Photos: Dana Sturn, BC West Guests Dana Sturn’s Speypages.com group arrived to sunny skies but the weeks previous cooler temperatures being replaced by warmer weather. This slowly improved the water conditions which were rapidly dropping and clearing the previous few days, making the fish hold in deeper and faster water. As the heat wave continued,…
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Archives for July 2010
Watch the Birdie
Today we continue our series of weekly posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book – read on! Our…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 2 – 9
Week 4 at Alaska West brought us some international flare with guests from all over the world showing up on our doorstep! It’s kind of funny that this week we had more guests from other countries than our own as we were about to celebrate our own Independence Day. It worked out just fine though,…
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Sometimes It’s Simple
One of our followers on Twitter recently chimed in with a question for our friend and Alaska West spey instructor Dec Hogan. The question basically boiled down to asking about “the nuances of casting deeper-bend spey rods”. You see, Dec likes rods that are relatively slow and that literally bend all the way through the…
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Simms Wading Staff Recall
Today we’re helping our friends at Simms Fishing Products get the word out on a voluntary recall of some of their wading staffs. If you’ve purchased a Simms wading staff this year, have a read below for more details. Simms Fishing Products 61 Evergreen Drive Bozeman, MT 59715 877-789-6555 SIMMS FISHING PRODUCTS RECALLS WADING STAFFS…
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One of the Coolest Hero Shots Ever
A really great part of the scene during king season at Alaska West is that super folks with the same passion come together at the same time for a special type of fun on the river. So when a buddy (even if it happens to be guide Jim Palmersheim, who got handed a rod for…
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4 Things to Learn About Bonefish
4 Things to Learn About Bonefish from this Picture They tip down when they eat. See how the nose on Billy the Bonefish is pointed and worn? That’s because he drives his nose into the bottom of the flat to root out food. When a bonefish is tracking close to your fly and you see…
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Sage Xi3 Setup Winner
Congratulations to Rolf Wikén from Stockholm, Sweden! Rolf won our drawing for a Sage 890-4 Xi3 rod, a Sage 6080 reel and a Rio Tropical Clouser line, and the outfit is headed his way. Thanks to everyone who subscribed to our newsletter during the drawing. If your name’s not Rolf, don’t worry – we’ll continue…
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June’s Best Kept Secret – Trout!
During June at Alaska West, most of our guests are really, really fired up about catching king salmon on swung flies. That’s with good reason – our king fishery is a pretty darned unique resource. But in all that excitement about catching kings, it’s easy to forget that the trout fishing this time of year…
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Lightening the Load
Today we continue our series of weekly posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book – read on! Our…
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