Jeff Hickman was welcomed back to the Lower Dean with a beauty 25lb Chromer on his 3rd cast! The rest of the crew of Steve Grover, Jim Greenleaf, Rob Sims, Frank Salmick, Matt Tofanelli, Thatcher Beaty, and Klint Borozan all found varying degrees of success early in the week. Jim Greenleaf seemed to only catch…
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Fishing Reports
Alaska West Fishing Report: July 8 – 15
With three father and son pairs joining us during week 5 of the season it felt like family week. Chuck and Charlie Domenici joined us again. It was great to see Charlie after a few years away and he’s still getting it done. John Russell and sons Eric and Andy also joined us again, and quickly got…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 2 – 9
The first group of July brought Dana Sturn and the Speypages gang back to do battle with Dean Chinooks once more. Dana, Mike and Shirley Walsh, Pat Wood, Jerry Mahoney, David Smith and John Cambria were met with continued high water, but strong numbers of fish in the river. Some of the group promptly found…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 1 – 8
The month of July is upon us at Alaska West and so are multiple species of salmon numbering in the hundreds of thousands! Kings, Chum, Sockeye, Pink and within 2 weeks, the Silver will be caught in incredible numbers over the next few weeks as they pile into the river looking for a spot to do the deed….
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BC West Fishing Report: June 25 – July 2
After a multiyear absence, yet well into his third decade of Dean River excursions, Mark Noble of the Greased Line Fly Shoppe in Vancouver, WA let his wading boots slide over the rocks of the lower Dean river again. Accompanied by his crew of John, Bill and Bob, the four amigos were greeted by a…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 24 – July 1
Week 3 at Alaska West welcomed back another great group of past guests along with some first-timers as well. The two Phil’s, Phil Walker and Phil Hinton, came all the way from the UK again. Jim Jervis (Jim will be back again in August) and Rob Hess came back again. Bob Davids was able to make it back…
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BC West Fishing Report: June 18 – June 25
Our first group of the 2011 season included some old hands and a new ones. The water conditions for Brian Niska and crew were improving daily from what seemed like never ending spring freshet hitting all of the Westcoast at once in early June. Once everybody got their bearings and some river legs, things started…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 17 – 24
Week 2 at Alaska West welcomed back a bunch of return anglers and a whole bunch of fresh king salmon. Guys like Mike Opitz, Tony Robins and his son JM, Marty Herman, Will Smart and Dave Victor have been fishing with us for years and we were proud to have them back again this year. Guys like Erich…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 12 – 17
Our first week of the 2011 season started off with a bunch of hard core king fishing guests looking forward to the freshest and hottest kings of the season. The anglers may have caught a few bows and a handful of chum this week as well, but they really came all this way to get a tug…
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Andros South Fishing Report – April 2011
Photos by David Oliver and Andros South Staff April at Andros South is one of the most popular times to join us and this year was no exception – we were packed to the gills! Though we all know it depends more on the weather than time of year in these parts, the spring months of March…
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