Sight fishing is obviously our preferred way to target bonefish but when you have guides like Josie Sands on the polling platform, he will help you get it done regardless of the weather. Winners adjust out there and rainy days do occasionally happen, even in paradise. If Josie Sands or one of the other incredible…
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Fishing Reports
Slam Season!
One of our favorite things about the middle of our season at Alaska West is the very real possibility to nab the Alaskan Grand Slam; landing all five species of Pacific salmon, all on a fly, all within the same fishing day.. There aren’t many rivers in the world where you can do that! With…
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Opening Day at Alaska West
We just kicked off our season at Alaska West and we’re happy to report that our first run of king salmon have arrived! Despite higher-than-average water conditions, our opening day yielded steady action, with some healthy adult kings landed, and more than a few heartbreakers lost. We’re going to be on-site all season long and…
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We Have Water
This just in.. Fish need water. That’s a really good thing, because we have a lot of it this year at Alaska West! For several years now, we’ve been experiencing lower than average water conditions throughout our king season at Alaska West. Does that mean bad fishing? Trust us, it definitely doesn’t! However, when it…
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The Flyfish Journal at Andros South – Photo Essay and Video
Earlier this month our good friends from The Flyfish Journal, hands down one of our favorite fly fishing publications, joined us for their fifth consecutive ‘Bamahacon’ pilgrimage to Andros South. They just released a great online photo essay of their trip featuring stunning images, great writing, and video cut, and if you haven’t already, we urge you…
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Andros South Trip Report from Fishwest
Earlier this season we were fortunate to spend another great week at Andros South with our good friends and long time Deneki guests from Fishwest. As part of their group, we were also pleased to host Fishwest team member, Morgan Griffith, for his first flats-fishing experience. Morgan has put together a couple of great trip reports on…
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“Bonefish Heaven” – Andros South Trip Report from G&G
Redfish guide, and all around good dude, Owen Plair, joined us this year for our 2016 Bonefish School at Andros South hosted by Louis Cahill of Gink and Gasoline. He recently put together a great write-up on G&G about his first trip to South Andros and we think you should check it out! Curious how…
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Weekly Fish Story – The Unintentional Grand Slam
We’re back with another edition of our ‘Weekly Fish Stories‘ series of posts where our guides and guests share their first hand experience of a notable moment on the water – A quick snapshot of awesomeness if you will.. Today’s weekly fish story comes from Alaska West guide, Jim Palmersheim, on a special day spent…
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Bring on the Mayhem
Silver mayhem that is! Over the last couple weeks we’ve started to see the first signs of our annual run of silver salmon at both our Rapids Camp Lodge and Alaska West operations. From here on out, each day brings more and more fish into our systems, and it won’t be long until our rivers are…
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Coho Update
Despite our late run of chum salmon here at Alaska West, our annual run of silver salmon showed up a little early this year, and in no way are we complaining about that. The coho are in full swing now, and aside from showing up early, we’re also seeing a substantial increase in the average…
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