Non-Angling guests are billed as regular guests. Regarding age limits, Generally age 11 is the youngest we would recommend. If you have an exceptional young fly fishing angler in your family under age 11, we want to hear about it! 

Generally, for trout and char fly fishing in both Korea and Hokkaido, Japan, the “best” time of year is late May through early July and again from September to October. Cherry trout fishing in Hokkaido is over by the middle of September due to the early spawning period. Brown trout and rainbow trout can be caught almost year round in Hokkaido. 

Fly Fishing Japan

For Itou-Taimen, also known as Sakhalin taimen, prime time action is considered to from late October through early December. The spring window for these fish opens again from April to early June. 

For White Spotted Char, also called Kundzha, the season runs nearly parallel with the Japanese itou taimen fly fishing season. 

Fly Fishing Korea

Cherry Trout also called “Yamame” or cherry salmon. Dry fly action is considered “Prime” from May through early July. Some great fish are also caught in late August through September. We don’t operate trips during the spawning time. Generally, cherry trout will be spawning and protecting their eggs from late October. 

Korean brown trout and rainbow trout – Korean brown trout peak times are late October through Christmas. The window for Korean brown trout opens again from late February through March. 

Korean rainbow trout – this is a year round fishery. There are very few “wild” rainbow trout in Korea. The majority of rainbow trout in Korea are non-stream born and don’t reproduce in Korea’s streams. They are not always pretty, but put up and incredible fight with some trout getting up to the 22″ mark. 

Winter Months – From late December to the middle of February, everything is covered in ice. No trips are operated in the depths of winter. 

For detailed information on seasons, please contact us for more specific information. 

Itineraries are custom build for each angler who is considering fly fishing with us in Japan or Korea. We will work together with your existing travel schedule if required to coordinate a rendezvous point to meet up. Generally we pick up from regional airports or train stations the day before or in the early morning hours from 04:00 – 7:30am. Fuel, Pick up and drop off – is included free of charge in all of our trips. 

Hokkaido Japan – Direct Pick-up & Drop off is available from Wakkanai and Sapporo-Chitose International Airport. 

South Korea – Pick-up is available from Gohan-Sabuk Station approx 2 hours & 35 minutes from Seoul Station on the ITX 

In the case you travel on the lighter side, wader boots, rods and reels are available to use on all trips to Korea and Japan. Please be sure to let us know your boot sizes and waders sizes in your message. 

Want to make someone’s day? Purchase a full day guided trip or buy a trip credit in smaller amounts from $100 and up.

Simply let us know in your message that you’d like to gift someone a trip and we’ll get started from there.

For your everyone’s peace of mind, all payments are processed through a third parties [ Stripe / Pay]  We accept all major credit cards including American Express. 

Reservations – We require a 30% deposit for all of our trips. These deposits are refundable up to three days before the start of your trip. For more info, please let us know in your message below.