Alaska Wilderness Flyfishing
Fresh water stream and river fly fishing for salmon,  trout and char

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Where in the World...  Yaka-what?

Yakutat is a tiny coastal community about half-way between Juneau and Cordova on Alaska's Gulf Coast.  If you visualize the long north-south boarder between Alaska and Canada,  Yakutat sits right at the bottom end of the line.  Surrounded by the tallest coastal mountain range in the world,  the narrow strip of land between the base of the St.  Elias Range and the Pacific Ocean is covered with thousands of tiny fresh-water streams and two gigantic glacial torrents.

The Italio River system enters the ocean about 25 miles down the coast to the southeast from Yakutat.  No roads connect the Italio to Yakutat and no roads connect Yakutat to the outside world.  This "feature" has allowed the area to remain completely unspoiled and wild,  with tremendous salmon returns year after year.  Although Yakutat is tiny and isolated,  access is easy with two daily jet flights in on Alaska Airlines.  The morning flight from Seattle arrives early enough for you to be fishing before noon,  with a short 15 minute Cessna flight out to the Italio.

The Italio River facility is dead-center between the mouths of the Akwe and Middle Italio Rivers,  just a couple hundred yards in from the ocean surf.  Five different rivers are within a short walk,  or 4-wheeler ride down the beach.  Our remote location enables us to spend nearly every week of the year completely alone in this pristine wilderness.

See the main Italio River Adventures HomePage for more details,  photo galleries and other Alaskan vacation packages.

In Yakutat:  907-784-3697
Toll free message:  1-866-737-1123
info@italio.com
reservations@italio.com