Archives for August 2014
Aquaseal UV
Game Changer. Photo: Kyle Shea Aquaseal has been the fisherman's choice of adhesive for years. It permanently repairs leaky waders, boots, boats and more. Heck, we...
Bonefish!
Snuggled in. We've been cranking away at our Northern operations for a few months now, so a lot of our posts lately have been about salmon...
Rapids Camp Lodge Fall Special
Love fall in Alaska like we do? Rapids Camp Lodge is celebrating its 20th anniversary by offering a fall trophy special. Including all the amenities RCL is known for, two...
Be Nice to the Juveniles
Go get big Dolly! Photo: Kyle Shea A couple months back we ran a post reminding you to be nice to non-targets, those species that voluntarily...
Selecting Sink Tips
When swinging flies for salmon and steelhead, a question we get asked a lot is 'what sink tip should I use?' or 'how do I know what sink tip to...
Fireweed
Fireweed. Photo: Jordan Sly. Here at Alaska West things change fast, whether that change is the river, flora, fuana, people, or even our camp, it is...
Grand Salami
Kasey and his dream dolly. We want to extend big Kudos to Alaska West guest Kasey Halcro. Kasey started his morning yesterday planning to target silver...
Adjustable Indicator Rigs
Simple.. But effective. Photo: Kyle Shea We're on the back half of our season here in Alaska and that can only mean one thing.. It's steak...