Catching rainbow trout at Alaska West is not all that difficult – in fact it’s easy to catch ‘some’. That being said, great anglers catch more, and great anglers catch the bigger ones. Here are 5 ways you can make yourself into a ‘greater’ trout angler in our part of the world. Mend less. Our…
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Leopard Rainbow Trout
They’re beautiful, and they’re unique, and they love eating flies. They’re leopard rainbow trout from Western Alaska, and we’ll be catching them in a month and a half! More on Rainbow Trout Bead Fishing Flesh Flies and Snags Mr. Hankey Produces
Salmon Recipe from Bryan Burke
A couple of months ago we re-added to the Deneki Outdoors team a fairly legendary character. Bryan Burke (a.k.a. “Smoothy” for you long-time Alaska West faithful) guided for Alaska West back in the days before Ricky Martin was even Livin’ La Vida Loca. Bryan’s back, working in our Anchorage office and helping anglers plan epic…
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Alaska T-Shirt Giveaway
Here at Deneki Outdoors we’re pretty excited about the recent arrival of some super-cool original new T-shirts! One has an awesome bonefish design for the flats-inclined, and the other pays homage to the fabled Alaska Grand Slam (that would be all 5 Pacific Salmon, all in a day, all on a fly – like we…
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5 Ways to Catch More King Salmon
We’re already getting excited about the king salmon we’re going to be catching at Alaska West and BC West starting the second week of June. These are not your normal king fisheries – we’re swinging flies for hot chrome fish just a few miles for the salt, and that really turns our crank! Anyhow, we’ve…
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Taking Kids Fishing
We’ve told you in the past that we love taking kids fishing, and for you family folks out there, we think it’s a pretty darned important thing to do. Today’s just a friendly reminder of one of the many things that kids bring to the table on the water – enthusiasm! More on Fishing with…
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Here’s Lookin’ At You
We just thought this was a really cool closeup shot of a rainbow trout! More on Rainbow Trout 5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows Everybody Likes Cotton Candy Flesh Flies and Snags
5 Reasons to Chase Silver Salmon
We think that fishing for silver salmon at Alaska West is some of the most fun you can have with a fly rod, any time any place. So, today we present you with an unabashed sales pitch on 5 reasons you should chase silver salmon at Alaska West. 5 Reasons to Chase Silver Salmon at…
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Nice Fish, Mark
If pictures of anglers and nice fish are cool, pictures of anglers and their friends and nice fish are even cooler! Nice fish, Mark. More on Kings at Alaska West Early Season Kings Jeff Hickman’s King Rig Another Group Hero Shot
Fly Rods for Alaska
Lots of folks are in the middle of planning summer fishing trips to Alaska right now, and therefore lots of folks are asking lots of questions about which rods they should buy/pack/borrow to take with them on their trip to Alaska. We’ve written quite a lot on the topic of which fly rods you should…
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