Tom loads up yet another laser loop. Photo: Cameron Miller Tom Larimer runs one of the premier guide services in the Northwest. He’s a super dude, an incredible angler and teacher, and…you guessed it, he’s one of our spey hosts during our king season at Alaska West. If you saw Tom headed out on the…
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Poling for Bonefish – 6 Tips
Rick stands quietly, and listens to his guide, and has a ‘cuda rod ready, and… So you’re in a fishery like ours on South Andros that’s loaded with bonefish, and you’re fishing from the boat, with your guide on the push pole. What should you do to make sure you’re successful? Here’s what. Be quiet….
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Dana Sturn on Dean River Chinooks and Medieval Drag
This chinook fell prey to Medieval Drag. Photo: Dana Sturn Dana Sturn founded speypages.com, and let’s just say Dana’s been around the block as it relates to anadromous angling. Dana had the opportunity to hook some chinooks at BC West this year, and as a result he’s written this piece for us on Medieval Drag….
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 7 – 14
Week 9 of the Alaska West season welcomed back some long time guests in the Bruce Cook Sr. group. Photo: Cameron Miller Bruce Cook Jr, Ray Smith and Bob Anderson all joined us again with Sr. They also brought a couple of the younger generation with them in Chandler and Tyler Cook just to keep…
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Simms Flats Sneakers
Don’t forget your Simms Flats Sneakers. South Andros is a fishery where your footwear matters. We do a ton of wading. Some of our flats have nice, hard white sand bottoms where you could wade barefoot if you wanted to. Other flats have mud, turtle grass, sea urchins and chunks of limestone. You don’t want…
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Wind Your Backing On Tight
Backing bulges are bad. If you’re chasing big fish, make sure you wind your backing on tight. King salmon, and Dean River steelhead, and dorado, and tarpon can pull really hard. If your backing isn’t wound on tight, the force of a fish’s run can cause the outer layers of backing to pull through loosely-wound…
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Spey Instruction At Alaska West
Class is in session. Photo: Cameron Miller From June 12th to July 17th of this year, we ran another season of really successful spey instruction programs at Alaska West. Since swinging flies on two-handed rods tends to be the favorite method for targeting our chrome kings, we invite the best of the best in the…
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Wading for Bonefish – 5 Tips
Whitey wades well. OK, you’ve decided that you’re going to chase some bonefish on foot. Want to make sure you actually catch one? Here are 5 ways to improve your chances. Walk quietly. Bonefish sense noise and vibration from a long way away. If you’re on a flat with a hard bottom, step softly –…
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Ask The Experts: Most Unusual Item In Your Boat Bag
Got anything unusual in there? As we announced last week, we’ve started an ongoing series of posts in which we ask a panel of expert fly anglers questions, and report the results back to you. The first question that we posed to our panel is a really simple one: What’s the most unusual item in…
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Entomology in Chile
A little spooky maybe? Photo: Chris Price Southern Chile showcases Mother Nature at her finest, and sometimes her most bizarre. In the course of a fishing trip at Chile West, we find a multitude of insect life on the river. Aquatic insects such as stoneflies, caddisflies, damselflies, dragonflies, craneflies, mayflies and midges make up the…
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