Chris Price is back today with a gem of a casting tip. Simple, insightful, helpful! Pull! Here’s a casting tip for all anglers, from beginner to expert. In the sport there is always something to learn, and hopefully this will help you make a better cast! Think about a chain. What is a chain used for…
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Archives for December 2010
Top Steelhead Fishing Posts of 2010
It’s part 3 today in our series of ‘most popular posts of 2010’ articles. We wanted to make sure that you’re not missing out on any of the good stuff! Having already seen which trout fishing posts were deemed cool, and which bonefishing posts went viral, today you get to see which 10 posts about…
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I Had a Crazy Dream…
I had this crazy dream, man! It was snowing at my house, but there I was, standing on the bow of a flats skiff. A bead of sweat dripped off my nose. The guide turned the skiff, and bam! There were bonefish everywhere, and big ones too. More on Dreams from South Andros Just Before…
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Brown Trout – Where They Live
We fish for brown trout a lot a Chile West. Sometimes we’re fishing on foot, and we’ve got lots of time to read the water and decide where to make our next cast. Sometimes we’re fishing out of a raft, and in that case we’re covering lots of water and making lots of quick decisions…
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King Salmon in Week 1 at Alaska West
King salmon – the baddest and brightest of the season – on swung flies. That’s what the first trip of our season at Alaska West is all about. In 2011 ‘week 1’ is actually not a week-long trip. The run timing in the Kanektok is consistent enough that we can usually guess within a couple…
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Blue Skies Ahead
The sky is really blue on South Andros! More Cool Pictures from South Andros Fun in the Sun Just a Bit Overcast Bonefish and Mangroves
Mending – The Finish Line
We’re wrapping up our mini-series on mending your fly line. Written by Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, this group of posts so far has covered an introduction to mending, Belly, How to Lift and Lay, and Nymphing and the Complete Mend. Today we’re putting it all together to fish a complex current well, by mending well!…
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Pretty.
Yeah, we’re a bunch of macho anglers, but we know a pretty view when we see one. Today’s comes courtesy of the first trip of our season at Chile West. More Pretty Pictures Lettin’ One Swim on the Dean Moving Water in Alaska Moon Walk on South Andros
Single Handed Rods Work Too
Although the majority of our guests at BC West fish two-handed rods most of the time, spey casting is not at all a requirement. Many, many steelhead were caught on the Dean for many years before the first spey rod showed up! Yes, there are reasons that people use spey rods, but single-handed fishing and…
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Night Sky
Just a beautiful evening on the Kanektok River, home of Alaska West. That’s about as dark as it gets up there in the summer! More on Alaska West Beautiful Rainbow Trout Spey Fishing at Alaska West Tent Cabins