What’s the most plentiful anadromous fish that returns to our waters at Alaska West in June? The mighty king salmon? The furious chum salmon? Nope, it’s the incredibly numerous hooligan! Eulachon, Actually The real name for these little critters is eulachon. They have lots of other common names in in the Northwest – in our…
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More Ways to Find Posts on Our Site
Today’s post is meant mostly for Power Users of our site – the folks who know their way around, read lots of our articles, and probably even contribute comments every here and again. But there’s something for the newcomers as well! Our posts are categorized in a few different ways. There are more than 1400…
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Casting in Paradise
The most beautiful place in the world to wet a line, maybe? More on the Dean River Big Flies, Leaders and More Top Posts on Dean Chinooks Our Fishery
Worst Fishing Tips Ever – More Free Nippers
What’s the worst fishing tip you’ve ever received? Leave us a comment and let us know – this should be fun! You could win yourself a free pair of Abel nippers too. We’ll start with an example. Your humble editor decided to leave the wife’s first casting lesson to a neutral third party. That was…
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Nice Bonefish, Andy!
Congratulations to longtime Andros South guest Andy Dober, who landed the biggest bonefish of his life this week. Nice work, Andy! Have we mentioned recently that the winter months are the best for big fish? More on Bonefish All About Bonefishing 5 Ways to Blow a Shot Favorite Flies for South Andros
Alaska Fishing Guide Secrets
Today we’re starting up a series of posts on Alaska Guide Secrets. Various members of our guide crew at Alaska West will pass on some tricks of their trade, and you’ll be the ones the benefit. Our first post comes from Adam Kryder. Take it all in! Don’t guess the depth of the run –…
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We’ll Stop Here for Lunch
More Pretty Places on Andros Island It’s Nice Down Here. Cover of Bonefish Magazine Big Flat
Tube Flies for King Salmon
Our buddy and spey instructor Tom Larimer just posted a really good, really thorough article about tube flies and king salmon. Tom’s article covers Tube selection Stacking tubes Bullet weights Fly colors, and Rigging stinger hooks. If you like tube flies or king salmon (or Tom Larimer), you should swing on by his web site…
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Bonefishing Story Contest Winner
You all wrote up some great tales as entries to our Best Bonefishing Story contest. Brenda Mantz was a our winner with the piece that appears below. We asked for fishing stories and Brenda submitted literature. Awesome. A pair of Abel nippers and a bonefish t-shirt are headed Brenda’s way. Stay tuned for more contests….
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Pre-Heat Your Thermos
Yes, we’re fishing people, but being fishing people we spend a lot of time outside, and that means that we sometimes have some random tips for you that have more to do with being outside than they have to do with fishing. This is one of those tips. Pre-Heat Your Thermos Before you fill your…
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