Archives for September 2012
Bullet Weights, Part 2: Still Crittery
Use a bullet on your target species. Last week we gave you a glimpse into the very non-traditional world of using bullet weights with your steelhead...
4 Things We Hate About Fishing
#5: The end of the day. We generally try to keep things pretty positive around here. Fishing's fun, right? Every once in a while, though, it's...
Coho Salmon Lifecycles
Abundant indeed. 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 -...
Top Tips
#11: Have fun out there. Photo: Cameron Miller It's been more than two years since we ran a roundup of our most popular fishing tip posts...
Another Summer in the Books
Thanks, Dave and John. ...and just like that, it's over! This past week we finished up our summer seasons at Alaska West and BC West. Golly,...
Keep Him Out of the Mangroves
Might as well try. Photo: Louis Cahill If you're fighting a bonefish and he swims towards the mangroves, you should probably pull hard in the other...
Bullet Weights, Part 1: The Ultimate in ‘Crittery’
Serious Weaponry. Cri’tter’y – Western Alaskan adj. Shaky, unsure. Often enlightening. Always effective. Now that Skagitmaster 2’s Scott Howell virtually gave the anadromous world ‘permission’ to get...
Alaska West Fishing Report: August 24 – 31
At Alaska West we fish as hard in our last week as we do in our first week. In this year’s closing act, we fished our wader clad asses off. Week...
