If you want to get away from it all without having to travel to the other side of the planet you might want to consider Nimmo Bay, British Columbia. Two requisites: you’ve got to love fishing, and you can’t be afraid of helicopters.
Nimmo Bay is one of the world’s best places to fish, especially for salmon and trout. To get to those secluded fishing spots the preferred mode of transport is rotary-wing aircraft.
Located on the BC mainland some 200 miles northwest of Vancouver (which is plentifully supplied by flights from the United States) there are no roads to Nimmo. You’ve got to catch a flight from Vancouver to Port Hardy via Pacific Coastal Airlines according to Vancouverisland.com. From there it’s a 25-minute flight via floatplane to Nimmo Bay.
All the connections are worth it. There’s ocean kayaking, river rafting, whale watching, wildlife viewing, cave exploration and some of the Pacific Northwest’s best beachcombing.
One lustrous, beloved gem in this part of BC is Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort, one of the planet’s top fly-fishing and adventure destinations. Now’s a particularly good time to visit according to Becky Eert, the resort’s marketing director. This is October’s “wild season.” It’s when critters “are most active,” she says. “Bears and whales feast on Coho salmon running to their spawning streams.” There are ample photo ops up there, just don’t ask the subjects to pose. As for the weather, Eert says, “The days are a little crisper and a little shorter, but the weather tends to be good and the protected inter-island waters are beautiful.”
All that buzzing about a bit much? Just want to sit a spell? Stake out an Adirondack chair, wrap yourself up in a BC blanket with a good book. The time’s yours, the moments up at Nimmo to precious to waste.
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