Hey, what a surprise! It’s Mike Opitz with a big, fat, chrome king salmon! Hmmm, seems like we’ve seen this somewhere before… More Pictures of Fish Bonefish Hero Shot, Atypical Dean River Steelhead Coolest Hero Shot Ever
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Try Fishing Smaller Hooks
For years the ‘standard’ hook sizes used in the pursuit of anadromous fish on swung flies were pretty darned big. 2/0 and 3/0 were ‘king hooks’ and 1/0 and 1 were ‘steelhead hooks’. In recent years many anglers we respect have been fishing hooks that are quite a bit smaller – 1 and 2 for…
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Chow Time
Your fearless editor is on site at BC West this week (taking part in some of the best steelhead fishing on the Dean in years, at more than 4 times our catch rate from last year, but I digress). Our chef Belinda whipped up another amazing mid-day meal yesterday, and you get to hear all…
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Mayhem Alert
Our home river at Alaska West gets a mighty strong run of silver salmon. Although the heat of the action takes place from the last week of July through the end of August, sometime right around the middle of July we’ll typically catch our first silver. We’re right on schedule. 5 days ago – July…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 10 – 17
Photos: Horatio Nailknot Early this week the water continued to rise and color with a mini heat wave hitting the Dean river valley. By day three, at least 20 plus Steelhead had been hooked as well and 1/2 dozen Springs, with Jeff putting a couple of beauties on the beach with his 7 weight Steelhead…
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Flick the Tomato
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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True Love.
Dana Sturn falls in love on the Dean. More Fish from the Dean River Kerry Connects Jerry Arnold and Joy Brian Niska Feels It Too
Alaska West Fishing Report: July 9 – 16
Week 5 at Alaska West is the start of our transition into multi species fishing on the Kanektok. Yes, the King fishing is typically quite good this week and this year was no exception. Most of our guests spent the majority of time trying for kings, but they were all open to making the acquaintance of many…
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Piece of Pie
Here’s a little casting tip from Chris Price, our manager at Chile West. When you’re at the end of your swing or drift and you’re ready to re-cast, it’s very hard to make the transition from the “hang down” to a target in front all in one false cast, if you’re fishing a single-handed rod. This…
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5 Non-Bonefish to Chase at Andros South
Bonefishing on South Andros Island is just about as good as it gets, and the bonefish are the reason most people come to Andros South. However, there are a bunch of different critters that swim around on our island, and we think it’s a shame if you don’t spend a little bit of time during…
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