At BC West we have a nice, cozy drying room for your jackets, boots and waders. It’s all you could ask for – a comfy hand-hewn bench, drying racks, a heater and a whole lot of character. We get an awful lot of warm sunny days on the Dean, but when it’s chilly and/or rainy,…
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Archives for September 2012
Bulk Hooks
Big fish. Big water. Bigger grabs. You know you’re gonna go through more than a few hooks when fishing deep for salmon and steelhead. Here’s why we like to buy in bulk for rigging tube and stinger-style flies.: Cost savings. While the average cost-per-hook price is relatively the same for hooks purchased in 25 or 100…
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Multi-Species Flats Tourney
Want to change things up a bit on your next trip to the flats? Have yourself a multi-species tournament day! It’s really fun… Background On a recent trip to Andros South, we awoke to a really, really cloudy morning. We had a pretty experienced group of anglers at the lodge and we knew we could…
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Shadow
Just another cool picture by Louis Cahill from South Andros Island! More from Louis on Andros Tailing Bonefish Little Gallery Bonefish Magazine
Plan Your 2013 Alaska Fishing Now.
Wait, didn’t the summer season at Alaska West just end? Yep, it did – and that makes now the perfect time to get your 2013 trip planned. You see, we give all of our guests the first right of refusal to rebook their trip with us the following year. That means that we don’t actually…
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Favorite Andros Store Stuff
Since we’ll be open at Andros South next month, we thought we’d showcase a few favorite pieces of Bahamian schwag available in our online store, and also ask us what else you’d like to see from us! Our Andros South hat in Breaker Blue is a classic, and will look absolutely fetching in that shot…
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Rio Bonefish QuickShooter Line
The most interesting new fly line that we cast at IFTD in Reno last month was Rio’s new Bonefish QuickShooter. We think it’s going to be a great line for chasing bonefish around South Andros Island. Background At Andros South we tend to prefer fly lines with fairly short, heavy heads and aggressive tapers. That’s…
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Bullet Weights, Part 2: Still Crittery
Last week we gave you a glimpse into the very non-traditional world of using bullet weights with your steelhead and salmon flies. Today, more details! Next time you’re at the vise setting strategy for the ultimate Alaska West or BC West fly program, consider tying a bunch of flies without any weight. Tying on plastic…
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4 Things We Hate About Fishing
We generally try to keep things pretty positive around here. Fishing’s fun, right? Every once in a while, though, it’s OK to vent…right? Here are 4 things we hate about fishing. Finding trash on the river/lake/flat. Who would do that? No appreciation for ‘non-target species’. As in “you know, a million anglers in Washington would…
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Coho Salmon Lifecycles
Over the last couple of months we’ve run a couple of really well-received posts from Alaska West guest and fisheries biologist Brian Morrison – on the lifecycles of rainbow trout in Western Alaska, and chinook salmon everywhere. Today we wrap up the mini-series with some facts from Brian on another favorite of ours, the coho…
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