Archives for August 2015

OPST Swing Hooks – Why We Like Them
Strong, sharp, offset, and barbless? Yes please. Photo: Kyle Shea. When swinging for anadramous fish, we really like fishing flies with trailer hooks. Whether tied on...

Battle
Frank knows how to fight fish.. Photo: Jason Whiting. Today we present you with nothing more than a super cool photo of our good friend and...

Calculating Fish Weight – The Formula
How much does this one weigh? Photo: Mike Sanders. The silver salmon fishing is as good as ever here at Alaska West and Rapids Camp Lodge, and...

Camp Dog Extraordinaire
What's not to love? Photo: Tom Zuccareno. Thanks to Deneki staffer, Robby Sanders, for a great photo essay on what we think is an important part of...

Price’s Five O’Clock Shadow – Tying Instructions
Eeek, Eeeek! Photos: Stuart Foxall. We love fishing mouse flies for trout whenever possible. However, not all mouse patterns are created equal, and today our buddy...

Coho Update
Pow! Photo: Ross Beatty. Despite our late run of chum salmon here at Alaska West, our annual run of silver salmon showed up a little early...

Jordan Sly’s ‘Wake and Eggs’ Rig
Generic 'wake and eggs' pattern. Photo: Kyle Shea. A couple weeks ago, Alaska West operation's manager, Jordan Sly, gave us a great post on the life...

Smoked Salmon at Alaska West
Mmmmm.. Photos: Dan Brevelle. We're really lucky in that we have a great smoked fish program here at Alaska West. In fact, many of you have...