Most fly anglers today would agree that catch and release practices are important in promoting healthy fisheries. Not only is it beneficial to the well being of our sport, but having the opportunity to release a fish back to the wild to fight another day, is an event most of us would agree adds to the…
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Andros South Bonefish School
For many anglers out there, fly fishing for bonefish is at the top of the bucket list, although getting started can be a bit overwhelming at times. After all, not all of us are fortunate enough to have a bonefish flat in our backyard! However, like anything worth doing, quality instruction and practice makes all the…
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New Study: How Often Do Trout and Grayling Eat Mice?
In our neck of the woods, trout eat mice (well, shrews to be exact). It’s no secret, we write about it a lot.. Why? Because it’s awesome! However, did you know that grayling have also been known to take down their share of mammals as well? Its true, during certain times of year, particularly early…
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Three Good Articles
We’re grateful each and everyday for how many of you check out our blog on a regular basis. With that said, the internet is a big place! Here are a few good articles about fly fishing, from other websites, that we thoroughly enjoyed and thought you might too! Three Good Fly Fishing Articles 10 Inexpensive…
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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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Three Good Articles
Hey there, fellow angler! Since you like to fly fish, we think you’ll enjoy reading these three recent articles about fly fishing. Enjoy. Three Good Articles About Fly Fishing Don’t Put Off Your Bucket List. Louis at G&G nails it with the most important advice ever. Tell the EPA to Protect Bristol Bay. It’s easier…
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More Good News on Pebble
The EPA took another step to protect Bristol Bay this week, with its issuance of a ‘draft determination’ that would effectively stop the Pebble Mine. Here’s TU’s update on the situation. We’re getting close but the you can still help the cause – there’s another 60-day comment period, and your input matters. Click right…
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5 Favorite Posts
We do ’roundup’ posts every month or so on our blog – in which we give you lists of posts that are focused on one particular topic. We do this because we’ve written just over 1,900 posts about fly fishing since November of 2008, and chances are you haven’t read all of them. Today’s roundup…
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Fishing from a Paddleboard
We think you should fish from any platform that you can think of. Stand Up Paddleboards are a platform that you can fish from. Dave Karczynski wrote a pretty detailed article for Midcurrent on his experience with a fishing paddleboard, and we think you should check it out. Click right here to do just that….
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New Camp at Alaska West
We’ve moved! You may have heard, but this off-season our hardworking team at Alaska West made the big move across the river to our new location. We love our new camp and think you will too! Not a fan of change? Don’t worry – we can almost hit our old camp with a rock. Same…
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