to help you reel in that big one. Absolutely amazing day!! Thank you to Glen our guide for a trip of a lifetime.
Arron
1 rating|1 review
Dean and his staff were very responsive and helpful in planning our trip. Our guide was great. Friendly, patient and knowledgable - all required for a great day of steelhead fishing. We covered a lot of ground and picked up a few new tips and techniques along the way. Highly recommend and look forward to another trip.
kristy
Top reviewer
15 ratings|10 reviews
IT WAS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR OUR 4 HUSBANDS AND THEY ALL HAD AN AMAZING TIME
Ray
2 ratings|1 review
Very friendly guide and owner! We had a blast!
Megan
3 ratings|2 reviews
Our guide was top notch and the experience was incredible. We will be going again. This was and amazing experience!

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