During June at Alaska West, most of our guests are really, really fired up about catching king salmon on swung flies. That’s with good reason – our king fishery is a pretty darned unique resource. But in all that excitement about catching kings, it’s easy to forget that the trout fishing this time of year…
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Lightening the Load
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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Happy Birthday, U.S.A.
We’re proud to have the privilege to wish you and yours a Happy 4th of July.
Alaska West Fishing Report: June 25 – July 2
Week 3 at Alaska West welcomed back quite a few return guests along with some newbies to keep things fresh! Andy Jensen stayed for another week so he could meet some of his friends like Frank and Yvonne Ogden, Tom Cook, Mike Scott, Joe Dudra and Gordy Phillips who have all been with us before. We also welcomed…
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Pretty Day in Chile
Michael White scopes out yet another pretty spot in Chile. More on Whitey! With a Spey-Caught Chilean King Salmon His Favorite Run on the Dean His King Rig for Alaska West
Scott Baker-McGarva’s Steelhead Rig
Scott Baker-McGarva is our head guide at BC West. He’s got a whole bunch of years under his belt chasing steelhead with two-handed rods. He’s an incredible caster and one fishy dude. Wouldn’t it be cool to see what gear he uses and how he rigs it when he fishes for steelhead on the Dean…
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Depressing Advice
This week you’re getting a double dose of 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!…
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Reason #894
…to book a winter trip to South Andros – white sand, and lots of it. More Non-Bonefish Pictures from South Andros Aerial Pictures of South Andros Scenic Shots Big Sky Country
And You Thought the DC-3 Was Nice…
A couple of years ago at Alaska West we started offering a charter flight from Anchorage direct to Quinhagak – the Yupik village at the mouth of the Kanektok River, 6 miles from our camp. Our guests loved it because it provided much more direct access to our operation and just made the travel a…
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BC West Fishing Report: June 19 – 26
Photo: BC West Staff The week started well with excellent water conditions for Spring salmon fishing, with about 2 feet of visibility at the start of the week, favorable weather and even some decent numbers of early steelhead around. Being a June group (smaller groups of 4 max) the four of us had plenty of…
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