Now is the time to chase that fish of a lifetime on our home river, the Naknek. One of the best spots on the planet to target a 30” wild rainbow trout is in the fall on the Rapids stretch of the Naknek River. Our lodge, Rapids Camp, is appropriately named as it offers us…
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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report
The incredible ecosystem that is Bristol Bay Alaska had another record breaking year in terms of salmon numbers. According to KDLG, 56.3 million salmon returned to Bristol Bay in 2019. The commercial harvest was the second largest ever at 43 million fish. The total run for the Bay was 33% higher than they forecasted giving…
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Reminder: Don’t Fish Without a License
Famous musician or weekend warrior, in this country you need to have a current fishing license for the state you are fishing in. Last weekend, there was a three day music festival in Buena Vista Colorado that featured country music stars Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan. When in Colorado, they did what Coloradans do and…
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Bahamas Update
As I am sure you have heard, Hurricane Dorian, a high class 5 storm at the time, spent a day terrorizing the Bahamian Island’s of Abaco and Grand Bahama. Liz Fincher, who along with her partner Max Pushak, manage our lodge Andros South and have grown incredibly close with the loving Bahamian people. They put…
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Fly Tying Friday // Fighting Gravity
Note: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. Jack is Back! “Fall steelhead is coming up faster than some of us would like to admit. To prep, we’ll be running a nice skater-pattern for low and clear conditions. Today’s fly was requested by…
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Advice on Streamer Fishing Techniques for Fall
In my opinion, fishing streamers is one of the most fun ways to catch trout. I love how voracious and un-trout like they act. Usually when trout fishing (outside of Alaska), the current is bringing our flies to the fish. When streamer fishing it is the opposite, we are triggering something aggressive inside the trout…
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Make your Waders Last!
I always tell people, there are only two types of waders, new waders, and leaky waders. Putting on a fresh new pair of waders is great, but with the price of them, it is not an event most of us can justify experiencing often. The solution? Make the waders you currently have last! First things…
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3 Reasons We Like This Photo
Take a Kid Fishing! They are the future of this wonderful sport. We work hard to protect places like this from bad ideas (cough, cough Pebble Mine) in part to preserve them for future generations. I mean look at that smile, priceless! It is of a Chum Salmon. In our opinion the most underrated of all…
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Thank you from BC West
As you can see, we have zero fun at BC West 😉 We are just wrapping up another great season at our lodge on the Lower Dean and can’t help but think back on some of the highlights and good times from the past 9 weeks. Like this fantastic fish landed by our friend Steve…
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“Pano” Mode on your Phone
Now a days any 8 year old with an iPhone can take a great photo. The technology of the cameras on our phones is becoming so good that it takes DSLR quality photos, without having to have a degree in photography. A lot of these phones have various camera settings that go unused by the…
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