Captains for Clean Water needs your help. The Army Corps is deciding how water from Lake Okeechobee will be managed for the Next 10 years. Before August 4th, let them know how important this is to make the right choices. We realize Lake Okeechobee, also known as Florida’s Inland sea, is the largest freshwater lake…
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Learn to Spey at Alaska West Lodge
It’s no secret we like Spey Fishing at Alaska West Lodge. If you’ve never used a Spey rod or two-handed rod, you should. If you’ve never tried Spey fishing and if you’ve never had a chance, well, then The Guides at Alaska West Lodge are more than willing to help you learn…and oh, by the…
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Fly Tying: Twofer
Salmon are in, and that means a flesh and egg drop will happen soon. Arguably one of the most effective styles flies for Big Alaskan Rainbow Trout, and the flesh pattern is a relatively easy tie. Simple materials, simple methods. The simplicity of the flesh pattern also allows you to mix and match rabbit colors…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: Week 4
The first couple of weeks, the Kanektok River was higher than “usual.” With the cold weather and low water temperatures, and the fish seemed “hesitant” to arrive. With that, there were a few fish who braved the colder water and decided to press on, and our week 4 guests were there to welcome them. Week…
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Rapids Camp Lodge: Guides, Guests, and Bears
It’s Booming at Rapids Camp Lodge. All the fish are cooperating, the guides are putting the guests on fish, and guess what? Bears decided to join us. Fun fact…there are more bears in Alaska than there are people. Bears are cool and we can watch them all day. At Rapids Camp Lodge, as part of…
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Rapids Camp Lodge 2021 Highlights
Well, we’re just over a month in the season at Rapids Camp Lodge. It has been cold, wet, and windy. But the warm hospitality of the Staff, our inspired and determined guests, Rapids Camp Lodge has more than made up for the challenging weather. Regardless of the weather, our guests were hankering a chance to…
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Fly Tying: Larimer’s Loop Sculpin
Deneki Outdoors Alum Tom Larimer is currently the National Sales Manager for G. Loomis Fly Fishing Division and Skagit line designer for Airflo. In his prior life, Tom was an Alaska fishing and Pacific Northwest (PNW) steelhead guide. It was during Tom’s guiding career, he created The Loop Sculpin pattern for his Alaska and PNW…
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Recipe for the Ultimate Bristol Bay Trip
*Meghan Barker works for Trout Unlimited Alaska in Anchorage on the Save Bristol Bay campaign. She is a guest contributor and visited Rapids Camp Lodge in early July. I had the opportunity to make this recipe on a last-minute trip out to southwest Alaska in early July, and it was an absolute hit. Before you…
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Don’t Be Like “Jim”
Recently a guest came to Alaska West Lodge to fish the Kanektok River. We’ll call him “Jim,” protecting his true identity. Jim is packed, has all this clothing (maybe too much clothing), Spey rods, single-handed rods, reels to match, leaders, tips, and flies…everything you’ll need and can fit into an assortment of bags up to…
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RIO Flies We Like for Trout
You like it, we like it…catching trout that is, and we like flies that catch them. Here are some of the flies that caught our eye in RIO’s catalog of trout flies. Get ’em. Try ’em. Catch Trout. String Leech– A great fall fly for steelhead, but rainbows can’t stay away from them either. Color…
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