September 22, 2014
Adolph Greenberg
"I had one day left to fly fish an Alaskan river for rainbows. Phantom River Charters arranged a guided trip up into one of the smaller feeder streams with Nico as my guide. Nico put me on lunker bows immediately and for the duration of the trip. I can tell you he is one terrific guide, knowledgable and very professional, and one of the best I have had in some 50plus years of fly fishing. I recommend Phantom Charters without reservation."
August 20, 2014
Zac
"Guide was terrible. Loaded the boat up with people 6 people fishing on one boat. No one even caught a fish in 5 hours. Guide had no idea what he was doing. Go with another fishing group if you want to catch fish. Worst day of fishing ever."
August 18, 2014
Bob & Michelle Spence
"We booked a Silver Salmon Fishing trip on August 9, 2014, our first to Alaska. This was an outstanding experience. Our young guide, Allen was so knowledgeable and helpful that it made the fishing trip a pleasure. Not just because we did very well with respects to the Silvers. We will definitely book another trip in the future and will hopefully get Allen again. He really went out of his way to make sure that everything was taken care of. Rhett & Margo were also excellent host's. This is a first class operation (Boats, equipment & personnel)."
July 14, 2014
WPG Owner
"37 years in Alaska, we have used a number of drop off services; safe, knowledgeable captains that provide dependable pickups regardless of the day’s challenge; these are the primary deliverables: These are the key factors Phantom has consistently provided us on every trip.
Thorough briefings, detailed inquiries about the traveler’s in-country plans, destinations, return routes, and communication abilities provide a solid base of operations through which unforeseen events could be managed.
Strongly recommended for cheechako and sourdough alike."
December 27, 2013
Dephap
"I had been waiting my entire adult life to return to Alaska to see the sights and fish those famous waters again. It finally all came together and my wonderful wife planned an adventure for us to take in as much of Alaska that we could fit into out 17 day schedule. When we arrived in Talkeetna on our first day we were greeted by a music festival and, by the way some musicians were getting married after their set so we were all invited. What a quirky, funky laid back town. The next day we were supposed to take a flight seeing trip to Denali but we got cancelled due to weather. After doing some local sightseeing my wife turns to me and says why don't you go fishing? What was I supposed to say....no? Of course I said yes and we found our way to Phantom Charters. Let me just say that they made sure that I had everything I needed before we headed to the boat landing. There I met the guide, Cameron and we hit it off very well. He is such a likable young man. He was going through the gear making sure that everything was ready to while we waited for the other clients to show up. The trip up the river was fascinating and I was impressed by all the natural beauty of the area. I felt completely at ease with Cameron's piloting of the boat as he was glued to the river and his gauges. He didn't talk much while he was driving and that was just fine with me. When we did get to the first fishing spot Cameron made sure that we were all geared up properly and he gave advised on where to cast. We were into salmon for me on the second cast. We caught silvers, rainbows, dolly varden and chum. When the fishing finally slowed down too much for his liking he suggested and we all agreed to go to another spot. We used another technique and caught sockeye. What fun I had on this trip and it made me feel like I was in one of those Alaskan fishing shows that I had watched on TV for years and wished that I could be there instead of in my comfy chair watching it. They processed my fish and it was at my house when they said it would be. Would I use Phantom again? Yes, definitely I will! For a spur of the moment trip it was all I could have hoped for and more. I even think I got a military discount."
