In Alaska, all Salmon are on a spectrum of appreciation. Some are more appreciated than others. Of course, you have your King Salmon and Silver Salmon leading that list, followed by Sockeye Salmon, Chum Salmon, and Pink Salmon. Aggressive, tenacious, and will pull and tug with the best of them, Chum salmon is, bar none,…
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Chum Salmon
3 Reasons We Like This Photo
Take a Kid Fishing! They are the future of this wonderful sport. We work hard to protect places like this from bad ideas (cough, cough Pebble Mine) in part to preserve them for future generations. I mean look at that smile, priceless! It is of a Chum Salmon. In our opinion the most underrated of all…
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Welcome to Alaska West Brittany
Last week we welcomed Brittany Roy on her first ever trip to Alaska. I would say she left with a good representation of how incredible the Last Frontier and the Kanektok River can be. Here are two of her many highlights of the week. A trophy King Salmon followed by a trophy Chum Salmon. Great…
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Target Species // The Chum Salmon
We love having a range of species to target at our lodges. Admittedly it can be easy to get tunnel vision chasing the flagship ones such as the leopard Rainbows or the mighty Kings, but we often encourage our guests to spend some time mixing it up out there. We have some massively underrated species…
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Your Alaska West Salmon Calendar
Here is your 2019 Alaska West Salmon Calendar! Alaska West typically has an incredibly consistent run of the various Pacific Salmon. Veteran guides up there can almost tell you what day of the year it is based on what fish are arriving into the river system. If you have a specific species of fish that…
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Smoked Chum
We pride ourselves in keeping the best interest of our fisheries in mind at all times. That’s largely why we’ve adopted camp policies at Alaska West such as 100% barbless hooks, catch and release only on king salmon, as well as aim to handle to-be-released fish as ethically as possible. That being said, we’re also…
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Timeless Tips: Salmon Fishing – 6 Reasons this Fly Works
We’re really lucky in that most of the fish we target at our locations are not overly picky about specific fly patterns. Our lodges are located (intentionally, we might add) in areas where lots of different flies work, so long as they share a few characteristics. It’s a creative fly tyer’s dream! Here at Alaska…
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Timeless Tips: Chum Salmon – Fly Fishing Techniques
Our annual chum salmon run is in full force, which is why today we present you with a great post from our pal, Brian Niska, on some tactics and gear advice when fishing for chum salmon on the Kanektok River as part of our ‘timeless tip tuesday’ series of posts. Who’s Brian? He’s a much better spey…
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Triple
Because if the election didn’t quite go your way, what better way to cheer up than a photo of not one, not two, but three fish hooked and landed at the same time at Alaska West. More Pick-Me-Up Posts The Most Mellow Place on Earth Nice Fish, Steve Gully Wash, The Unofficial Drink of the…
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5 Advantages of High Water
Over the past few seasons, mild winters and reasonably dry summers have made for some low water conditions on our home river at Alaska West. However, this year we’ve been experiencing significantly higher water levels of late, and we really dig it! Due to a few substantial rain (and even hail) storms, we’ve seen a couple…
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