This week will go down in history – unfortunately not for the great fishing. Photos: Jim Zawadski, Paul Reid This was the week the all time temperature record was set for all of Canada! Best part was it was set right here in our neighborhood – 104 degrees was recorded at the Bella Coola airport…
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Fishing Reports
Alaska West Fishing Report: July 24 – 31
This week we welcomed back to Alaska West the renowned Dave Howe and Steve Ward who have brought with them many family members over the years. Photo: Cameron Miller This year was no exception. Dave was only able to bring his grandson Andrew Moura along for another great week of fishing, but he is hoping…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 18 – 25
Jersey Boys Steven Nelson and Karl Kjellburg showed up to the Dean for their first steelhead experience and wasted no time getting their groove on! Photos: Alfie King On their first morning they each landed a pair of steelhead on the lower river and declared that their trip was already made and it was all…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 17 – 24
This week we welcomed Tom Lewin of Frontier Fly Fishing from South Africa. Talk about a long way to go for some fish! Photo: Cameron Miller Fortunately he could not have made a better choice for his group’s destination – if you have to travel half way around the world for a week of fishing…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 11 – 18
Anglers All of Colorado brought a group of anglers to experience the Dean this week, and experience it they did. Photos: Paul Reid Lori Nicholson came in guns a-blazin and kept things high energy all week. She is great to have around and you can tell that her clients think the world of her. Kelly…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 10 – 17
This week we had four guests joining us for the second week in a row. Phil Hinton and Philip Walker along with Jon Baskin and Brian Niska decided one week was not enough punishment and each joined us for two weeks this season. Photo: Cameron Miller Phil and Philip both fished extremely hard and put…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 4 – 11
The second week of our season was a week of rolling with change. Photos: BC West Staff Our guests arrived to low clear conditions and sunshine with fish trickling into the lower river under bright sun. They hooked a few chinook and landed a few steelhead while hoping for a little more water. On the…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 3 – 10
The final week of king fishing on the Kanektok and the guests are still bringing nice fish to hand. Photo: Cameron Miller We welcomed an international group of fisherman this week. Guests came from all over Europe, Canada and the US which made for a very interesting week. Everyone was here for the same reason…
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BC West Fishing Report: June 27 – July 4
On June 27th we kicked off our 2009 season here at BC West and without question, we hope that the next nine weeks are as enjoyable as the first. Photos: Paul Reid Don Kauffman started things off on the first day with a hot chrome-bright Chinook and announced that his week was all gravy from…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 26 – July 3
The third week at Alaska West started out by welcoming back a bunch of great friends to the Kanektok. Photo: Cameron Miller Guys like Jon Bengtson, Bob Davids, Jon Magnussen, Gary Thayer, Joe Dudra, George Cook, Raz Reid, Frank Ogden, Jim Gilmore and Paul Leslie-Smith. About half of our guests were new to the Kanektok,…
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