Our head guide on the Dean River at BC West is Scott Baker-McGarva. There’s a reason he’s in his job – he knows a lot about swinging flies for anadromous fish. Scott wrote an excellent piece on big bugs and leaders. We think those of you who crave chrome will appreciate it. Big Flies, Leaders,…
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Archives for January 2011
The Old Fashioned Way
In Southern Chile, some things still get done the old fashioned way, and that’s how we like it. Last month our crew and guests at Chile West came across this ‘2 steer-power’ rig moving lumber. The traffic jam lasted just long enough for a quick photo opportunity – gotta love it. More on Southern Chile…
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Chum Salmon – Fly Fishing Techniques
Last week, Brian Niska told us a bit about chum salmon and the Kanektok River. Today, he continues with some tactics and gear advice. Who’s Brian? He’s a much better spey caster than you are. He loves teaching people how to cast and fish flies for anadromous fish. He runs a fly shop and guide…
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Chile Fishing Report – Nov/Dec 2010
Here’s our Chile West Trip Report for the trip we ran from November into December of 2010. Two anglers from Alabama and two from Ireland made for some great times! Day 1: Rio Tigre After arriving in Palena on Day 1, everyone was antsy to get fishing so Team Alabama – Everett and Dick –…
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Nice Fish, Jim.
Jim Reinertsen has been chasing bonefish on South Andros Island for years. He’s learned some tricks of the trade during that time, including this little secret: more big fish get caught during the winter. Jim brought his daughter Emily to Andros South this past November for her first bonefishing trip. They each encountered some very…
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Fly Fishing Film Tour
You know about the Fly Fishing Film Tour, right? It’s a bunch of short independent films about fly fishing. The overlords of the tour travel around the world, playing said films in theaters for a bunch of fly fishing lunatics. The films are great, the vibe is excellent, and you should go. We’ve run a…
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Little Water, Big Bend
Isn’t it fun to find fat fish in skinny water? More Fishing Pictures Without Fish Beautiful Run in Chile Fun in the Sun Angler on Flat
Sculpin Fishing from Alaska to Chile
Trevor Covich is one of our senior guides in Alaska and Chile. He loves tying and fishing sculpin patterns and he’s darned good at both. He put together a great piece for us on sculpin fishing. Sculpin fishing is an extremely versatile way to fish, and oh by the way, a great way to select…
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Dining Room at Andros South
This is our dining room at Andros South. It’s really clean and very comfortable, we think. Fishing pictures hang on the walls, and there are bonefish on our curtains and our table cloth – we really like fishing, after all. We serve a lot of great food here – fresh crawfish, beef ribs, mahi mahi,…
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Nice Fish, Kevin
Kevin Riley fishes at Alaska West every year, and his favorite time is the last week in August, when the silvers are plentiful and the trout get porky. A summer of chowing on salmon eggs and flesh will do that to a trout. Nice fish, Kevin. More Nice Fish Dean Chinook Chilean Chinook Kanektok Chinook