Holiday Gift Guide - The Gift of an Incredible Experience

These experiences fall in a price range that makes a destination trip a little easier on the budget. These are the kinds of experiences that can break up a long winter, reignite the fire and give the angler in your life something truly memorable to look forward to.

Pro tip: If you’d much rather unwrap an incredible fishing trip this holiday season, forward this note to the people in your life who are wondering what to get you. You might just end up with something you’ll be stoked to receive!

Sage Experiences Schools:

Technical Trout School with Simon Gawesworth and Mark Raisler
Wolf Creek, Montana

Learn advanced casting, mending and rigging techniques needed to target challenging and selective trout. Give the angler in your life a advanced degree in fly fishing for trout. They'll become a better caster, a more successful angler, and learn more about where to find and how to catch trout, while gaining a deeper understanding of trout gear and tactics. The Technical Trout School is designed to help anglers master advanced casting techniques, technical trout fishing tactics, and learn the necessary skills to up the game and become a highly competent, successful trout angler.

Dates: April 25 – 30, 2017 (4 spots open)
$4,100 per person based on double occupancy for a 5 night/4 day school

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Saltwater Fly Fishing 101 with Simon Gawesworth and Bay Flats Lodge
Seadrift, Texas

Master the casting skills and fishing techniques needed for targeting saltwater species while enjoying the productive fishery and beautiful surroundings of Bay Flats Lodge. Whether the angler in your life is stepping onto a flats skiff for the first time or looking to refine your existing skills, our Salt 101 course offers the perfect opportunity to elevate their game. Whether looking to improve their casting in the wind, target challenging and selective species, or sharpen their overall saltwater fishing skills, this course is designed for them.

The Saltwater Fly Fishing 101 is crafted to introduce anglers to the exciting world of saltwater fly fishing while also teaching advanced casting techniques, fishing strategies, and skills essential to becoming a confident, successful, safe angler. Throughout the course, they'll have the opportunity to target redfish, jacks, black drum, and sheepshead in the beautiful Texas marsh.

Dates: May 2 – 7, 2027 (2 spots open)
$3,776 per person based on double occupancy for a 5 night / 4 day school

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Destination Lodge Experiences:

Bay Flats Lodge | Seadrift, Texas

Bay Flats Lodge offers guests a close-to-home, comfortable saltwater adventure on the Texas coast, with larger-than-life Texas hospitality they’ll feel the moment they arrive. Perfect for anglers of all experience levels, guests utilize shallow-water flats skiffs to sight-cast to large populations of tailing redfish in a stunning and wild marsh ecosystem. After a day on the water, guests unwind in comfortable accommodations, with a lively bar and restaurant area that’s complete with fire pits, warm Texas charm, and hearty, home-cooked meals.

Dates: Year-round
$3,316 per person based on double occupancy for a 4 night/3 day package

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Big Sky Anglers and the Golden Stone Inn | West Yellowstone, Montana

With great expanses of wilderness, a historic town center and seemingly endless opportunities to fish for trout, West Yellowstone, Montana is one of the west’s greatest outdoor hubs. Our friends at Big Sky Anglers and the Golden Stone Inn offer a complex of cabins and triplexes that cater to those keen on exploring the incredible trout fisheries of the greater Yellowstone region.

Dates: April - October
$2,600 per person based on double occupancy for a 4 night / 3 day package

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Kingfisher Lodge | Fort Smith, Montana

Cutting through the vast open hill-country of southeast Montana flows the fabled Bighorn River. With upwards of 4,000 trout per mile and reliably stable year-round flows, the Bighorn has become a tailwater fishery by which others are measured. While high catch rates of fish in the 14 to 18-inch class form the cornerstone of the angling experience, the river is also special in that it offers anglers of all skill levels the ability to fish a wide variety of tactics.

Dates: March - November
$2,500 per person based on double occupancy for a 4 night/3 day package

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Rapids Camp Lodge | Bristol Bay, Alaska

Rapids Camp Lodge is a conveniently located, full-service fly-out lodge offering one of Alaska’s most diverse and exciting fly-fishing programs. With fine single accommodations for up to 10 guests, exquisite meals, and a welcoming lodge bar, it’s the perfect retreat for the angler in your life looking to experience the best of Alaska. Take advantage of a bear Viewing and fishing package at Rapids Camp Lodge that will thrill guests with a 3 night/2 day package with one day fishing the Naknek River for huge rainbow trout and another flying out to the famed Brooks Falks to view Alaska's majesteic Brown bears.

Dates: June - September
$4,500 per person

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