One of Tom Larimer’s go-to flies these days for winter steelhead, summer steelhead and king salmon in Alaska is one of his own designs – the Reverse Marbou Tube. NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to hear Tom talk about his steelhead and salmon fly on YouTube. The…
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Alaska West
Not Long Now
We’ve got boots on the ground in Alaska and BC! Over the past few days our setup crews have arrived at Alaska West and BC West, getting things ready for our summer seasons that start on June 11th in Alaska and June 19th in BC. The first couple of weeks of work for the crews…
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Salmon Recipe from Jim Palmersheim
Today we continue our series of recipes from our team at Alaska West – a bunch of folks who get the chance to partake in beautiful fresh wild salmon quite a lot in the course of a summer… Jim Palmersheim quickly became a fan favorite on our guide staff a few years back. Not only…
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Future Spey Anglers
Looking for the next generation of fly anglers? Here you go – they’re in Quinhagak, Alaska. And you know what? They probably know more about salmon than you do! More on Culture at Alaska West Job Requirements: Facial Hair Native Crafts The Arolik Bus
Salmon Recipe from Vilma Sisler
Vilma Sisler has been part of the Deneki Outdoors team for the past 6 years, traveling with her husband Rick and now with future angler Elias between Alaska West and Andros South. We know firsthand about Vilma’s talent in the kitchen, so we were pretty darned excited when she stepped up with one of her…
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Alaska Felt Sole Ban
Last month in Juneau the State of Alaska Board of Fisheries decided in a unanimous 6-0 vote to ban anglers from wearing felt soled boots in all Alaskan streams and rivers starting in 2012. Why Ban Felt Soles? Trout Unlimited and other conservation-oriented organizations have for some time now espoused that anglers do in fact…
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Salmon Recipe from Matt Hynes
It’s time for another salmon recipe! Today we hear from Matt Hynes, long-time guide at Alaska West and new member of the management team at Andros South. Matt’s recipe involves the use of a cedar plank. If you’ve cooked much salmon and you haven’t tried out the plank yet, now’s the time. Cedar Plank Salmon…
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The Intruder
Warning: this is a very technical post about fly tying. If you’re not interested in the subtleties of tying one of the most influential modern steelhead and salmon patterns, click here to look at a bunch of pictures of fish. Jerry French may not have a household name in the world of anadromous angling in…
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How To Fish a Mouse Fly
In a little more than a month, our setup crew will be headed in to start prep work for our season at Alaska West. That makes us pretty twitchy about our summer fishing! One of our favorite ways to fish for rainbows on the Kanektok is using a mouse pattern. Mousing is really visual, it…
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Salmon Recipe from Chris Price
A couple weeks back we posted one of Rick Sisler’s favorite recipes for preparing a salmon shore lunch at Alaska West. We continue our salmon recipe series today with a favorite from Chris Price, whose resume includes not only a bunch of years guiding and managing in a Alaska and a bunch of years guiding…
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