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Alaska West

Jun 21 2009

Rainbow Trout and Giant Flies

Medium fish, XXL fly. Photo: Cameron Miller Rainbow trout in the Kanektok and Arolik Rivers have a short season during which they can feed, so when it’s summer and the water conditions are good, they tend to pounce on flies that might be, oh, about 1/4 as long as they are.< If you look closely…
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Jun 13 2009

Making T-14 Tips

“And then you color the front loop with a black Sharpie…” Photo: Cameron Miller When we fish the Kanektok and the Dean for kings and steelhead, most of the time we’re fishing Skagit-style spey lines with tips made of Rio T-14. T-14 is a very versatile material for constructing sinktips used when Skagit casting.  The…
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Jun 12 2009

Game On

We’re pumped.  Are you pumped? Photo: Ed Ward Today marks the start of our 2009 season at Alaska West.  Our setup crew has been hard at work for the past few weeks getting our camp ready, and our first group of guests arrive today.  The afternoon and evening will be spent unpacking, plotting strategies and…
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Jun 05 2009

Alaska Fly Fishing Wisdom

Fishing in Alaska is fun. Photo: Mike Duffy A week from today marks the start of our 2009 season at Alaska West.  For those of you heading to Alaska this summer, and those of you just thinking about Alaska this summer, here’s a bunch of tips and other advice related to fly fishing in Alaska….
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Jun 01 2009

Mousing for Rainbow Trout – 5 Tips

Mouse flies are not delicate. Photo: Cameron Miller One of the most fun and unique ways to target rainbow trout in Western Alaska is by ‘mousing’.  Small voles and other rodents often find themselves in the river, intentionally or not, and our bigger predatory rainbows are always on the lookout for a meal that’s even…
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May 26 2009

6 Ways to Catch More Silver Salmon

Got one. Photo: Cameron Miller On the Kanektok River where we operate Alaska West, and on other rivers like it in Western Alaska, the classic method for catching silver salmon on flies involves targeting them in slow-moving water, casting a floating line, and stripping back a weighted fly. Here are 6 ways to make the most of this…
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May 24 2009

Chrome Kings Right Around the Corner

My brothers and sisters are headed for the Kanektok… Photo: Cameron Miller This is a pretty exciting time of year for us at Deneki Outdoors.  We’re in the final week of our season at Andros South, and our setup crews are on their way to Alaska West and BC West.  This is when we get…
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May 11 2009

Fishing with Kids

Seriously, kids are fishy. Photo: Mike Duffy One of the best parts about being in the fishing lodge business is having the opportunity to host family groups at our lodges.  We absolutely love having kids around, and watching the experiences that family groups have together couldn’t be more gratifying.  Fathers, daughters, sons, mothers, uncles, grandparents…
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May 09 2009

5 Flies for Kings on the Kanektok

There are a bunch of anglers out there who are pretty darned excited these days, because they’re headed to the Kanektok River this summer to swing flies for kings.  The ice is out on the Kanektok, our setup crew heads in just a couple of weeks from now, and fly boxes are starting to get…
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May 04 2009

Secrets of the Flesh Fly

Sometimes all it takes is a little flesh. Photo: Ramsey Smith Trout that live in the lower sections of rivers like the Kanektok and the Arolik in Western Alaska get a lot of their calories from salmon flesh.  That means that at Alaska West we spend a lot of time tying and fishing patterns that…
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