Kerry Kilpatrick joined us at BC West during the third week of July in 2009. On the last day of her trip, she came up with this beauty. Nice fish, Kerry! More Nice Fish Nice Rainbow Trout Nice Chilean Chinooks Nice Dean River Coho
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Barracuda Fly Presentation
Barracudas are some mean SOBs. They feed on other fish, including bonefish. They’re super fast and powerful, and they get really aggressive when they think they see prey. When presenting a fly to these guys, you want to key on this predatory response. Here’s one way to do just that! Once you have found your…
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Just a Couple of Bonefish
All photos by Bill Gibbs. Just another mega-school in The South! More on Bonefish How to Pack for Your Day of Bonefishing Fighting Bonefish – 5 Tips Bonefish are Hard to See
Why Pink Salmon Are Cool – 6 Reasons
True, not many anglers head to Alaska specifically to target pink salmon. That’s OK though – we still think they’re pretty awesome fish. Here’s why. Every other year there are billions of them. OK, not billions, but on even-numbered years on the Kanektok, our pink numbers are very, very large. They eat poppers. Find ’em…
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Just Another Silver Salmon
…that decided to eat a popper in late August at Alaska West. More On Silver Salmon at Alaska West 5 Favorite Flies for Silver Salmon 6 Ways to Catch More Silver Salmon Silver Salmon Like to Jump
Nice Fish, John
John Hawk visited us at Alaska West a couple of years back. Among just a couple other fish, he had a brief encounter with this specimen from the Arolik. There are some pretty rainbows in that river! More Nice Fish Dean River Coho Fly Fishing for Sharks Kanektok King Salmon
Chinook Salmon in Chile
That’s not a small fish. There are Chinook in Chile? That’s right! Some 30 years ago, Chinook salmon were raised and planted in a few river systems in Southern Chile. The stocks were taken from two Washington State rivers, the Kalama and Cowlitz, both tributaries of the Columbia River. Since then these strains have naturalized…
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Shallow Water Bonefish Pictures
This is a bonefish swimming in really shallow water. One of the neat things about our fishery on South Andros Island is that we target bonefish in some really shallow water. That makes not only for some incredible sightfishing, but also for some great photo opportunities. “Seriously, their backs were out of the water!” Actually,…
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Steelhead In Low Water – 5 Tips
John Martin and some low-water Dean chrome. Unlike the ‘throw out the rules’ Lower Dean below the Canyon, the section of the Dean at BC West that we call the Upper River fishes like most classic steelhead holding water. In the late summer of 2009 we had very low water conditions on the Dean, which…
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George Cook on Sinktip Selection Through A King Season
Hey, George caught one! Photo: Cameron Miller George Cook is one of the pioneers of spey fishing for king salmon in the Northwest, and he’s one of our best-in-the-business spey instructors during our king season at Alaska West.George has shared with us a bunch about his philosophy of king fishing in the past, and today…
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