Guide Whitney presents angler Kevin’s good looking rainbow trout. Their trusty steed provides the backdrop. More Pictures from Alaska West Big Chrome Slab Little Water, Big Bend Just Another Chrome Silver
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Nice Fish, Dave
Dave Hansen and his buddy Jerry Taylor have made their spring outing to Andros South an annual event. Earlier this month they had an awfully memorable trip – among many others, they had an encounter with this beauty. Nice fish, Dave! More Nice Fish Cook Rainbow Niska Chinook Larimer Steelhead
5 Ways to Catch More Rainbow Trout
Catching rainbow trout at Alaska West is not all that difficult – in fact it’s easy to catch ‘some’. That being said, great anglers catch more, and great anglers catch the bigger ones. Here are 5 ways you can make yourself into a ‘greater’ trout angler in our part of the world. Mend less. Our…
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Leopard Rainbow Trout
They’re beautiful, and they’re unique, and they love eating flies. They’re leopard rainbow trout from Western Alaska, and we’ll be catching them in a month and a half! More on Rainbow Trout Bead Fishing Flesh Flies and Snags Mr. Hankey Produces
Nice Fish, Beverly
Beverly Jefferson and her husband Don joined us at Andros South earlier this month for a little warm weather and a little bonefishing. Of the 10 anglers at the lodge during the week (9 of whom were men), Beverly came away with the biggest fish of the trip. We can’t say we were surprised –…
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Here’s Lookin’ At You
We just thought this was a really cool closeup shot of a rainbow trout! More on Rainbow Trout 5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows Everybody Likes Cotton Candy Flesh Flies and Snags
Nice Fish, Mark
If pictures of anglers and nice fish are cool, pictures of anglers and their friends and nice fish are even cooler! Nice fish, Mark. More on Kings at Alaska West Early Season Kings Jeff Hickman’s King Rig Another Group Hero Shot
Just Another Chrome Silver
We catch an awful lot of silver salmon at Alaska West. We don’t count fish too much, but we like to call our silver fishery ‘numbers-oriented’. There are tons of them, and they love eating flies. One of the great things about having a camp 6 miles from the mouth of a 90 mile river…
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Nice Fish, Tom
Tom Larimer catches a lot of steelhead in Oregon and other parts of steelhead country, but he still gets pretty fired up when he lands big, fat chrome anadromous rainbows on the Dean River. Nice fish, Tom. P. S. This picture was featured as the Simms Catch of the Day not too long ago. P….
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Great Trout
This is just a picture of a great fishing guide with a great looking trout. More on Alaska West Rainbow Trout Mike Mercer Fatty Looks Like a Steelhead, But It’s a Trout Get It Down!