You've just described the setup Angling Fantasies and Donny Beaver's Paradise Lodge offers in central Pennsylvania. The crown jewel of their six miles of private water is Spruce Creek , where the company has guided the likes of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Dick Cheney and Paul Volker. The stream holds fish up to 14 pounds, and 8-10 pounders are taken every year. A secluded 1.3-mile stretch of the Little Juniata River is offered for big water fishing, as well as several spring fed lakes, and private beats on Warriors Mark and Elk creeks. Catches typically range from a dozen to 50 fish a day, with most trout running one to five pounds.
Accommodations are at a high level, too.
The 12,000 square foot Paradise Lodge overlooking Bald Eagle Valley offers eight huge rooms with private Jacuzzis or saunas, each decorated in motifs from different parts of the country, a huge fireplace, library and soaring cathedral ceiling. If you want to stay right on the water, Camp Little J Lodge lets you walk out the door and fish the Little Juniata, probing glass-slick pools with dries or nymphing broken whitewater rushing through limestone canyons. If you crave a break from the fishing, let head guides Joe and Dave McMullen tell you stories about fishing with presidents, secretaries of defense, Federal Reserve chairmen and angling legends such as Joe Brooks. Combination trips with wing-shooting, sporting clays or trophy whitetail hunting are also available.