Mr. Lincoln, meet Mr. Nymph. Mr. Nymph, Mr. Lincoln. Photo: Chris Price Today we continue our series on trout fishing tactics, based on our approach at Chile West but applicable in any water where trout swim! In most trout fisheries nymphs are the biggest part of a trout’s diet, so we’re kicking things off with…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 26 – July 3
The third week at Alaska West started out by welcoming back a bunch of great friends to the Kanektok. Photo: Cameron Miller Guys like Jon Bengtson, Bob Davids, Jon Magnussen, Gary Thayer, Joe Dudra, George Cook, Raz Reid, Frank Ogden, Jim Gilmore and Paul Leslie-Smith. About half of our guests were new to the Kanektok,…
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The Drying Tent
Nice and toasty. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West, we have a drying tent – a small structure with a big heater where our guests hang up waders, raincoats and other outerwear at the end of their day on the water. We crank up the heat at night, and in the morning everything comes out…
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Spey Fishing for Trout, Part 2 – Gear
Workin’ the little rod on the Arolik. Photo: Cameron Miller UPDATE: Thanks for checking out this post in 2009. By 2012 spey fishing for trout had changed a bit, so we put out this post with an update on spey and switch fishing for trout as of 2012. Feel free to read on, though! We’ve…
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Kalik – Beer of the Bahamas
Mike Sanders likes Kalik. Photo: Ric Fogel/Sportfolio One of our favorite things about fly fishing is that it’s an excuse for us to visit some far-flung, authentic, rural parts of the world. Reading books on local anthropology is great and all, but we think that when you visit a new place it’s pretty important to…
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Our Most Popular Posts from the First Half of 2009
Wow, 173 posts so far this year, all about fishing. Photo: Cameron Miller Yesterday marked the start of the second half of 2009. We’ve had a bunch of new readers checking out our blog lately, so we figured we’d take the opportunity to make sure no one has missed our 10 most popular posts to…
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Trout Fishing: Terminology
Garrett Sullivan fishes the bucket. What a surprise. Today we start a series of posts about classic trout fishing tactics. In this series, we’re not talking about the salmon-part-eating rainbows of Western Alaska— we’re talking about the mainly-insect-eating critters of the Rockies and the Northeast and our ‘classic trout’ fishery in Southern Chile. Much of…
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Dec Hogan – When It All Comes Together
Dec builds his confidence, as if he needed to. Photo: Justin Jackson Dec Hogan visits Alaska West during the first week of our season each year, to deliver spey instruction to our guests and to get in on the hottest, brightest kings of the season. This year, Dec had one of those experiences that, to…
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Alaska West Job Requirement #1 – Facial Hair
Look, Justin’s young (third row, far left), but he’s trying, OK? More on Local Color at Alaska West Alaska Guidespeak Glossary Smoked Salmon Alaska Native Crafts from Quinhagak It’s Really Pretty on the Kanektok
Alaska West Fishing Report: June 19 – 26
Week two at Alaska West has always been known as a great choice if you want to get the best out of a week of king fishing, as many of the return guests can attest. Photo: Cameron Miller Guys like Andy Jensen and Gordy Phillips who have been joining us for years were once again…
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