Old technology meets big fish. Photo: Cameron Miller Charles St. Pierre is one of the best spey instructors in the Northwest, and we’re lucky to have him join us each year during kings at Alaska West on the Kanektok to teach our anglers the finer points of spey fishing. He’s also a super guy. Charles…
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Sage 5126-4 Z-Axis
This is a really good little spey rod. If you haven’t noticed, we’re pretty fired up these days about fishing lightweight spey rods for trout and smaller steelhead. In our minds, if a fish likes a swung fly, it’s a lot more enjoyable to give it to ’em with a two handed rod. The Sage…
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We Have a Winner!
Eric might catch one of these. Photo: Cameron Miller Congratulations to Eric Dawson from Oklahoma City, OK! Eric was randomly chosen yesterday from the list of subscribers to our blog newsletter, and won himself a free trip to Alaska West. To say Eric is excited is putting things mildly. He’s working on his schedule now…
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The Clubhouse
Relax. Our guests at BC West often get their nerves frayed by the crazy steelhead and chinook salmon that call the Dean River home, so it’s pretty important that we provide a place where folks can relax. That place is our clubhouse. It’s a nice large cabin with comfortable couches, pretty pictures, a wood stove,…
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Spey Fishing for Trout, Part 3 – Tactics
Trout spey tactic #427: Put the wood to ’em. Photo: Cameron Miller In the past couple of weeks we’ve covered why we think you should spey fish for trout, and which gear you should use when you do it. Today we’ll talk a bit about tactics to use when chasing rainbows with lightweight two-handers. Spey…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 4 – 11
The second week of our season was a week of rolling with change. Photos: BC West Staff Our guests arrived to low clear conditions and sunshine with fish trickling into the lower river under bright sun. They hooked a few chinook and landed a few steelhead while hoping for a little more water. On the…
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Trout Fishing: Nymphing Techniques
Bonefish, 10 o’clock, 30 feet! Whoops…sorry, wrong post. Today we continue our series on trout fishing tactics, based on our approach at Chile West but applicable anywhere trout swim. The topic of the day is nymphing techniques. You’ve been floating the river, it’s noon or so, sun is high, it’s hot, fishing has slowed down,…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 3 – 10
The final week of king fishing on the Kanektok and the guests are still bringing nice fish to hand. Photo: Cameron Miller We welcomed an international group of fisherman this week. Guests came from all over Europe, Canada and the US which made for a very interesting week. Everyone was here for the same reason…
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Really Fresh Prawns
Working at a remote fishing lodge like BC West means that your culinary opportunities are somewhat limited. You can’t just jump in the car and head out for a fine dining experience or even go to a grocery store to pick up something tasty to cook at home. With that said we do have some…
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Skagit Master
Ed Ward, Jedi knight. Casting videos are a dime a dozen these days, but there’s one in production that we’re pretty excited about. Ed Ward is a legend in Northwest anadromous angling circles. He’s one of the pioneering Skagit River guides that started a literal revolution in casting and fishing techniques. He’s an innovate fly…
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