Here’s Brian Pitser from the Northern Angler with a nice fat Dolly Varden he caught at Alaska West. Nice Dolly, Brian! More on Dolly Varden 4 Reasons to Chase Dollies Dolly the Clown Late August Alaska Photo Gallery
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Nice Fish, Kathy and Bryan!
There’s nothing we like better than seeing good friends of ours with great fish. Kathy and Bryan Whiting deliver. More on King Salmon at Alaska West King Rig Roundup Chinook Salmon Lifecycles Now’s the Time to Book
Nice Fish, Mike and Ed.
Want to catch a fish like this one? We have space available in a couple of our prime king weeks at Alaska West next season. Drop us a line to learn more.
Nice Fish, Charles
Our old friend and longtime spey instructor Charles St. Pierre got a beauty of a rainbow trout during the early season at Alaska West this year. Nice fish, Charles! More on Rainbow Trout Our Big All About Trout Page Secrets of the Flesh Fly J.E.B Hall’s Rodent Rig
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They’re just such cool looking fish. They’re colored up like this during July and August at Alaska West. More on Dolly-Char Slideshow Wildest Fish Ever 4 Reasons to Chase Them
Chinook Salmon Lifecycles
Last month we ran a post from our friend and guest, fisheries biologist Brian Morrison, on Western Alaska Trout Lifecycles. We thought it was super cool when we posted it, and then the comments started pouring in. More than one reader said something like “that was the best post you’ve run, ever”. Our editorial staff…
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King Salmon Mini Gallery
A couple weeks back we ran a post with a small gallery of photos by Brian Niska on chum salmon fishing at Alaska West. Today we present you with another batch of pictures from Brian, this time on the ‘other species’ available during chum season – king salmon. Nice shots, Brian! More on King Salmon…
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Chum Salmon Mini Gallery
Brian Niska, as you may now, is the owner of Whistler Fly Fishing, a spey rod designer, and one of our crack team of guest spey instructors at Alaska West and BC West. He also takes some great photos. We’ve got Brian to thank for today’s mini-gallery about swinging flies for chum salmon at Alaska…
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Father Son Fun
We’ve said it before – one of the most gratifying parts of being in this business is that we get to take families fishing together. Long time guest and friend Fraser Heston brought his son Jack up to Alaska West during kings this year. They had a great time and we had a great time…
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Really Nice Fish, Mike!
Congratulations to Mike Walsh for landing this big, beautiful chinook salmon at BC West last week! Mike has been fishing the Dean with us for three years in hopes of getting a beauty like this one. Three years? Well you see, fish like this get hooked pretty regularly on the Dean, but getting one to…
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