Today we bring you another round in our series called “just a little gallery of pictures from fishing at Alaska West.” Enjoy! More on Alaska West Giant Rainbow Trout Big King Salmon Alaska West Introduction
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New King Salmon Retention Policy at Alaska West
For years at Alaska West we’ve had a policy restricting the amount of salmon our anglers retain – to levels well below what Fish and Game regulations allow. The Kanektok is a healthy productive fishery, and bringing some fish home from a health productive fishery is a great benefit – but we’ve always wanted to…
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Congratulations Whitney!
We’re really happy (happy, but not surprised) to pass on the great news that Alaska West’s own Whitney Gould is once again the women’s world champion of spey casting. At the Spey O Rama in San Francisco this spring, Whitney launched casts of 134, 127, 135 and 129 feet to repeat her victory from 2011….
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Spey and Switch Fishing for Trout – An Update
Way back in the almost prehistoric year of 2009, we wrote a series of posts on our blog about spey fishing for trout – why you should do it, what gear you should consider, and some tactics you should use. Those posts have turned into classics – they’re really popular with our readers, which always…
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Now’s the Time.
This time of year we hear from a lot of folks who are just now getting around to planning their summer fishing trips to Alaska. That’s great – we’d love to have you – but if you’re serious about it at all, now’s the time to get in touch! More than half of our weeks…
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How to Catch Silver Salmon
As you can tell by the number of guests posts on our blog, we often ask our friends in and around the industry for ideas and content that we can post. A recent conversation with Eric Neufeld, Alaska West alumnus and current Simms and Idylwilde rep for the Northwest, was a great reminder that you…
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Alaska Fly Fishing Gear
Since spring is in the air, lots of folks are tinkering around with gear that they’re going to fish with in Alaska this summer. With that in mind, we present to you our most popular posts about fly fishing gear for Alaska. Top 10 Alaska Fly Fishing Gear Posts King Rig Roundup. Expert spey anglers…
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Big Bend
Exactly 49 days from today, we’ll be putting some big bends in some big rods at Alaska West. More on King Salmon at Alaska West Big Chrome Slab 5 Ways to Catch More Kings on Flies Whitney Gould’s King Rig
Fun Factory
See how happy all these people look? No manufactured smiles here – these are good folks having deep down, honest to goodness great times together. That’s because Alaska West is a Fun Factory.
Nice Fish, Gary
Gary Davisson and his son Greg are long-time guests of ours at Alaska West – and this spring they’ll be joining us at Andros South too! Here’s an example of the critters that keep them coming back to Alaska West. Nice fish, Gary! More on Alaska Rainbow Trout All About Rainbow Trout Michael White’s Switch…
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