They’re a lot more excited than they look. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West, we fish for all five species of Pacific salmon right next to the salt. Much of the water that we cover has actual tidal influence, and whether we’re 1 mile from the salt or 10, the salmon that we’re presenting flies…
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Asado
Hope you’re hungry… Our program at Chile West is designed to give our guests a sampling of the huge variety of fishing available along the Carretera Austal, as well as to enable some real exposure to the wonderful people and culture in Southern Chile. One evening our guests get treated to an asado– a traditional…
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Openings on the Dean River
The legendary Dean steelhead – come catch a few for yourself. If you’ve always wanted to fish the Dean River, but assumed you could never get in during prime time, now’s your chance. We have some very unusual openings at BC West this summer during prime steelhead weeks in Juy and August. Most openings are…
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Salmon Grand Slam
Many guests come to Alaska West in mid to late July looking for the Salmon Grand Slam – all five species of Pacific salmon, all caught on flies, all on the same day. The Kanektok River is one of very few places on earth where guests ‘slam’ every year. The variety and productivity of the…
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Bruce Chard on Casting in the Wind
It’s not always this calm. Bruce Chard, FFF Master Casting Instructor, veteran Florida Keys guide and instructor of bonefishing schools at Andros South, offers some tips today for casting in heavy winds. “Casting in a heavy wind always presents fly line management issues, accuracy challenges and distance limitations for even the best casters in the…
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Where Bonefish Eat
More from Bruce Chard on bonefishing in the Bahamas… “On cloudy days in the Bahamas, bonefish love to tail in inches of water deep into the mangrove jungles. This picture gives you an idea of the many leader-breaking mangrove shrubs that bonefish love to feed around. These mangrove areas are favorites places for snails, crabs,…
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Big Bonefish
On some flats at Andros South, there are big groups of moderate-sized bonefish. On other flats, there are some big boys. That’s a pretty good-sized bonefish. Mike Sanders with another nice one. More On South Andros Big Schools Of Bonefish South Andros Fisheries Roundup Bahamas Guidespeak Glossary
Big Schools of Bonefish
There are some big schools of bonefish on South Andros Island. When we say big, we mean it. Every one of those dark spots? That’s a bonefish. Sometimes they all like to fin and tail. The technical term for how these bones are behaving is “happy”. Sometimes they swim around in circles. Just chuck it…
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Fish with Dec, Get a Free Rod!
This could be you, and the rod is free. Photo: Cameron Miller We’re announcing a special program for the week of June 12 – 19 at Alaska West. This week involves swinging flies for the hottest, brightest kings of the season, and includes spey instruction by the legendary Dec Hogan. Guests who book a trip…
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