Clownin’ around in late August. Photo: Cameron Miller Our season at Alaska West runs from the second week of June through the first week of September. The last couple of weeks of the season – from mid-August just into September – are what we’d call the late season. Here are 5 reasons that we love…
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Archives for September 2009
The Best Time To Go Bonefishing
This could be May, or October, or February. We operate three fly fishing lodges in different parts of the world. When we’re talking with a potential guest who’s interested in a trip with us, we’re frequently asked the question, “When’s the best time to go?” At most of our operations, that question will be answered…
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Northwest Trees
Photo: Greg Thomas Warning: this post is about another post about a book about trees. Here’s why we think you might care about a book about Northwest Trees, which you’ll be surprised to learn is a book about trees in the northwest. Lots of people who like to fly fish find themselves in the Northwest…
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Chris Price’s Streamer Rig
Some burly bugs. Photo: Chris Price When we’re fishing larger water for larger fish at Chile West, one of our favorite techniques is bangin’ the banks – covering lots of water in rapid-fire fashion with a streamer. Nobody knows our fishing in Southern Chile better than Chris Price, our manager at Chile West. Chris lives…
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Skagit Master Is Out!
Besides learning to tie it, you’ll learn how to cast it. Photo: Jeff Mishler Back in July we told you about Skagit Master, a film in production about Ed Ward – Skagit casting pioneer, spey Zen master, anadromous Jedi Knight, our head guide at Alaska West – and his approach to spey fishing. Ed and…
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Sage Xi3 – 890-4 Field Test
The new Xi3, in the flesh. We had a chance to fish the production version of the new Sage Xi3 on Puget Sound this week with Captain Keith Robbins. In addition to the many other rods in our quiver, we fished the 890-4 Xi3 for a good bit of the day. Here’s what we thought…
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Alaska Fishing Pictures
Don’t forget to take a look around. Photo: Cameron Miller Have we mentioned that there’s a lot of beauty in our home at Alaska West, and that we’re lucky to have our photographer Cameron Miller around to capture it? All photos by Cameron Miller. More Pretty Pictures It’s Really Pretty On South Andros It’s Really…
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Alaska West Kings in The Drake
Jason ties on something lusty. Photo: Cameron Miller The fall/winter issue of The Drake magazine includes a great section on the Seven Sins of Flyfishing. Tom Bie (Drake publisher) made a perfect choice when he asked Jason Koertge to write about swinging for kings at Alaska West for the piece on Lust. Anyone out there…
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Pisco Sour
Yum. Photo: atonde at flickr After a day of fishing at Chile West, along with appetizers we like to introduce our guests to a very popular drink called the “Pisco Sour”. So what the heck is Pisco? Well… Pisco is liquor made from grapes. It’s not wine, more like a brandy. If you ask any…
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Share Your Best Gear Ideas
Anyone carry one of these? A couple of weeks ago one of our readers, Bill Lenehan, sent in a great idea for a discussion on our blog. He wants to know what cool pieces of gear you bring along on fishing trips! Here’s Bill’s background on the idea. “The post from your experts on the…
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