The Hook Up Outfitters

110% INCREDIBLE! My wife bought us a 4 hour session with a guide for my birthday. Neither of us knew anything about fly fishing. But in under an hour our AMAZING guide Dale had taught us the basic fundamentals of casting to get us started. When we went over to the water to start fishing, Dale continued to coach us on the techniques used for fly fishing. Dale’s knowledge of fly fishing is equally matched with his passion for the sport. He taught us about the different types of rods and reels, as well as gave us a very detailed education on several types of flies and when and where to use them.
I have always wanted to learn to fly fish and after our session today with Dale, he has definitely created a monster out of my wife and I. We are going out this week to purchase some fly fishing equipment of our own. This will be a passion our whole family will enjoy for years to come. If you are curious about fly fishing, I would definitely recommend scheduling a session with The Hook Up Outfitters. After the wife and I get in some practice, we plan on scheduling another session with Dale to further help us with our newfound passion!

A friend took me today as a birthday gift. Tnx dan.
It was fun on a bun from the first minute. The wether was perfect, everyone were nice. The guide was extremely nice & knowledgeable. He took us to eigjt places. Everybody got plenty of fish. He even thought us a new way of fishing. The 4 hours just flew by. Tnx, definitely will come back.

Got a bass trip for a me and a friend through a Groupon and Davis was the guide. We were on the trip with a father/​son and it was amazing. Our first stop, I caught one the first 10 minutes and the father caught one too. After 30 minutes, Davis took us to a different spot and it was booming from there! My friend and I each caught at least 10 in 4 hours and the father and his young son probably caught the same or more. My friend was the only one to catch a catfish. Davis was so knowledgeable about fishing and was great with the kid who was having a blast. Would definitely go again!

We went on the striped bass charter with 9 people on the boat, the boat was nice, the equipment in good working order. The captain was like fishing with one of your buddies, he told us interesting stories, provided advice on catching. Got us on fish and made sure everyone had a good time and caught fish. They ranged from three to five pounds, not large but still a great day!

I have booked two trips with these guys both times party’s of four. Our trips were shared charters and for striped bass at Lake pleasant. Found the boats to be clean and equipment in good working order. First trip we caught lots of fish in the three to five pound range and second trip only one at about four pounds but understanding that it goes with the territory I am reviewing the experience of the trip. We had great trips both times and our guide was a wealth of information on both the area and lake. I always enjoy watching him work his electronics in search of fish and enjoy the time on the boat while he does this and asking him questions as to learn more about this lake. I am eagerly waiting for the fishing reports to indicate the fish have gone into spawn and will be doing a private charter at that time with him. When planning a trip read the fishing reports and plan them when there is a bite going on and you will catch fish, if the reports say its tough fishing remember the guide does all he can to insure your odds are the best they can be. In those times ask questions and get to know these guys they are loaded with information about these lakes and usually will tell you all but there deepest tricks.

We caught quite a few fish, but the guide was pretty rude and full of himself. Acted like it was a privilege for us to be fishing with him.
Won’t be going back. Don’t need an attitude on what should be a relaxing fish trip.

Bought fly fishing lessons for my brother and I and called them prior to booking for a Sunday class. Said it was fine… and booked a sunday date with them. They cancelled the class for my day and rescheduled for a few weeks later to be cancelled again. Now they said they only have Saturday classes that I can book. Only reason I booked with them was to go on Sunday because of my work schedule Mon-​Sat. They said they’ll rebook me when a Sunday class opens up again. My original booking day was back in Oct 2011, it’s been 7months. Emailed them a few times during that span to see if there are any open spots… all I get is a «we’ll see.» So my ratings is based on their availability and flexibility in scheduling. Gave them an extra 3 months before I wrote this review.