The mouth of the canyon. The Dean River is unique in the world of anadromous fishing for a few reasons. It’s in a very remote area, far from any road system. Its unique structure allows the pursuit of its anadromous fish right down to the salt water. 1 1/2 miles from its mouth, there’s a…
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Archives for February 2009
Chile Trout Flies
More than just a parachute Adams. Photo: Chris Price We talk a lot about the incredible variety in the trout fishing that we experience during our program at Chile West. Have a look at a typical selection of flies used during a trip with us, and you’ll get a good feel for what we mean….
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Hosted Weeks
You’re in good hands. We’re really lucky to work with some great folks who host trips at our lodges. If you want to join any of these guys during their hosted weeks this year, give us a call! February 28 – March 7, Andros South: Andy Kurkulis, Chicago Fly Fishing Outfitters March 28 – April…
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Family Fishing in Alaska Part Two
Good times with the family. Photo: Cameron Miller We continue our series from Bryan Whiting on planning a family fishing trip to Alaska. For 3 of the past 5 years, Bryan has brought various members of his family to Alaska West to fish for silvers and kings. Today we learn about getting ‘over the hump’…
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Silver Salmon Like to Jump
Fishing for silver salmon at Alaska West on the Kanektok River is a lot of fun for a bunch of reasons. They’re super-aggressive towards flies, they fight really well, they like surface flies, and…they like to jump. All photos by Cameron Miller. Now, you want to catch Silver Salmon don’t you. We sure do. Email…
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Pink Pollywogs and Poppers
They’re a lot more excited than they look. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West, we fish for all five species of Pacific salmon right next to the salt. Much of the water that we cover has actual tidal influence, and whether we’re 1 mile from the salt or 10, the salmon that we’re presenting flies…
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Asado
Hope you’re hungry… Our program at Chile West is designed to give our guests a sampling of the huge variety of fishing available along the Carretera Austal, as well as to enable some real exposure to the wonderful people and culture in Southern Chile. One evening our guests get treated to an asado– a traditional…
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Openings on the Dean River
The legendary Dean steelhead – come catch a few for yourself. If you’ve always wanted to fish the Dean River, but assumed you could never get in during prime time, now’s your chance. We have some very unusual openings at BC West this summer during prime steelhead weeks in Juy and August. Most openings are…
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Salmon Grand Slam
Many guests come to Alaska West in mid to late July looking for the Salmon Grand Slam – all five species of Pacific salmon, all caught on flies, all on the same day. The Kanektok River is one of very few places on earth where guests ‘slam’ every year. The variety and productivity of the…
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Bruce Chard on Casting in the Wind
It’s not always this calm. Bruce Chard, FFF Master Casting Instructor, veteran Florida Keys guide and instructor of bonefishing schools at Andros South, offers some tips today for casting in heavy winds. “Casting in a heavy wind always presents fly line management issues, accuracy challenges and distance limitations for even the best casters in the…
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