What to bring

We welcome clients to bring their own tackle, but if you choose not to that’s ok. We outfit our guides with all the tackle needed for a successful fishing trip at no charge. If you bring your own rods and tackle please talk with your guide before every fly out, there is a weight limit dictated by the duration of the flight.

Rain Gear/Clothing

• Rain gear, quality rain jacket and bibs (GORE TEX recommended)

or quality rain jacket and waders (preferred over bibs as some spots are best fished from out of the boat)

• Warms clothes and layers

• Waterproof shoes or boots

• Hats

• Gloves

• Extra wool socks

• Extra sweatpants

• Sunscreen/lip balm

• Polarized sunglasses (always bring a spare)

• Camera

• Leisure/lounge wear

• Swimsuit (for sauna/hot tub)

Tackle

• Spin / trolling rods, rated for 15-25 lb line for Lake Trout and Pike

• Spin / casting rods rated for 6-10 lb line for Grayling and smaller Trout

• 3 wt fly rods for Grayling

• 6 wt and 8 wt fly rods for Lake Trout and Pike

• Sinking tip / full sink and floating fly lines

• Spoons for casting and trolling

• Jigs and spinners for casting and jigging

• Your favorite flies.

Inconnu lodge does not permit the use of treble hooks or barbed hooks of any kind. If you bring your tackle it must be inspected by the guides and have all barbs crimped and treble hooks cut to doubles before it can leave the lodge and be fished.

Please note, all of the most effective tackle is stocked at the lodge and supplied to our guides for your use at no charge.

If you are bringing your rods, they must be take down rods if longer than 7 ft and are not to be loaded into the airplane with tackle tied on or line off the reel. We strongly recommend a lightweight rod tube or protective rod sleeve for the airplane.