Week 3 at Alaska West welcomed back another great group of past guests along with some first-timers as well. The two Phil’s, Phil Walker and Phil Hinton, came all the way from the UK again. Jim Jervis (Jim will be back again in August) and Rob Hess came back again. Bob Davids was able to make it back…
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Sage TCX Switch Rod Review
Last year at IFTD we told you about Sage’s new line of TCX switch rods. We’ve finally gotten enough time in fishing one that we feel competent to write up a review. The past few weeks we fished the 8119-4 TCX a whole bunch at Alaska West, and guess what – we’re in love. About…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 17 – 24
Week 2 at Alaska West welcomed back a bunch of return anglers and a whole bunch of fresh king salmon. Guys like Mike Opitz, Tony Robins and his son JM, Marty Herman, Will Smart and Dave Victor have been fishing with us for years and we were proud to have them back again this year. Guys like Erich…
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Nice Fish, Dave.
Yeah, we’ve posted a few ‘nice fish’ pictures lately, but you’ve gotta agree – this one deserves some airtime. Dave Victor got this dandy of a king salmon at Alaska West this past week. As we usually do, he was swinging flies with his spey rod, and the measurements told us the fish was just…
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Try Some Rubber Tape!
At Alaska West and BC West, lots of our anglers fish spey rods. Most of the time we’re spey casting, we’re using Skagit-style heads. Skagit heads require running line between the head and the backing, and for easy casting and line handling, lots of folks prefer using mono running lines. One problem with mono running…
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Nice Fish, Chad.
Yep, it’s two nice photos in a row. Chad Foster caught a beautiful king salmon during the first week of our season at Alaska West this year, and we just wanted to congratulate him. Nice fish, Chad! More on King Salmon at Alaska West Big Chrome Slab 5 Ways to Catch More Jeff Hickman on…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 12 – 17
Our first week of the 2011 season started off with a bunch of hard core king fishing guests looking forward to the freshest and hottest kings of the season. The anglers may have caught a few bows and a handful of chum this week as well, but they really came all this way to get a tug…
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Pop, Pop, Pop…
When the silvers are around in numbers (that’s late July through early September in our neck of the woods at Alaska West), one of our favorite methods is to fish poppers. It’s pretty simple. Locate pack of bright silvers. Huck floating line and popper out into the middle of ’em. Strip abruptly, making the popping,…
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Another Reason to Fish Mouse Flies
…at Alaska West, at least. Grayling climb on board too! More on Mousing 5 Tips on Mousing Mr. Hankey the Mouse Fly Mouse Water
Spey Casting and Hand Position
Brian Niska’s series of spey casting tips continues today, with some great discussion on hand position. This is one of our favorites! Reduce Fatigue and Increase Speycasting Performance with Proper Hand Position Proper hand position will enable you to utilize the larger joints to develop power for the speycast, thereby reducing fatigue and increasing casting…
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