The first week of anglers at Alaska West has come and gone, though we won’t forget the guests, the fishing or the weather anytime soon! All of our guests this week traveled to camp on our direct charter with Era Aviation from Anchorage to Quinhagak. What a sweet ride, comfortable, fast, and quiet. It is amazing to leave…
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Rio Tropical Clouser – Sage and Rio Drawing
OK, this is your last warning. One week from today, we’re doing a drawing from the list of folks who are signed up for our weekly newsletter. The lucky angler whose name we draw is going to get sent, at no charge – not even postage, a $1375 super-high-end bonefishing setup – a Sage 890-4…
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This is not a Steelhead.
Nope, she’s a resident rainbow trout from the home of Alaska West, the Kanektok River. She doesn’t need to swim out into the ocean to get fat. She lives in the Kanektok year round. Come summer, she parks herself on some structure on the lower river and chows on a salmon part buffet – eggs…
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On Your Marks, Get Set…
The first week of our season at Alaska West wraps up tomorrow, but as you may know we also operate a lodge on a little river in British Columbia called the Dean. Our team at BC West has been hard at work over the past few weeks getting things ready for our first guests of…
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Just a Friendly Reminder
…of what’s happening at Alaska West right now. There’s a bunch of people up there chasing king salmon with swung flies and two handed rods. They’re chasing rainbow trout too. More on King Salmon Dec Hogan’s King Rig Greg Thomas on Fresh Fish George Cook’s King Quiver
This Doesn’t Happen in the Florida Keys.
The really low fishing pressure on South Andros Island makes for some pretty aggressive bonefish. Torrie Bevans from Andros South checks in today with a story about a particularly ‘greedy’ bonefish. It’s not always like this…but our fish like to eat! NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to…
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When in Doubt (Set the Hook)
Today we start a 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! If…
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Welcome to BC West
If you’ve spent much time reading about Deneki Outdoors online, or if you’ve spent any time at all at our lodges, you know that we’re really all about the fishing. Every once in a while, though, we make an improvement to the non-fishing side of the house, and those can be pretty cool too. Check…
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Pretty Spot in Chile #139
Yep, you’ll be fishing pretty hard, but don’t forget to look up! More Pretty Spots in Chile Here’s #781. One of Our Cooler Photos, We Think Small Water
Fly Fishing Trips: Where Do You Want to Fish?
Today we’re starting a very simple conversation – if you could take a fly fishing trip anywhere, where would you go? Not many qualifiers here– It doesn’t cost you anything. You’re going for a week. You’re fly fishing for anything that you want to catch. Anywhere in the world. So? Where in the world do…
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