Archives for January 2013
5 Things Your Guide Wishes You Would Do
Nice! Now strip off some line... Photo: Cameron Miller Today's post comes from a conversation with a relatively new guest at one of our lodges. He's...
Looking for Bonefish
Line stripped off and ready! Photo: Louis Cahill It's a quintessential part of the flats fishing experience - standing on the deck of a boat, scanning...
Best Trout Fishing Posts of 2012
Nice fish, Jonathan. We continue our end-of-the-year/beginning-of-the-year series on the best posts of 2012 with a list of the 7 best posts about trout fishing we...
4 Ways to Fish Dry Flies in Alaska
A very traditional Alaskan dry fly. Photo: Cameron Miller Everybody loves fishing dry flies. There's just nothing that beats the excitement of a surface take. In...
Bougle Contest Winner – Tom Ehrhard’s Steelhead Rig
The winner. Nice work, Tom! Photo: Kevin Bulley We're thrilled to present to you the winner of a brand new Hardy Bougle, courtesy of our 'Tell...
It’s Big Out There
Oh, and the skies aren't always deep blue either. Photo: Tosh Brown The close up, wide angle shots of anglers landing bonefish show you a lot...
Deneki in the Drake
Turn to page 34. Whoa, we're in the Drake! On page 34 of the just-released winter 2013 issue of the Drake Magazine, you can find a...
Rainbows and Silvers, Living Together
In perfect harmony. A recent conversation with a very experienced Alaska booking agent reminded us of a really unique aspect of our fishery at Alaska West...