Just a reminder that tomorrow, August 24th, is AFFTA’s a Day for Bristol Bay! We have a big fight ahead of us and need to be united as an industry. Fly shops, manufacturers, guides, outfitters, lodges and more industry professionals nationwide have banded together for A Day for Bristol Bay to raise much-needed funding for…
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Alaska West
Timeless Tips // Follow Through on Your Hook Set!
Whether you’re following an indicator or dry fly with your rod tip, or swinging flies, you do not want to set the hook in an upwards direction, instead, set in the direction that the fly is moving. To aid in remembering this, I encourage clients to really follow their drift with the rod tip, that…
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Queens who Play Kings
There is a group of ladies that have become veterans of the Kanektok River over the last few years. These fishy females come to Alaska West early season and show us all how to catch the mighty King Salmon on the swing. Check out this line up, Andrea Warner (has been fishing with us since…
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Timeless Tips, Avoid Wading too Deep!
Stuart Foxall is back again with more advice to help you up your King Salmon game. This week, instead of giving you pointers on things to do, he is going over a crucial thing to avoid doing! Please share Stuart! “Every year at Alaska West I see the same common mistake made again and again…….Wading…
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The 2019 Great Alaskan Heat Wave
It has been a warm one up here in Alaska this year. 3 different Alaskan cities experienced record high temperatures on the 4th of July, one of which was King Salmon, the home of our fly out lodge, Rapids Camp. It reached 89 degrees on Independence Day this year (for your reference, the average high…
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Welcome to the Mickey Mouse Club
In most parts of the world, Rainbow Trout eat aquatic insects that are brought to them by the current. They can sit effortlessly in a river, expending little energy as they get their calories by eating bugs like mayflies or midges. This is not the case in Alaska. Trout here do not act like Trout….
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More on Fishing as a Team with Stuart Foxall
Deneki royalty Stuart Foxall is back with a follow up post on the added benefits that come with fishing as a team. Thanks as always for sharing your wisdom Stuart! “So last week we discussed how working as a “Team” will definitely improve your catch rates. There’s another very important piece of Team Work that will…
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Breaking Pebble News
From Nelli Williams, Alaska Trout Unlimited Program Director, “Tough news on the Pebble front this week. Despite millions of people weighing in, and the scientific evidence (as recent as a few weeks ago) clearly confirming that Pebble will have unacceptable impacts to Bristol Bay’s fish, wildlife, and recreation opportunities, the EPA announced that they were…
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Timeless Tips with Stuart Foxall// Fishing as a Team
Stuart Foxall, is a regular at Alaska West during our King Salmon run. Not only is Stuart a world renowned fly tier, he is also an expert with a two handed fly rod. His obsession with chasing steelhead and salmon started at a young age and has given him experience in a range of fishing…
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Silver Salmon Round Up
Coming soon to a river near us, Silver Salmon! It is just about that time of year when the acrobatic Silver Salmon fill the rivers outside both Alaska West and Rapids Camp Lodge. We are already anticipating the first top water explosion from a Coho on a bright pink Pollywog. In honor of this event,…
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