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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Trout Tail
Just another cool angle on a very cool fish! More on Rainbow Trout in Alaska When to go Trout Fishing Arolik River Rainbows and Why We Love Them Why We Like Flesh Flies
Top 7 Alaska Fishing Tips
With our season at Alaska West right around the corner, we figured it was an excellent time to review our most popular posts with Alaska fishing tips on our blog. 7 seemed like a good number, and these have gotten the most visits in the lifetime of our humble little home on the web! Bead…
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Trout, Man, Woman, Boat.
Guide Whitney presents angler Kevin’s good looking rainbow trout. Their trusty steed provides the backdrop. More Pictures from Alaska West Big Chrome Slab Little Water, Big Bend Just Another Chrome Silver
Boondoggin’ for Rainbows – 4 Tips
Bryan Burke works in our Anchorage office now, but he earned his stripes guiding guests at Alaska West on the Kanektok. In a recent conversation about favorite fishing techniques, Bryan declared boondogging (huh? read on…) to be at the top of his list. We asked him for some tips, and he obliged. Four Tips to…
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