See that little frothy bit of water over there on the right? That’s called The White Rabbit. He’s a pretty important part of spey casting. See that guy over there on the left? His name’s Charles St. Pierre. He’s part of our ridiculous lineup of spey instructors at Alaska West. He’ll be teaching our guests…
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Get Your Copy – Bonefishing 101
Today we’re releasing our free, 10 page electronic Bonefishing 101 guide, and we think you should grab yourself a copy. What is Bonefishing 101? It’s a .pdf file that you can download to your computer, and it covers the fundamentals of bonefishing. The Ready Position Casting on the Flats Spotting Bonefish Setting the Hook Fighting…
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Tube Flies – Introduction
Today we’re starting a little mini-series of posts featuring Eric Neufeld, in video format, talking about tube flies and how to rig them. Who’s Eric Neufeld? He’s an alumnus of Alaska West, and he’s the the Pacific Northwest rep for Idylwilde, Simms and Ross, and he’s a smart dude who likes futzing around with his fly…
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Setting Up for the Sweep
It’s time for the next in our series of spey casting tips from Brian Niska. Any time we need to run something about spey casting, we call Brian and he just rattles this stuff off – just think how much you could learn if you joined him for a week of instruction at Alaska West….
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Nice Fish, Al.
Al Conklin is part of Wayne Walts’ great group of anglers that visits Andros South a couple of times a year. Al got a nice bonefish on his last trip down, and was kind enough to send us this photo, along with a story. “Sparkles spotted the fish on the edge of the mangroves and…
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Endless Water
Trevor Covich is back today, telling us a bit about the never-ending job of exploring new water in Southern Chile. Endless Water Here at Chile West we are constantly exploring new water for future anglers. When we say endless we mean it! There is more water here than you can shake a fly rod at…
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To Mend or Not to Mend?
Today we’ve got a bit of a conversation-starter for those of you out there who like swinging flies for steelhead. Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West, gives us some thoughts on mending line. Have a read and let us know what you think. To Mend or Not to Mend? Many years ago I wouldn’t have…
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Full Moon and Bonefishing
Myth Bonefish feed at night on a full moon, so fishing is poor during the day when the moon is full. Truth There are many variables in bonefishing much more important than the phase of the moon – weather being the biggest. We think planning your bonefishing trip to avoid a full moon is a…
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Lettin’ One Fly
Just a cool perspective on spey casting, courtesy of Cameron Miller and Charles St. Pierre. More on Spey Casting Charles’ King Rig Cast, Then Step Sage 8134-4 Z-Axis
FIBFest is Back
We had such a good time with it last year that we had to do it again. It’s Deneki FIBFest! It’s an in-person gathering of folks who write online about fly fishing. FIB stands for Fishing Industry Bloggers, and FIBFest is the most cleverest name we could come up with. Starting on March 26th, a…
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