We recently got to check out a new jacket from Simms called the Slick Jacket. It’s designed for steelhead and salmon fishing, and we think it’s a game changer. Introduction Let’s start with how fishing for steelhead and salmon is different from fishing for trout – which is, by far, the market for which most…
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Join Us As a Single!
If you don’t have a fishing partner, or anyone to join you on your trip, don’t forget that we love and support single anglers at our lodges. If you’re willing to be partnered up with someone else, want a fishing buddy, or even want to fish alone, we can make it happen. Who knows, you…
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Alaskan Trout – What’s the Difference?
It’s cool when somebody who knows fishing and knows science can tell you in detail about the critters you love. Alaska West’s own Jordan Sly dishes today on our leopard rainbow trout. This is a good one! What Makes Alaskan Trout Different Living in Washington among a large population of steelhead anglers I often get…
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Go Make Babies
Bill Lenehan says bon voyage to a very fine specimen at Alaska West. More on King Salmon at Alaska West A Few Prime Spots Open for 2013 King Rig Roundup They’re Not As Deep As You Think
Get in my Net!
Silver salmon popper mayhem at Alaska West. More on Silver Salmon Pollywogs and Poppers Coho Salmon Lifecycles Grillos’ Quick Silver Popper
Prime King Salmon Spots at Alaska West
Our peak king salmon weeks at Alaska West tend to sell out due to their combination of big chrome fish, a tendency to eat swung flies, and the best spey instructors and guide staff in the business. If you would have asked a couple of weeks ago about late June to mid July 2013 we…
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Western Alaska Trout Fishing Techniques
We are really lucky at Alaska West to have an incredibly varied fishery for rainbow trout. We fish many different parts of our river using a bunch of different techniques to catch a wide range of trout. We use so many different techniques that you couldn’t hope to cover them in a single post –…
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5 Reasons to Fish Week One
You might have heard that Alaska West runs a spey instruction program during our king salmon season – we bring the best casters and teachers in the world to the lodge to help you get better with your casting. Charles St. Pierre is our longtime instructor during the first week of our season. Today he…
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Follow an Alaska Fishing Guide’s Preparations
Spencer Dixon guides for Alaska West during the summer months. During the winter he guides out of Cascadia Fly Shop in Oregon – and he’s writing a series of posts for the Cascadia blog about his preparations for the summer at Alaska West. He started with this post – 65 days before his departure for…
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Tracy and Matt Write About Alaska
This past July our crew at Alaska West had the huge pleasure of hosting Tracy Moore and Matt Thompson at the lodge. We’re really lucky to fish with a bunch of enthusiastic, joyful, genuine folks – but this couple absolutely pegged the Awesome Meter. They’ve each since started blogs about their fishing experiences, and we…
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