Archives for August 2016

Whitney Gould’s Silver Swinging Rig
Will eat a swung fly. Photo: Ben West. When it comes to fly fishing for silvers, it's hard to argue against the effectiveness of stripping ridiculously...

Weekly Fish Story – “Competitive Predators”
The 'emerald shadow.' Photo: Jason Whiting. As you might expect, we hear a lot of great fish stories over the course of a week. In fact...

The Franc N Snaelda – Tying Instructions
All hail the Franc N Snaelda. Photos: Nic Jepson. Over the course of a year, we're fortunate to fish with a lot of great anglers, many of...

Airflo Skagit F.I.S.T. Line Review
Product of the F.I.S.T. Photo: Ben West. One thing we really dig about swinging flies for species like king and chum salmon in our neck of the woods...

Rigging Stinger Hooks – The Twisted Hitch
Jerry's Dirty Hoh (clearly abused by some fish) rigged with a twisted hitch. Today we present you with some rigging wizardry courtesy of Alaska West guide,...

The Chrome Slam
Good work Bryan! Photo: Jason Whiting. We're really lucky to witness prolific runs of all five species of pacific salmon throughout our season at Alaska West. That means...

Bring on the Mayhem
And it begins.. Photo: Steve Allen. Silver mayhem that is! Over the last couple weeks we've started to see the first signs of our annual run...