If you think it's easy to make a decision on a fishing trip to a far-off locale, try doing some research on your own. First, visit some booths at a sport show or two, and read through all the color brochures. Next, go online and spend a couple hours looking over websites from lodges and outfitters that serve the destination you are interested in. They all have great photos of big fish and flat-calm days, and claim to have the best location, accommodations and staff in the area. Finally, if that isn't confusing enough, get some second or third-hand information from the friend of a friend who visited the area you are interested in 10-years ago.

At Tracewski Fishing Adventures, we don't represent our travel destinations by looking at a few websites then making some phone calls. We have six full-time members on our Affiliated Destinations travel staff who have spent hundreds of days fishing, guiding, managing and developing professional relationships at each of the locations that we represent. So based on first-hand experience, we can answer questions on everything from what flies you'll need for a mid-August trip to Alaska's Kulik River, to whether or not Mexico's Pesca Maya Lodge offers a vegetarian option at every meal. But what really sets us apart from some of the other destination travel planners, is that first and foremost, each of our travel specialists are experts on FISHING.