"Frank Hastings"
Is an RV necessary or will an SUV with a tent and a few stays in lodges be
OK?

Indian Joe offers---take the back seats out--build a couple of boxes to hold
stuff that you can then sleep on and a van will be fine.
My squaw shared a nine week trip , sleeping in tent most nights--but some
campgrounds had a bear alert and required us to sleep in van--you don't
need campgrounds-just pull off road and set up tent. Next morning you will
find other tents around yours.

Take cartons of cigarettes to trade---they sell for around 4$ per pack up
that way.

Don't buy fancy flies for salmon fishing--just tie a piece of color on
hook--when they are spawning they will hit anything going by .--

Have fun--for us it was second best fishing trip ever--next take your father
to New Zealand