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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Archives for December 2010
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
Present the Fly on Your Backcast
Bruce Chard is back in video form today, with another bonefishing tip for your pleasure. This might be the one skill that separates the ‘pretty new at it’ from the ‘really good’ on the flats – presenting the fly on your backcast. Here are a couple of the highlights from Bruce’s video. Presenting on the…
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Master of His Domain
Josie Sands, on the platform on South Andros. More on Andros Guides We Like a Little Wind Let Your Guide Pick Your Fly New Perspective on Angler and Guide
Mending – Nymphing and the ‘Complete Mend’
Time for more on mending line when you’re trout fishing! We’re back from a short break in our series on mending – Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, writes the series, and he’s been out for the last couple of weeks hosting a group on a fantastic trip. Don’t worry, you’ll hear more about…
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Top Trout Fishing Posts of 2010
We’re nearing the end of 2010, so as dutiful members of the media we figured it was time to run a series of posts looking back on some highlights of the year. Since it’s really all about the fish, we decided to group these little roundups by type of finned friend. The formula is pretty…
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Mouse Water
Any time you’re using your fly to imitate a food source, step #1 is to understand what type of food source lives in the water that you’re fishing and try to imitate it. Stonefly nymphs are most often found in quick, rocky water, so if you’re in quick, rocky water you should think about fishing…
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Just Another Beautiful Brown Trout
From Southern Chile. More on Chile West Fishing Streamers from a Boat Which Rods to Bring Michael White’s Trout Rig
Fish Thy Feet
Scott Baker-McGarva is our head guide at BC West, and he knows a thing or two about fishing for anadromous fish like steelhead and chinook salmon. Scott checks in today with a simple but very important tip… Hey! Quit Standing on the Fish. True, the spey revolution has changed the way anglers view the water,…
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End of the Day
It’s kind of a ho-hum picture of the end of a fishing day at Andros South – certainly not worthy of ‘cover-shot’ status – but it actually says a lot. One boat pulls in right after the other has arrived…things seem to happen on time. A father and his son enjoy a beer on the…
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