Bruce Chard is best known as one of the elite guides in the Florida Keys, and as a fly fishing instructor. He’s actually a really well-rounded angler who fishes all over the world. Bruce loves fishing for silver salmon at Alaska West. In fact, he’s hosting a group this summer and you can drop us…
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Grillos’ Quick Silver Popper
Background Andrew Grillos is an Alaska West alumnus, an Idylwilde Signature Tier, a Scott Fly Rods Pro Staffer, a Simms Guide Ambassador…and a guide based out of Seattle (you can contact him here). Silver salmon at Alaska West are incredibly plentiful and ridiculously aggressive, and you can catch them on all kinds of stuff. Andrew…
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Take Your Kids Fishing
We love going fishing with families with kids, and we do it all the time at our lodges in Alaska and the Bahamas. Fishing with families is incredibly rewarding for us. We love seeing the experiences kids and their relatives have together on the water. Fishing with kids is really fun, too. Family Fishing If…
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King Salmon and Indicators
Gasp! OK, OK! We admit it! Sometimes at Alaska West, we catch kings using something other than a swung fly and a two handed rod. Now why would we do such a thing? Well, because some of these ‘other’ techniques can be really effective, and more importantly, some of these ‘other’ techniques can be really,…
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My Chin is Bigger Than Your Chin
My mom says it adds character. More on Dolly Varden 4 Reasons to Chase Them at Alaska West Clown Suit They Like Cotton Candy
My Nose is Bigger Than Your Nose
Don’t worry though – I’m not too self-conscious about it. More on Silver Salmon Intro to Silver Insanity at Alaska West 5 Reasons to Chase Them 6 Ways to Catch More
Nice Fish, Kellsey
Kellsey Perkins runs the back office at Deneki Outdoors. Last summer on a trip to Alaska West, she learned that our trout are salmon-sized. Nice fish, Kellsey. More on Rainbow Trout at Alaska West No-Nonsense Intro to Our Trout Top Trout Fishing Posts of 2011 Our Trout Spey Program
Alaskan Sunset
Just another cool picture of the sunset at Alaska West! More Cool Pictures Parent, Child, Trout Here’s Lookin’ At You Wildest Fish Ever
Alaska Trout Fishing Pictures
Just a few more pictures of trout fishing in Alaska. No hero shots this time around, though! More on Rainbow Trout All Our Posts on Trout Fishing 5 Ways to Catch More Rainbow Trout Spey Fishing for Trout: Gear
Top Salmon Fishing Posts of 2011
Our end-of-the-year ‘top posts’ series marches on. We’ve already given you our top bonefishing posts and our top trout fishing posts, and today it’s all about salmon. Our Most Popular Salmon Fishing Posts of 2011 Jeff Hickman’s King Rig. All the detail on how Jeff rigs up to chase king salmon on two handed rods….
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