If you’ve spent much time on the water with serious photographers, chances are you’ve seen Pelican cases at work. Pelican cases are bombproof, and they’re simply the safest way to take electronics like cameras along on fishing trips. Here’s why. They’re waterproof 100% of the time. They’re dustproof 100% of the time. They protect your…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 31 – August 7
Photos: BC West Staff Week 7 saw several old Dean River hands make their annual appearance on the river, and although the lower river fishing remained in a holding pattern for the next good push of the larger August fish, the upper river gave up some fish in bits and pieces with the occasional bonus…
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Watch That Thumb
Today we continue our series of weekly posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book – read on! Our…
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Taking It All In
At Chile West most of our trips run on a slightly longer format than normal – a 10 night, 8 fishing day program is our standard. The 10 day trip gives us plenty of time to really take in Southern Chile and fish a ton of different water. It also gives us time to relax!…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 30 – August 6
Week 8 at Alaska West welcomed a great bunch of anglers to the first full week of silver action on the Kanektok. Bryan and Kathy Whiting along with sons Eric and Jason joined us for a fourth “once in a lifetime” trip. This family of four fishes as hard as anyone you will ever meet and it’s…
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Just a Bit Overcast
We have lots of beautiful, sunny days on South Andros Island. This was not one of ’em. If you must know, this was a day in May, and believe it or not the weather broke and this heinous-looking cloud completely went away 5 minutes after the picture was taken. Weird! More Pictures from South Andros…
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Swinging Flies – Cast, Then Step.
Cast, mend, swing fly, take a few steps downriver, repeat. That’s how you fish for steelhead, right? Not necessarily. Michael White stops by in video form today, straight from the Dean River, to tell us a bit about how he likes to present flies to steelhead. The basic idea – rather than stepping downriver after…
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Cotton Candy – The Old Standby
At Alaska West our guides are constantly pushing the envelope as it relates to fly design. Big, beautiful composite hackle king flies, innovative new mouse designs, dangerously articulated flesh flies and more are routinely born in our staff quarters next to the Kanektok River. On the other hand, there are some patterns that have produced…
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20 Incher by Idylwilde
During a trip with Chile West, our guests fish a whole bunch of different fly patterns that pretty much cover the world of trout fishing. From giant streamers to tiny dries, blunt terrestrials to imitative nymphs, we fish a lot in a typical trip and our fly boxes are evidence – they’re loaded! We’ve definitely…
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Andros South Rescheduling Policy
We’ve just entered the month of August, or what we like to call ‘PlanYour Winter Bonefishing Month’. Yes, we think this is a great time to schedule your warm weather fun for the upcoming winter. As you may know by now, bonefishing at Andros South between October and February is pretty awesome for a few…
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