Fishing Q&A

Fly Fishing Waterway Access Points in Unfamiliar and Remote Areas...?

For anyone who has gone fly fishing in the amazing Rocky Mountains knows how frustrating it can be to FIND a place to get into the water from the roads. I am working on Access Point (AP) maps for popular waterways beginning in the North Idaho region. I will also be accepting clients whom have needs/requests about specific stretches of water and will build him/her detailed and individual packages. General packages may include: Marked AP’s, AP’s span, difficulty traversing AP, FISHABLE stretch of water reached by AP, any equipment needed or vehicles able to negotiate AP (ATV, 4x4, etc.), F&G regs, water speed, popularity and parking options for AP. Client requested packages could also include GPS coordinates for waypoints, camping areas, entomology/flies used, water depth, foliage, pics of AP and any other special requests. My question is: If this service and info was available for your use; would it be worth paying for and how valuable would you consider it being?

Public Comments

1. I think you've got an interesting concept here that could well be very valuable, although what the market will bear may take some time to discover. How much it would be worth is hard to say. Would I be willing to pay for such a package? Possibly, if I felt the cost was reasonable, and the information was available for a water I wanted to fish. One suggestion I would have- For bigger, longer rivers, consider breaking it down into chunks, so people have the option of buying the information for the whole river, or just the section they intend to fish. No one likes paying for something they don't need or won't use. Or rather than breaking it down by specific water, maybe do it by map section- based on USGS maps, etc. Good luck with that, I think you might have a winner.
2. I think it would help, Ive fly fished most of my life if not all of it, and have fly fished in the rocky mountains and also in tropical areas for other fish like bones, tarpon and recently bump-head-parrot-fish. When i do go to fish Canada i know of many anglers who use a guide, i fish with a few other anglers one of whom is very familiar with the area so we don't need guide, but other anglers out there do, i think you could make a profit so long as you can compete against the many other guides in the area by offering a high quality service.