Our head guide at BC West on the Dean River is Scott Baker-McGarva. Scott fears the Claw, and he wrote up this little ditty on why you should too. If you want to fish the Dean with Scott and the rest of our crew this summer, you still have a couple of chances – get…
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Archives for May 2012
Try a Lanyard
After years of digging around for the nearest set of pliers any time a piece of tippet needed cutting, your humble editor recently discovered the incredible convenience that is the simplest piece of fishing gear on the planet – the lanyard. You use your nippers more than any piece of gear besides your rod. Why…
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Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment Public Hearing – Go!
This is a big one, folks. The EPA is holding a series of hearings about the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment they recently released related to the proposed Pebble Mine. The only hearing in the Lower 48 is happening this Thursday, May 31st and 2pm in Seattle. A strong turnout at this hearing will help send…
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Lunch Break
More Photos from South Andros Andros South Photo Gallery Nice Fish, Jim Cover of Bonefish Magazine
Casting in the Wind – Fundamentals
Earlier this month we ran a post with a short video clip of Tim Rajeff telling you how to cope with wind coming from the four different directions on the flats. Today, Tim’s back to cover the fundamentals of casting in the wind. What are the fundamentals? Here’s Tim’s outline. A small loop cuts through…
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Navigating our Web Site
We’re getting lots of new visitors to our web site every day – thanks so much to all of you for stopping by! We also have almost 1,500 pages of content these days, so we figured it was time for a quick primer on what you can find on our web site, and where you…
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What’s Your Favorite King Salmon Rod?
We’ve gotten some really interesting input from all of you when we’ve asked you about your favorite fly rods for steelhead, trout and bonefish. Since we’ll catching king salmon at Alaska West and chinook salmon at BC West (local terminology!) in just a few weeks, we figured it’s a great time to ask you about…
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This Way to Epic Bonefishing.
Just exit the Congo Town airport and take a right! More on Epic Bonefishing Andros South Introduction Bonefish on Andros Island Plan Your Trip
4 Tips for Trout Fishing in Side Channels
We’re lucky at Alaska West to have incredibly varied rainbow trout fishing. We use mice, sculpins, leeches, flesh flies, beads, smolts and more. We use single- and double-handed rods. And we fish lots of different parts of our rivers, from the big main channel to upriver spawning beds to little tiny side channels. Fishing side…
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Alaska Fishing Photo Gallery
Today we bring you another round in our series called “just a little gallery of pictures from fishing at Alaska West.” Enjoy! More on Alaska West Giant Rainbow Trout Big King Salmon Alaska West Introduction