Brian Niska is just back from hosting a week of chinook salmon fishing at BC West. While on site at the lodge, he sent over a summary of the rig he uses to (attempt to) subdue the chrome sea monsters otherwise known as Dean River Chinooks. How to Stop a Train While the comparison of…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 17 – 24
Week 2 at Alaska West welcomed back a bunch of return anglers and a whole bunch of fresh king salmon. Guys like Mike Opitz, Tony Robins and his son JM, Marty Herman, Will Smart and Dave Victor have been fishing with us for years and we were proud to have them back again this year. Guys like Erich…
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Nice Fish, Dave.
Yeah, we’ve posted a few ‘nice fish’ pictures lately, but you’ve gotta agree – this one deserves some airtime. Dave Victor got this dandy of a king salmon at Alaska West this past week. As we usually do, he was swinging flies with his spey rod, and the measurements told us the fish was just…
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Rub Your Fly in the Sand
So you’re out on some beautiful bonefish flat. You’ve thrown on a new leader designed perfectly for the flats. You’ve picked a fabulous bonefish fly. You’ve tied it on with a non-slip mono loop. You’re not done yet! Reach down onto the flat, grab a little handful of sand from the bottom, and rub your…
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Try Some Rubber Tape!
At Alaska West and BC West, lots of our anglers fish spey rods. Most of the time we’re spey casting, we’re using Skagit-style heads. Skagit heads require running line between the head and the backing, and for easy casting and line handling, lots of folks prefer using mono running lines. One problem with mono running…
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Nice Fish, Chad.
Yep, it’s two nice photos in a row. Chad Foster caught a beautiful king salmon during the first week of our season at Alaska West this year, and we just wanted to congratulate him. Nice fish, Chad! More on King Salmon at Alaska West Big Chrome Slab 5 Ways to Catch More Jeff Hickman on…
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Nice Shot, Louis.
Louis Cahill takes cooler pictures on the flats than you do. Today we present just another example. Want to learn some tips on flats photography from Louis? Check out this post. More Cool Pictures Moon Walk Focal Fish Spey Casting Looks Cool
Alaska West Fishing Report: June 12 – 17
Our first week of the 2011 season started off with a bunch of hard core king fishing guests looking forward to the freshest and hottest kings of the season. The anglers may have caught a few bows and a handful of chum this week as well, but they really came all this way to get a tug…
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3 Good Articles
If you like fly fishing, we think you’ll like these three articles that we read this past week! The Great Snakehead Hunt. Quite a yarn via guest post on Compleat Thought. Flies for One Fly Tournaments. Kirk Deeter gets some input on Field and Stream’s Flytalk Blog. Blown Out in Choteau. Greg Thomas improvises and…
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Pop, Pop, Pop…
When the silvers are around in numbers (that’s late July through early September in our neck of the woods at Alaska West), one of our favorite methods is to fish poppers. It’s pretty simple. Locate pack of bright silvers. Huck floating line and popper out into the middle of ’em. Strip abruptly, making the popping,…
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