Archives for July 2021

Alaska West Fishing Report: Week 5
Guest Mike B. with a nice King Salmon. Photo: Jim Kim During week 5, the weather started to cooperate with overcast skies, less rain, and even a slight breeze to...

All Water is Our Water: Captains For Clean Water
Captains for Clean Water needs your help. The Army Corps is deciding how water from Lake Okeechobee will be managed for the Next 10 years. Before August 4th, let them...

Learn to Spey at Alaska West Lodge
Beau M. with Red Laces Cattle Co. with a Salmon on the Swing. It's no secret we like Spey Fishing at Alaska West Lodge. If you've never used a Spey...

Fly Tying: Twofer
Twofer Flesh Pattern Salmon are in, and that means a flesh and egg drop will happen soon. Arguably one of the most effective styles flies for Big Alaskan Rainbow Trout,...

Deneki Chronicles: 7 Reasons We Like To Fish Flesh
Reason number 8.. They work! Photo: Tosh Brown. Our Alaskan season is just around the corner (71 days in fact, but who's counting?), and that means...

Alaska West Fishing Report: Week 4
Karen N. with an early week 4 King Salmon. Photo Courtesy of Pete N. The first couple of weeks, the Kanektok River was higher than "usual." With the cold weather...

Rapids Camp Lodge: Guides, Guests, and Bears
Guides Doing their Job and Netting Big Fish. It's Booming at Rapids Camp Lodge. All the fish are cooperating, the guides are putting the guests on fish, and guess what?...

Rapids Camp Lodge 2021 Highlights
Well, we're just over a month in the season at Rapids Camp Lodge. It has been cold, wet, and windy. But the warm hospitality of the Staff, our inspired and...