Last week we ran an article called 13 Habits of Highly Effective Anglers. It somehow wound up pretty popular – thanks to the 4,882 of you who have checked it out so far! Our good friend Kirk Werner has a fantastic blog called the Unaccomplished Angler. We were thrilled when Kirk agreed to put together…
Read More
Archives for August 2013
Fishing Reports on Facebook
Folks who have been following us online for a while know that in the past we’ve posted fishing reports from our lodges on our main web site, underneath the tabs for each lodge. We’ve moved our fishing reports to our Facebook page. Why? Simple – timeliness is the most important feature of a fishing report,…
Read More
Loaner Gear – It’s Free!
Today we’re back with another edition of “Questions We Get Asked A Lot”. We’ll paraphrase an email we received this week from an angler in Michigan who’s thinking about joining us at Andros South. “I’m thinking about a bonefishing trip. All my fishing so far has been in fresh water. Do you have saltwater fly…
Read More
Warming Up the Outboard
If you’re a guide at a quality lodge in Alaska, here’s how the morning routine works. Wake up. Eat breakfast. Get your gear ready. Head down to your boat. Get things nice and tidy, maybe pump a little water out of the sled, and [if you want your motor to last a long time] warm…
Read More
Smoked Fish
Many of our guests know this, but we have a great smoked fish program at Alaska West. We believe it is a combination of multiple things – the chrome bright fish we catch, the combination of hardwoods we use for smoking, the perfect combination of sweet and salty brine we use, and getting those fresh…
Read More
New Essential Gear for Fishing Trips
Fresh from the river at Alaska West, Brian Niska checks in today some recommendations on gear that you’ve probably never heard of! New Additions to my Alaska West Fishing Gear Essentials I recently returned from two weeks of King Salmon fishing at Alaska West. This is my sixth season fishing the Kanektok in July and…
Read More