Have we mentioned recently that your trip to BC West on the Dean River includes a helicopter flight from Bella Coola to the mouth of the Dean, and that the flight is one of the cooler things you’ll ever experience on a fishing trip? Didn’t think so. More on BC West Dean Chinooks (not long…
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Our Season in Chile
Since Chile West is our newest operation, we get a lot of questions from people asking how things are going down there. We just wrapped up our 2009-2010 season, so we figured we’d give you a little rundown on how things went, and tell you where you can go for more info…and lots of pictures,…
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Chile Fishing Report: March 2010
Despite the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in central Chile on February 27th, our trip in early March was business as usual for Chile West. Photos: Chile West Guests, Chile West Team We had three guests scheduled to fish just one week after the quake, two of which were already to be fishing in Chile. Carlos arrived…
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Fish Your Fly
Today we present a short video featuring Tom Larimer, Oregon steelhead guide and spey guru extraordinaire. Tom thinks that one of the biggest mistakes people when fishing for steelhead is fishing in ‘remote control’ mode. NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on YouTube. Tom…
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Fun in the Sun
Bonefishing is fun. Louis Cahill captures it. More Cool Pictures from Louis Cool Hero Shot Cool Weather Bonefish Cool Aerial Photos of South Andros
Dean River: Charles St. Pierre’s Favorite Run
Charles St. Pierre – spey instructor, fixture at Alaska West and BC West, signature fly tier, great guy to be around, not-too-shabby writer – drops by our blog again today. From our standpoint it feels like Charles’ main goal is to make us even more antsy about the summer fishing that’s coming up after not…
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The Intruder
Warning: this is a very technical post about fly tying. If you’re not interested in the subtleties of tying one of the most influential modern steelhead and salmon patterns, click here to look at a bunch of pictures of fish. Jerry French may not have a household name in the world of anadromous angling in…
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How To Fish a Mouse Fly
In a little more than a month, our setup crew will be headed in to start prep work for our season at Alaska West. That makes us pretty twitchy about our summer fishing! One of our favorite ways to fish for rainbows on the Kanektok is using a mouse pattern. Mousing is really visual, it…
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Purple Chubby Chernobyl
Our team at Chile West recently spent some time on a spring creek that has been fishing well. This creek has an abundance of dragonflies and they seem to be the staple food for these fish. While there are some beautifully tied dragonfly patterns, they are often not aerodynamic and thus hard to cast. As…
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You Gotta See This
We do some fishing for sharks at Andros South…but this is a little ridiculous. Thanks to our friends at Buster Wants to Fish for pointing out this video of guys fishing for sharks from the beach in Australia. It’s well worth your time. If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here…
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