| Knight Inlet Lodge | Campbell River | 25 to 45 minutes to Glendale Cove; 9:00 am, one flight a day. In the price. | Required, in the package. Every package starts with a night at the Comfort Inn in Campbell River; it is in the price and not optional. Dinner that night is on you. | Any day the operator has space. |
| Steep Island Lodge | Campbell River | An airport shuttle and a 10-minute boat ride; on arrival. In the price. | Not needed. The shuttle meets your flight; nothing to arrange in town. | Any day the operator has space. |
| Wildcoast Adventures | Campbell River | About two and a half hours up Johnstone Strait to the beach; 7:30 am. In the price. | Plan one. You book your own bed the night before, the operator says; the water taxi leaves at 7:30 am. | Orca Camp leaves every three days from 1 July to mid-September, and every date goes. |
| Moutcha Bay Resort | Gold River | About an hour from Gold River on Head Bay Road, gravel with 15 and 18% grades; check-in 4 pm. Not in the price. estimate | Not needed. Two hours by road from Campbell River, so a morning flight or ferry gets you there for check-in. | Any day the operator has space. |
| Newton Cove Resort | Gold River | An hour by road from Gold River to Moutcha Bay, then a guide boat to Esperanza Inlet, or Air Nootka from Gold River to the dock; check-in 3 pm. In the price. estimate | Not needed. Reachable from Campbell River the same morning; Fridays and Mondays are the only arrival days. | Only on a Friday (3 nights, Friday to Monday); on a Monday (4 nights, Monday to Friday). |
| Nootka Sound Resort | Gold River | An hour by road from Gold River to Moutcha Bay, then 15 to 20 minutes by boat to Galiano Bay; on arrival at Moutcha Bay. In the price. estimate | Not needed. Reachable from Campbell River the same morning. | Any day the operator has space. |
| The Lodge at Gold River | Gold River | In town; the transfer from Campbell River, about an hour, is in the rate; on arrival. In the price. | Not needed. The lodge collects you at Campbell River airport; no night in town needed. | Any day the operator has space. |
| Mistaya Lodge | Golden | 20 minutes in a Bell 407, six at a time; some groups stage from the Blaeberry valley for a 16-minute flight; 8:45 am at the hangar. In the price. | Plan one. An 8:45 am meeting in Golden means a night in town; the lodge says not to book an onward flight on the way out either, and to allow four hours to Calgary in winter. estimate | Only on a Friday in summer (Friday to Monday); on a Monday in summer (Monday to Friday); on a Monday or a Friday in summer (the 7-night week); on a Sunday in winter; the short trips run on set dates. |
| Purcell Mountain Lodge | Golden | Ten to fifteen minutes, six guests at a time; 8:00 am in summer, 9:00 in winter. In the price. | Plan one. A 7:15 or 8:15 am meeting means a night in Golden; the lodge says to book onward flights for late afternoon or evening. estimate | Only on a Friday (the 3-night trip); on a Monday (the 4-night trip); on a Monday or a Friday (the 6-night trip). |
| Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge | Kamloops | An hour and three quarters by road from Kamloops, then the lodge boat across the lake; pickups at 1, 3 and 5 pm. In the price. | Not needed. A morning flight into Kamloops makes the 1 pm or 3 pm boat; no night in town needed. estimate | Any day the operator has space. |
| God's Pocket Resort | Port Hardy | Ten nautical miles across Queen Charlotte Strait, about 45 minutes; 4 pm on the first day. In the price. estimate | Not needed. A morning flight from Vancouver makes the 4 pm boat, and the resort says to buy your snacks in Port Hardy before it leaves. Leave a buffer day before any onward flight at the end. | Any day the operator has space. |
| Berry Island Lodge | Port McNeill | About 30 minutes through Johnstone Strait and Blackfish Sound; between 12:00 and 12:30 pm. In the price. | Plan one. The lodge asks you to be on Vancouver Island the night before; from Port Hardy airport its shuttle to Alder Bay is included on arrival morning. | Any day the operator has space. |
| Sointula Lodge | Port McNeill | 15 minutes by boat to Malcolm Island; at the lodge's set arrival time. Not in the price. | Not needed. Most guests fly Vancouver to Port Hardy and taxi to Port McNeill the same day; the lodge asks you to confirm its times before booking flights. estimate | Any day the operator has space. |
| Spirit of the West Adventures | Port McNeill | 40 to 45 minutes by water taxi to the basecamp; the expedition paddles in; 12:15 pm, or 2 pm for Blackfish Sound. In the price. | Plan one. Nights before and after are yours to book, the operator says, and Alder Bay is five and a half hours from Victoria, so plan a night nearby. estimate | Departures every three to six days through the summer, by trip; the calendar on each tour page shows what is left. |
| Lightwater Cove | Swartz Bay | BC Ferries from Swartz Bay to Fulford Harbour, 35 minutes, then 10 minutes by car; check-in 3 to 7 pm. Not in the price. | Not needed. Reachable from Victoria airport or the Vancouver ferry the same day; bring a car, the guesthouse serves no dinner. | Any day the operator has space. |
| Tofino Fish Guides | Tofino | The boat leaves from the harbour in town; 6 or 7 am for a full day, 1 pm for an afternoon. In the price. | Plan one. A 6 am departure means a bed in Tofino the night before, and the operator says plainly to book your own. | Any day the operator has space. |
