Each year, Orvis acknowledges the very best of the very best amongst the members of its Endorsed Lodges, Outfitters, and Guides (ELOG) program. The winners of these “Of the Year” Awards are selected based upon a variety of requirements, the most crucial of which is consumer feedback: the evaluations from the consumers who have actually experienced these operations are the supreme arbiters of success. Other requirements consist of the operation’s ecological dedication to and stewardship of their resources and a determination to recruite and inform of brand-new hunters and anglers. Having actually belonged to this procedure for more than a years, I understand just how much these fly-fishing specialists worth this acknowledgment. Congrats to this year’s winners:
2025 Guide of the Year: Antoine Bissieux— West Hartford, Connecticut
2025 Outfitter of the Year: All Water Guides— Austin, Texas
2025 Lodge of the Year: South Holston River Lodge — Bristol, Tennessee
2025 International Location of the Year: Fish Partner— Iceland
