Ed Ward, head guide and angling legend, doing important stuff. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West our guests often tell us that it’s ‘all the little things’ our guides do that makes them exceptional. ‘All the little things’ can be a little hard to explain, so today we present a short Cameron Miller photo essay…
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Silver Salmon Photo
Photo: Cameron Miller Just a very cool back-lit picture of another beautiful silver salmon from Alaska West. Cameron does it again, this time with an assist from Matt Hynes, hand model and guide. More Alaska Fishing Pictures Silver Salmon Like To Jump Pictures From Our 2009 Season On Facebook Wildlife On The Kanektok
Camp Dogs
Rock entering water, prior to chase by Lab. Photo: Cameron Miller We love our Alaska West camp dogs. All photos by Cameron Miller. More Fun At Alaska West Facial Hair Wildlife On The Kanektok Shore Lunch
Late Season At Alaska West – 5 Reasons We Love It
Clownin’ around in late August. Photo: Cameron Miller Our season at Alaska West runs from the second week of June through the first week of September. The last couple of weeks of the season – from mid-August just into September – are what we’d call the late season. Here are 5 reasons that we love…
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Skagit Master Is Out!
Besides learning to tie it, you’ll learn how to cast it. Photo: Jeff Mishler Back in July we told you about Skagit Master, a film in production about Ed Ward – Skagit casting pioneer, spey Zen master, anadromous Jedi Knight, our head guide at Alaska West – and his approach to spey fishing. Ed and…
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Alaska Fishing Pictures
Don’t forget to take a look around. Photo: Cameron Miller Have we mentioned that there’s a lot of beauty in our home at Alaska West, and that we’re lucky to have our photographer Cameron Miller around to capture it? All photos by Cameron Miller. More Pretty Pictures It’s Really Pretty On South Andros It’s Really…
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Alaska West Kings in The Drake
Jason ties on something lusty. Photo: Cameron Miller The fall/winter issue of The Drake magazine includes a great section on the Seven Sins of Flyfishing. Tom Bie (Drake publisher) made a perfect choice when he asked Jason Koertge to write about swinging for kings at Alaska West for the piece on Lust. Anyone out there…
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King Flies – The Mikey Prawn
Looks shrimpy, no? Photo: John Ford Brian Niska will be one of our spey instructors at Alaska West in 2010, for the third year running. Today Brian tells us a bit about one of his favorite king flies, the Mikey Prawn. One of Brian’s spey weeks is sold out, but there’s still space in his…
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Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis – Why We Like It
You can cast it overhead too, but we almost never do. If you haven’t noticed, we really like spey fishing for trout, and for swung trout flies in smaller water, we think switch rods are pretty cool too. One of our favorite trout switch rods so far is the Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis. Here’s why. The…
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Shore Lunch
Yum – farm-raised Atlantic Salmon flown in from Chile…actually, no. Photo: Cameron Miller One of your options during your week at Alaska West is to request a shore lunch. What’s a shore lunch? It’s pretty simple. Your guide brings a grill, side dishes and extra ingredients out on the river. You catch a fresh, bright…
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