Our pal Kent Ichiho joined us for the last week of our season this year marking his third consecutive year with us at Alaska West. During his stay, he mentioned how much he enjoyed fishing for our big leopard rainbows in the past, but had lost a few heartbreakers along the way. Well, we’re sure…
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Fish
Fall Colors
Fall starts early in Western Alaska, and while the first official day of fall might not be for a few more weeks, our dollies might say otherwise. Each season, our huge run of chrome, anadromous, dolly varden enter our river in early-mid july. However, as fall spawners, they undergo a massive transformation to their spawning…
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Nice Fish, Joe!
When we first got wind that our good friend and long time Alaska West guest, Joe Dudra, was going to be joining us for not one, but two whole weeks during our king season this year, we were pretty darn excited.. Why? Because those that know Joe, know that he’s a fish magnet, and that…
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Nice Fish, JC!
We’ve been looking back on some photos from this past bonefishing season and recently came across this gem – Our pal JC Weeks of Fishwest hoisting a beauty during his most recent stay at Andros South. We think a fish like that deserves some love, so what more can we say, except – Good work JC! Nice…
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Firsts
We love taking people fishing. You could say it’s what makes us tick. By and large one of our favorite things about doing what we do is the opportunity to witness many angler’s firsts – those monumental first-time experiences that burn themselves into our memories. First fish, first fish on a fly, first of a…
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First Landed Permit at Andros South
While South Andros is known throughout the angling the community an incredibly diverse bonefish fishery, what it is not known for (and accurately so) is a grand-slam fishery – One with decent odds of catching other gucci flats species like tarpon or permit. That being said, over the years a few of our lucky guests have…
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Nice Fish, Pete!
Our good friend Peter Viau has been joining us at Andros South for a long time. In fact, some of you might recognize his name from the many fantastic photos of his we’ve shared on our humble little fishing blog over the years. Well, during his most recent trip, despite some challenging conditions, Pete was fortunate to tie…
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The Double Digit Bonefish
For most heavily targeted species, certain benchmarks exist in the minds of most anglers as the pinnacle of their quarry – think 30 inch trout, 20 pound steelhead, 10 pound bass, 100 pound tarpon, and so on.. The double digit bonefish, that which weighs in at a whopping ten pounds or greater, is a benchmark…
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Nice Fish, Gary!
Last week our good friend, Gary Rogers, joined us for a week at Andros South. Each day of his trip Gary brought back some tantalizing stories of truly big fish that would make the hair on any hardcore angler’s neck stand up. Well, we were extremely pleased when we were told that on his second to…
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Hammerhead
We’ve said it before, but we’ll say it again – A great fishing trip is about more than just good fishing. A bit cliche? Yes, but true nonetheless. In fact, one thing we feel many anglers (ourselves included) take advantage of at times on Andros South is the staggering variety of wildlife swimming around in our…
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