My dad would like to take my bro and H on a "guy's fishing trip" somewhere north. We're in Texas, so basically, everything is north. They're thinking Canada, Montana etc... possibly fly fishing. I know Alaska would be great, but they really want to keep the travel time to a 1/2 day or so. They would be interested in fly & regular fishing.. if there was a golf course near by that would be GREAT!
I don't think they would want to stay in a hotel, nor are thet really loooking to camp in tents. Maybe cabins somwhere with a guide? Even better would be a guide that does the cooking!!!! Does that exist?
So- have you been on a fishing trip like that? Where did you go? What time of year? They're thinking Aug...

Thanks for the input!

Guides sure do cook - in fact at many fishing lodges they almost have a competition about who is the best stream side cook.

My son and dad fly fish someplace great every year. Off hand I know these are a few of the places they've been and really liked:

Kasba
http://www.kasba.com/

Yellowstone Valley
http://www.yellowstonevalleyranch.com/

Arctic Adventures (Payne River Quebec)
http://www.arcticadventures.ca/Payne_River.aspx

Pyramid Mountain Camp
http://www.pyramidcamp.com/

North Fork Crossing
http://www.prooutfitters.com/

Some of these places are pretty rustic, some less so. Some involve float planes. The northern ones have Inuits for guides.

The best fishing is in northern Canada, not out west. There are more but I've forgotten them.

They are all pricey! LOL

I don't know if this is what you (or they) had in mind, but you might check out Nelson's Resort on Crane Lake and Gunflint Lodge at the end of Gunflint Trail (both in northern Minn. on the Canadian border). The areas are really beautiful.

Nelson's has cabins and a lodge with full (and very good) restaurant. There are several fishing options. We used a couple of all-day guides who would dock on uninhabited islands and cook lunch using what we caught during the morning. Did both fly and regular fishing. As I recall there was a golf course within reasonable distance, but didn't follow up since we don't golf. The resort has direct water access to dozens of large lakes on the border, so the options are pretty much unlimited.

Gunflint is more of a lodge with 2 or 3 rooms in each building. Guides were also available for a variety of trips, although the number of lakes which are immediately available are less than at Nelson's. It also has an extremely good restaurant as an option.

Both places also cater to families as well as fishing parties, so I don't know if this is something you'd be interested in.

We really enjoyed both places.

www.gunflint.com

www.nelsonsresort.com

My dad is really into fly fishing, and he loves Montana for that, but he also goes up to Labrador (Canada) once or twice a year. It's pretty "middle of nowhere" though (at least, that's the impression I get), so maybe not ideal for you. He loves it, though.

A couple of great lodges for fly fishing.

Close to the Idaho Montana border and world class fishing:
http://www.henrysforklodge.com

South fork of the Snake river in Idaho.
http://southforklodge.com