Tube flies and stinger hooks are very popular with anglers who chase salmon and steelhead with fly rods, for a few reasons. They allow you to change your hook without changing your fly. They allow you to fish a big fly without fishing a hook with a long shank, which helps you land more fish….
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The Kanektok River is Open for King Salmon Fishing
The Kanektok River, home of Alaska West, is open for king salmon fishing. Many of you have heard of the emergency closure affecting king salmon fishing on the Kenai River that was announced this past Friday. We feel really bad about the status of the Kenai – it’s an incredible river, and we and lots…
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Little Red Book of Fly Fishing
Here’s one of the coolest things that happened last month at Deneki FIBFest at Andros South – Kirk Deeter brought out some hot-off-the-presses copies of The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing, a great new collection of fly fishing wisdom written by Kirk and the legendary late Charlie Meyers. During the week and the plane ride…
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Fighting Bonefish – Rod Tip in the Water
Bonefish can swim really fast. If you spend much time chasing them, it’s bound to happen eventually – you’ve got a good fish on and you’re feeling pretty well in control of the situation, and then that little silver torpedo decides to swim right at you, much faster than you can reel. Slack starts forming…
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The Fun Part
We’re not all about the numbers when it comes to measuring the success of a fishing day…but every once in a while it’s nice to know for sure. Trevor and Andrew do some Chile West data gathering outside Palena in February of this year. More on Trout in Chile Super Cool Brown Trout Trout or…
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King Salmon Fly Selection
George Cook pays us another visit today in video form, this time to talk about what 22 lucky anglers are going to be doing a week from today – selecting flies to use when chasing king salmon at Alaska West on the Kanektok. We filmed George in February of this year. He was looking forward…
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Sage 790-4 Xi3 – Light with Fight
Michael Gracie got to spend some time at Andros South a couple of weeks ago fishing the Sage 790-4 Xi3. Michael was one of the cast of characters at our first Deneki FIBFest – a casual gathering of folks who write about fly fishing online. He writes a great blog about fly fishing, finance and…
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Got One.
Come silver season at Alaska West, our nets get a lot of use. More Cool Pictures from Alaska West Wildlife Salmon Egg Landing One on the Arolik
Andros South Fishing Report – May 2010
May was wonderful this season compared to last with much clearer skies and only a handful of days with thunder and lightning. Only one or two days of the month were bad enough to sit them out. Our guests did fish on those days, just a bit closer to home than usual. Overall the temps were steady…
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5 Non-Fishing Items to Bring on Your Trip
In the run-up to any destination angling trip, lots of attention gets paid to which fishing gear to bring along. Rods, reels, lines, waders, raincoats, pliers…all that stuff is really important of course, but bringing along a few key non-fishing items can make your trip just a little more enjoyable. Here’s our top 5. Disposable…
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