Alaska Fly Fishing Wisdom

A week from today marks the start of our 2009 season at Alaska West.  For those of you heading to Alaska this summer, and those of you just thinking about Alaska this summer, here’s a bunch of tips and other advice related to fly fishing in Alaska.

Tight lines!

Fishing Tips

• Rainbow Trout Fishing – Mend Less.
• 10 Tips – Swinging Flies for Kings
• Secrets of the Flesh Fly
• 6 Ways to Catch More Silver Salmon
• Mousing for Rainbows – 5 Tips

Conserving the Resource

• Renewable Resources Coalition

Gear You Should Bring

• Sage 690-4 Z-Axis – 5 Things to Like
• 5 Flies for Kings on the Kanektok
• King Rig Roundup
• Maxima Ultragreen – Why We Like It
• Simms Dry Creek Boat Bags
• Alaska Fly Tackle Recommendations

Where You Should Go

• Allow Us a Shameless Plug Every Now and Then, Please

Local Color

• It’s Really Pretty on the Kanektok
• Alaska Guidespeak Glossary
• Alaska Native Crafts from Quinhagak