Jordan Sly is back today with another handy post on fly tying! Trimming Spun Deer Hair Spun deer hair is great for many things – adding buoyancy, creating bodies and heads – but it can be hard to get the right shape when trimming it. A flexible razor blade can not only help create a…
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Gripped By Kings
Steven Brutger fished with us at BC West last year – you can read the full account of his trip here. Since we’re right in the middle of our king/chinook season on the Dean, we figured it was a great time to run this great piece Steven wrote about the biggest fish in the river….
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New Life on the Island
Jordan Sly joins us again today with a cool little story about the nature surrounding Alaska West. New Life on the Island One of my favorite parts about working for Alaska West is the growth and wildlife I get to see throughout our fishing season. I’m on the setup and take-down crew, so I’m among…
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Bonefishing is Fun
Are you having this much fun today? More on Good Times at Andros South Picking Your Dates Dominoes Land Crabbing
How Far Do You Have to Cast to Catch Bonefish?
File today’s post in the “questions we get asked a lot” category. Lots of new flats anglers worry about whether or not they have the casting skill to catch bonefish, apparently. We’ll answer twice. Answer #1: It Depends Where You’re Fishing Fisheries for bonefish vary widely. In places with a lot of fishing pressure, bonefish…
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Nice Chinook, Graham!
BC West guest Graham Pearson displays the benefit of fishing the Dean River in June – the purple-backed, broad shouldered ocean going demon otherwise known as the Dean River chinook salmon. Nice fish, Graham. More Nice Fish Tarpon Bonefish Barracuda
Eddie Bauer Sport Shop Partnership
We’re really excited to announce that we’re joining the Eddie Bauer Sport Shop team! As Sport Shop guides, we’ll be highly involved in the development of Eddie Bauer’s new fishing line. Eddie Bauer Sport Shop Eddie Bauer has a long history – going back in the ’20s, in fact – in hunting and fishing. Over…
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Lubricate Your Knots – Well!
Some of the most common rigging mistakes we see at our lodges involve knots that haven’t been lubricated well. Two of the knots that we use most frequently – the blood knot, for attaching sections of leader together, and the non-slip mono loop, for tying on a fly – really need to be lubricated well…
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Poling
Adam Kryder got one of the cooler photographs we’ve seen of a guide poling a skiff at Andros South this spring. We thought we’d pass it along. More Pictures from Andros South Just a Bit Overcast Bonefish and Mangroves Bruce and Louis are Back
Fly Tying with Twist Ties
We’ve got a three-way post today – Jordan Sly weighs in from Alaska West with a great, practical fly tying tip he picked up from angler Kevin Harris. Thanks guys! Tying with Twist Ties I’ll be adding a couple twist ties to my tying kit after watching Kevin Harris tie a couple flies in the…
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