Larry Klein has been fishing with us at Alaska West for years. A couple of weeks back he landed a really nice-sized silver salmon (in addition to his countless other silvers of course). Nice fish, Larry! More on Silvers at Alaska West 5 Favorite Flies Trevor’s Rig to Catch Them 5 Reasons to Chase Them
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We’ve Added a Bonefishing School
You might have heard that Bruce Chard, legendary Florida Keys Super-Guide, runs a series of very popular bonefishing schools at Andros South. What’s a bonefishing school? Well, it’s a trip that includes a full day of hands-on instruction by Bruce, focused on the fundamentals of catching bonefish on the flats. After the school day, our…
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Creamy Salmon Twists
We’re back today with another salmon recipe from Vilma Sisler! A lot of our salmon recipes are pretty simple grilled or baked preparations. This one comes from a different angle, and we think you’re really going to like it! Creamy Salmon Twists This may be one of the best cold salmon salads I have ever…
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Thanks for Fishing With Us!
Over the last week, we’ve sent our last guests of the season home from both Alaska West and BC West. We wanted to take today just to say thank you to everyone who joined us this summer! We consider ourselves really lucky to be able to fish with such quality folks – you all are…
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Bonefish T-Shirt Giveaway
A few months back we had a lot of fun running a little contest for a free Salmon Grand Slam T-Shirt. We had these new t-shirts sitting in our warehouse, but didn’t have our web store up and running – so we decided to give one away. Well guess what! Our Senior VP of E-Commerce…
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How to Not Land a Steelhead – 5 Simple Tips
OK, you’ve done the hard part – you’ve gotten a steelhead to eat your swung fly. Apparently some of you never wanted to land that fish in the first place, because we’ve seen all sorts of creative approaches to losing fish. We thought we’d share some of these – ahem – ‘tips’ with you today….
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BC West Fishing Report: August 20 – 29
We welcomed our final group to BC West this week, as we have every year since our inception – our friends from Europe. There could not be a better group to have to wrap up a very busy season as our ‘Europeans’. They truly enjoy not only our famous steelhead, but everything that the Dean and British Columbia…
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Sage Quest Softshell Hoody
Today we’ve got a little preview of one of the cooler pieces of gear that we saw at IFTD in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago. It’s a softshell hoody by Sage, and its full legal name is the “QUEST Softshell Insulated Hoody”. What makes it cool? Well, it’s a softshell hoody to start,…
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Tailing Bonefish – Hit ‘Em On the Head
Most of the time that you’re casting a fly to a bonefish, that fish is cruising and you want to lead him with your fly – maybe 2 to 10 feet depending on the situation. Leading him gives your fly time to sink and ensures that he doesn’t spook from the ‘plunk’ of the fly…
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Get in There!
Dave Baca and Scott Baker-McGarva land a steelhead in a very pretty place. More Pretty Places Arolik River Kanektok River South Andros Island