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January 2024 UPDATEFlying Horse Hospitality, Canada Preparing for the 2024 Fishing Season Happy New Year from all of us at Athabasca Fishing Lodge. As we begin the new year looking back at the 2023 season, it was truly another great season. For everyone that has...

May 2023 UPDATEFlying Horse Hospitality, Canada Gearing up to the 2023 Fishing Season As we get closer and closer to another great season of fishing, the buzz is in the air. The guides have been forwarding photo's of some great catches through the thick ice cap this...

AUGUST 2022 UPDATEFlying Horse Hospitality, Canada The fishing in this 2022 season has been unbelievable! Unbelievable Fishing Here we are about to finish our second month on the lake, with temperatures in the mid 60's to high 70's with an occasional light rain. The...

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR DISCOUNTED RATES AT THE SASKATOON INN Flying Horse Hospitality, Canada Book your layover hotel stay at the Saskatoon Inn.   As a halfway point on your journey to and from the Athabasca Fishing Lodges, we invite you to book your layover stay...

Greetings from Lake Athabasca! As we end another season without our friends and family at camp, we wanted to send an update as to the progress of the camp throughout the summer months. We were presented with numerous challenges throughout the summer, as the ice on the...

Greetings from Lake Athabasca! On behalf of the Smith Family, and the Team at Athabasca Fishing Lodges I would like to thank you for your patience, and continued interest as we worked through a tough 2020 for so many people. With COVID-19 still looming, and the...

Currently, the water level at The Lodge is two feet higher than usual and fluctuates every day. Even though it is high, we have started de-construction of some of the existing cabins to get ready for the new ones to be built later this season. We are clearing the way...

COVID-19 Update for Athabasca Fishing LodgesThank you for your continued interest in Athabasca Fishing Lodges.  As many of you know, 2020 marked a season of blending the 47-year-long legacy that Cliff and Stella Blackmur have created at Lake Athabasca with enhanced...

Letter From Jeff SmithFlying Horse Hospitality, Canada December 2019 Like many of you, my family and I have been longtime and frequent guests of the fishing camp for a number of years.  We have been visiting Athabasca Fishing Lodges since 1994. Over the years, I have...