As we sit here getting ready for summer 2023 we think to ourselves, it’s almost impossible to believe that we – the Hickson family have been running Alaska’s Anvik River Lodge for close to three decades. As Cliff & I are inching our way to retirement it’s really mind-boggling to think that we’ve been here […]
Note from “Boss Lady” – I just got an email from Seth entitled “a little something I wrote”. This time of the year, it’s not unusual for Anvik Lodge staff members to start thinking about why they’re so excited to get back to the lodge. Cliff, Blair, Alyson and I all know what the feeling […]
I finished my first season at the Anvik River Lodge in September and quite honestly cannot wait to get back up there for the 2018 season. I wanted to give you a little insight from a bit of a newcomer’s perspective of what it’s like to do what we do and what we love about […]
“Strange things are done in the midnight sun where the men moil for gold. The arctic trails have their secret tails that would make your blood run cold” –Robert Service “The Cremation of Sam Magee” In the English language there are over 170,000 words. The hardest word to try and define in my opinion […]
Our last look at the 2017 season sky from our very favorite place on earth gave us an incredible aurora borealis show – what a fabulous send off! Yes, summer 2017 has ended and we’ve put the Anvik River Lodge to bed for the winter. Or as Cliff likes to describe it – the lodge […]
Where has the time gone this summer? We can’t believe that we’ve only got a couple more weeks of fishing left, then it’ll be a wrap for the 2017 season! As is typical for this time of the year, the temperatures are dropping, the colors are starting to change from the rich lush greens of […]
We’ve had a number of return guests so far this year including Lou from New York who made what we think is about his 20th trip to this remote paradise we call the Anvik River Lodge. One of our favorite sayings here is “You’ll come as a guest and return as family” and that is […]
My apologies – I wrote this blog over 10 days ago and didn’t post right away because I was waiting for some pictures to go with it. In the meantime, my computer went all haywire. Finally got that fixed – no easy task being so remote. Here’s the recap of our first couple of groups […]
It’s T-minus 7 days until the first day of our 23rd season with Alaska’s Anvik River Lodge. And since our pre-season preparations or the beloved “hell month” has gone so smoothly this year many of us have had an opportunity to get out and do some pleasure fishing ourselves. The first salmon run is just […]
As the expediting process comes to an end, the excitement of leaving the busy city life to the paradise known as Alaska’s Anvik River Lodge intensifies. The entire crew is itching to return to a place where the work is hard and endless, but life becomes more simple and enjoyable. The initial drive up river […]
