Big River Outfitters 

My husband and I gave this trip to our 12 year old for his birthday. He said it was the best fishing experience he’d had. We drove from Indiana because our kiddo had never caught salmon, and captain Anthony was a great teacher - he let us use fly rods and a spinner, and he was very patient teaching first timers how to do it. At no point did he seem frustrated or impatient with our snags/errors. He was clearly aiming to teach so he could let us do it ourselves (the biggest fish our kiddo caught was all him, from the cast to the landing, and he was so proud!) but when Anthony noticed we didn’t have all three poles in the water or were maybe a bit slow to get all of our lines out there in a good spot, he also helped out by constantly casting himself to make sure a line was always well placed in the water so we had constant fish to land - the trip was constant action :) Always a fish on to reel in. He just provided a great balance of teaching/letting my kiddo do it all himself, while putting forth every effort himself to get as many fish on lines for us to land to keep it fun. :) all 3 of us caught multiple salmon, probably ranging from 12ish pounds to mid-20s. Also, Anthony is friendly and hilarious ;) And shared lots of information about the salmon run and how it works (which was super fun for my kid, who is definitely an information seeker when it comes to fish). He also was quietly taking awesome photos of all of us in the background when we had fish on that he sent us after the trip, and even had plastic bags for our fillets when we forgot to bring some. Made an effort to get us to a quieter part of the river on a crowded Saturday (and I can see why these salmon runs bring crowds to the Tippy Dam area). Kiddo had never landed a fish that big and he was over the moon to land several. (He slept well that night - said his arms felt like jelly from landing them). It’s all everyone in the family has heard about since we got back. In short, Anthony knows what he’s doing! And he clearly loves doing it and sharing it with kids and first timers. Thanks so much for an awesome time! We came home with bags of fillets we are going to smoke, and kiddo wants us to keep your contact info for future trips. :)