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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A Day of Rest
No more posts on Sundays! After 2 and a half years of at least daily posts (and 933 posts so far, by the way), we’re making a radical change to our posting schedule. Rather than posting 7 days a week, we’re going to start posting…6 days a week. We want to keep the quality high,…
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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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Leader Length and Bonefishing
One of the cool things about running fishing lodges is that we get to fish in some amazing places with expert anglers who know those fisheries like the backs of their hands. Another cool thing, though, is that between hosted trips, press trips, schools and more, we also get to fish with expert anglers in…
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Our Fishing Reports on Facebook
Our seasons at Alaska West and BC West are kicking off right now, and that means that we’re hearing from lots of eager anglers who want to know how things are going. That’s awesome, and we’re happy to chat…but you can also follow the daily blow-by-blow on our Facebook page! We’re not just ‘on Facebook…
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Steelhead Fly Fishing – Top 7 Tips
Our first guests arrive at BC West on the Dean River this Saturday. Although we’re mostly looking for the Dean’s legendary Chinooks over the next couple of weeks, we still thought the start of our season would be a lovely time to pass on the 7 most popular steelhead fishing ‘tip posts’ on our blog….
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The Unspookable School
Duranglers fly shop owner Tom Knopick hosted his second annual trip to Andros South during the last week of April this year. We asked Tom for a couple of anecdotes from his trip, and he sent us this one about a group of fish that was happy to play. The Unspookable School Success on the…
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Another Reason to Fish Mouse Flies
…at Alaska West, at least. Grayling climb on board too! More on Mousing 5 Tips on Mousing Mr. Hankey the Mouse Fly Mouse Water
3 Good Articles
For your reading pleasure – 3 articles about fly fishing, on other web sites, we thought you’d enjoy reading. When Drag is Desirable. Tom Rosenbauer gives incredibly detailed advice on MidCurrent. Keys Chronicles: Early Season. Flatswalker delivers a very honest tarpon fishing report. You’re Not Going to Believe This. Moldy Chum provides an absurd update…
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