Today we wrap up yet another memorable season here at Alaska West. To all of you who shared the water with us this year, or followed along vicariously through our blog, thank you. We’re super fortunate to do what we do, and we have each and every one of you to thank for it. Hope…
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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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Watch Your Fingers!
Just a friendly reminder, the next time you’re handling a whole bunch of silver salmon, watch those fingers! Most anglers are aware that certain species of Pacific salmon (especially chum salmon) can have some pretty gnarly teeth during certain phases of their lifecycle. However, contrary to popular belief, all five species of Pacific salmon actually have…
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Flesh Hatch
The flesh fly is a staple in any Alaskan trout fly box. Throughout the majority of the summer, our trout love to gorge themselves on chunks of salmon flesh – Big flesh, small flesh, fresh flesh, dead flesh.. You name it, there’s a time and place for each. That’s ‘matching the hatch’ in our neck of the…
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Alaska Mini Gallery – Abe Blair Edition
Every once in a while we like to run a mini-gallery of photos here on our blog – A small collection of photos, some with a theme, some not so much, but generally somehow related to fly fishing. However, it’s been a while since we’ve put together a mini gallery, so today we right that…
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Not Your Typical Double
One of the most exhilarating aspects of fly fishing is that each and every time your fly is in the water, you never quite know what could happen next – a perpetual level of faith if you will. Sort of like when you think you’ve doubled up on your umpteenth silver salmon of the day, only to…
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Fighting Fish – Make ‘Em Earn the Reel
‘Tis the season for fighting fish! August in Alaska brings fast paced action for big feisty fish, and that means there’s no shortage of practice for fighting (and hopefully landing) fish. During this part of our season we see hundreds (yes, hundreds) of fish fought each week, and with that we’re able to get a good idea…
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Bon Appétit
We’re always excited when a guest of ours puts together a post for our humble little fishing blog. After all, as far as we’re concerned there’s no better account than that from those that fish with us! Ed Novinsky recently fished with us at Alaska West, and although its difficult to call him a guest…
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Three Good Articles
Today we’re back again with our mid-monthly edition of Three Good Articles – fly fishing articles from other websites over the past month that we enjoyed and have a feeling you will too! Three Good Articles Mega Hatch Success. Mark Raisler drops some knowledge on how to capitalize when the bugs really start flying on the Simms…
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Weekly Fish Story – The Unintentional Grand Slam
We’re back with another edition of our ‘Weekly Fish Stories‘ series of posts where our guides and guests share their first hand experience of a notable moment on the water – A quick snapshot of awesomeness if you will.. Today’s weekly fish story comes from Alaska West guide, Jim Palmersheim, on a special day spent…
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