For anglers who like chasing salmon and steelhead, sea lice are a topic of great interest for a couple of reasons. Today Mike Sanders, our General Manager at Deneki Outdoors, gives us the rundown! What Are Sea Lice? Sea Lice are planktonic (adj. – of or relating to plankton) fish parasites that live in sea…
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Fish Factory
In just a few short months, this river in Western Alaska will be clogged with fish. Yes, we admit it – we’re already getting a little twitchy. More On What’s Right Around the Corner Silver Salmon Rainbow Trout King Salmon
Spey Tech Alert: Rio Skagit MOW Tips
Rio has just announced a new line of sinktips for Skagit-style spey casting called ‘Rio MOW Tips’. The tips are mostly 10 feet long, and they combine different lengths of floating and sinking sections to allow for more consistent fishing and casting performance while fishing sinking sections of various lengths. Problems MOW Tips Solve Sinktips…
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Mr. Hankey
Jeff Hickman knows rainbow trout. He spent a bunch of years guiding at Alaska West, and during that time he came up with a really popular mouse pattern called Mr. Hankey that’s now available from Idylwilde. Jeff now combines his Larimer Outfitters guiding with conservation work with the Sierra Club’s Hunter and Angler Heritage Program. He…
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Rodeo.
Just another bent-rod, cross-lined silver salmon rodeo at Alaska West. More on Silver Salmon at Alaska West Video on Silver Salmon Fly Selection 6 Ways to Catch More of ‘Em They Jump Lots
Landing One on the Arolik
Just a cool picture from a guy who can fish pretty good too. More Cool Pictures From Alaska Kanektok Wildlife Rainbow Trout and Giant Flies Salmon Egg
Silver Salmon Fly Selection
We’ve written in the past about some silver salmon flies that we like to use at Alaska West on the Kanektok River, but that was in boring old words-and-pictures blog format. Today we’ve got a video featuring George Cook, Northwest angling mainstay and Sage/Redington/Rio rep, telling us about his approach to selecting flies for silvers…
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Kings on the Swing
In the angling circles of the Pacific Northwest, there are still some doubters out there. We know because we run into them. “Kings don’t eat swung flies – you have to force-feed them nymphs.” “Sure, you might hook one, but then it’s like reeling in a mattress.” Folks who say those things have been fishing…
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Dog and Fish
More on Culture at Alaska West Guidespeak Glossary Native Crafts Facial Hair
Alaska King Salmon Season – Your Quiver
Today’s installment of our series on rod quivers focuses on our fishery in Alaska from mid-June to mid-July. This time is often referred to as ‘king season’, and that it certainly is, but kings aren’t the only game in town. Must Have A 9 weight spey rod between 12 and 14 feet long for kings….
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