When the sun comes out in Alaska, what better to do than chase after rainbow trout? With all of the spawning salmon and other food sources in the river, the rainbow trout at Alaska West get nice and plump in August. First time guest James Nelson shows off another beautifully spotted leopard rainbow. Nice fish,…
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Archives for August 2013
How to Relax
How to Relax – A Step by Step Guide Spend a day fishing on the flats of South Andros Island. Don’t worry about all that stuff back home – it’ll be there when you get back. Hang out with your buddies and a cocktail at the Andros South tiki hut. Tell stories about fishing or…
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Sage 7126-4 METHOD Review – The Lightsaber
We recently spent a week at BC West fishing Sage’s new 7126-4 METHOD spey rod. We loved it, we named it, and now we’ll tell you why. History The Sage 7126-4 TCX has been one of the more popular steelhead rods around the Pacific Northwest over the past few years. Light but incredibly powerful, the…
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Silver Salmon Popper by Chuck Shepard
The silver salmon fishing is hot up at Alaska West this time of the year, and these fish are really aggressive towards the fly. Stripping a fly below the surface creates a jigging action that is hard for a Silver to resist, but one method that is often over looked is targeting them on the…
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Easy to Swap Leaders
If you’re bouncing around a river swinging flies for steelhead or salmon, you’re probably going to need to swap sinktips every once in a while. You’re hopefully not making a change every 20 minutes, but when you move from a ripping boulder garden to a glassy tailout, you need to make a change. Today’s tip…
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Bonefish.
Just a cool picture of a South Andros bonefish underwater, courtesy of our good buddy Louis Cahill. More on Bonefish Giant Page All on Bonefishing 4 Ways to Spook Fewer Bonefish How Far Do You Have to Cast?
How to Fillet Salmon
Speed Fillets We fillet a lot of fish at Alaska West. We allow our guests to take home up to 50 pounds of fish that they catch during their week with us. We vacuum pack and freeze all of the fish before it’s boxed up and sent with the angler on the flight home. The…
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Four-Legged Companions
Jordan Sly is back today with some commentary on a critical component of any fishing lodge – camp dogs! Four-Legged Companions Most people know that dogs make great companions, whether fishing or just hanging out at home. I have a little dog of my own – he’s a beagle named Basil, and a great companion…
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Landing Steelhead – Try Upstream!
Time for more steelhead fishing wisdom from Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West! Go Upstream Sometimes when you leave an angler for a bit, you return only to see them struggling with a fish close to shore, (sometimes you need to leave the client to improve their mojo and fish attraction) and many will…
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Thanks for the Visit – See You Again Soon
One of the cooler rainbow trout release shots, wouldn’t you say? More Pictures from Tosh Brown Andros South Photo Gallery Wet. On Point