We’ve told you in the past about one of the biggest mistakes we see anglers make when fighting big fish – simply not exerting enough pressure on the fish, either by bending the tip of the rod or by not pulling hard enough. We stumbled across a little video that illustrates just how hard you…
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Alaska West
Nice Drivin’, Tex
Our guides at Alaska West are great teachers. They’re fun people and excellent casters. They’re helpful and courteous and really, really fishy. They’re also great boat drivers. More on Alaska West King Salmon in Week 1 Our Facility Leopard Trout
Jeff Hickman’s King Rig
Time for another king rig! Jeff Hickman is a Deneki Outdoors alumnus who guided five seasons for us at Alaska West, and he’s now a popular year-round steelhead guide in Oregon. Jeff will be returning to Alaska West this summer from June 12th to the 17th to host our spey instruction program and catch some…
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Wade Shallow and Relax
We are incredibly lucky to work with the finest batch of guest spey instructors in the world, during our spey instruction weeks at Alaska West and BC West. Brian Niska is one of our gurus, teaching casting at both of our northern locations. The owner of Whistler Fly Fishing, Brian is one of a rare…
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Just a Big Chrome Slab.
…that ate a fly swung on a two-handed rod in Western Alaska. That’s all. More on Alaska West Kings 10 Tips on Swinging for Kings Greg Thomas on Fresh Fish Top 5 Mistakes Fighting Big Fish
Chum Salmon – Fly Fishing Techniques
Last week, Brian Niska told us a bit about chum salmon and the Kanektok River. Today, he continues with some tactics and gear advice. Who’s Brian? He’s a much better spey caster than you are. He loves teaching people how to cast and fish flies for anadromous fish. He runs a fly shop and guide…
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Little Water, Big Bend
Isn’t it fun to find fat fish in skinny water? More Fishing Pictures Without Fish Beautiful Run in Chile Fun in the Sun Angler on Flat
Sculpin Fishing from Alaska to Chile
Trevor Covich is one of our senior guides in Alaska and Chile. He loves tying and fishing sculpin patterns and he’s darned good at both. He put together a great piece for us on sculpin fishing. Sculpin fishing is an extremely versatile way to fish, and oh by the way, a great way to select…
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Nice Fish, Kevin
Kevin Riley fishes at Alaska West every year, and his favorite time is the last week in August, when the silvers are plentiful and the trout get porky. A summer of chowing on salmon eggs and flesh will do that to a trout. Nice fish, Kevin. More Nice Fish Dean Chinook Chilean Chinook Kanektok Chinook
Chum Salmon on Swung Flies
Brian Niska is one of our guest spey instruction gurus at Alaska West. He also owns Whistler Fly Fishing. He put together a couple of great posts for us about the hardest working fish in the river – the chum salmon. Brian’s teaching spey casting for two weeks at Alaska West this summer. One of…
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