Today we present you with a fantastic mini gallery of photos from our B.C. West operation, courtesy of Deneki pal, Steven Brutger. Steven is a super talented photographer who has spent a considerable amount of time with us on the Dean. He’s also one heck of a writer as well! Odds are you’ve seen some…
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Guest Posts
Stu’s Quick-Tie Sculpin Tube Fly – Tying Instructions
When we asked you, what you would like to see more of on our blog, many of you suggested we run more step by step fly tying posts. Some of you were a little more specific, requesting tying instructions on some of our favorite sculpin patterns. A few of you even requested information on tying…
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Smoked Salmon: You May be Home but Your Trip Ain’t Over!
At Alaska West, our guests have the opportunity to take home some fresh salmon fillets at the end of their trip. Many of our guests choose to take advantage of our smoked fish program as well, a program we’re pretty proud of. Some of our guests even prefer to take a few fillets home and…
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Andros South Guest Post: 10 Things I Would Do Differently on My Next Bonefishing Trip
Our bonefishing season at Andros South is just around the corner and we can’t wait to get back on the flats. We have a feeling that some of you might feel the same way, and may even be gearing up for a bonefish trip of your own! Last season, we were fortunate to spend a…
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Alaska West Guest Video by Kasey Halcro
A couple weeks back, Kasey Halcro joined us here at Alaska West. Kasey had a pretty special week catching nearly every species the mighty Kanektok has to offer, with a few specimens along the way! Don’t take our word for it however.. Kasey was kind enough to put together a quick highlight video of his…
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Nice Fish, David!
Congratulations to Alaska West guest, David Keene, who landed this stud of a trout this past Monday. David has a fairly unique goal of landing a fish over 24 inches in length of every major trout species. Clocking in at 26 inches, Dave was able to check the rainbow trout off the list with this beauty….
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Grand Salami
We want to extend big Kudos to Alaska West guest Kasey Halcro. Kasey started his morning yesterday planning to target silver salmon early in the morning and hoping to find the clowned up dolly varden of his dreams in the afternoon. Pretty typical day at Alaska West in August. What Kasey did not expect is that…
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Tying the Intruder Without a Dubbing Loop
Last week, our buddy Stuart Foxall gave us a great tying tip on a better way to create dubbing balls when tying intruder style flies. Stuart is a commercial fly tyer/designer for Aqua Flies, and is a master at constructing modern intruder style flies (among many, many, other patterns). When Stu takes to the vise at Alaska…
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Stuart Foxall on Better Dubbing Balls
We recently ran a post asking you what topics you’d like to see more of. More posts on fly tying was a common request and guess what – we listened! In fact, we reached out to Stuart Foxall, world class fly designer and Deneki host for some state of the art tying content. Part of Loop Tackle’s development…
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Alaska West Video by Magnus Jepson
Right about this time last year, we ran a post with a very cool video that Magnus Jepson put together on the fishing during his trip to Alaska West. If you saw that video, you know that Magnus is one heck of a videographer and editor. We’re happy to say that Magnus is at it…
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