Being ‘in the industry’ we get asked this question all the time, and it’s a tough one! “You get to fish in a lot of amazing places – what’s your favorite?” We typically stammer around and come up with some sort of cop-out response like “it depends on the time of year” or “it’s all…
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Top 10 Alaska Fishing Posts
Our seasons at Rapids Camp and Alaska West are right around the corner – summer’s almost here! Summer brings fishing in Alaska, so today we’re rounding up our best posts about fishing in Alaska. Top 10 Alaska Fishing Posts Bead Fishing for Rainbow Trout. It’s super effective, no doubt about that. Top Mistakes Made Fly…
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Three Good Articles
Today’s one of those days where we point you at three articles about fly fishing that we think you’ll like. Three Good Articles Long Leaders for Flat Water. A great tip conveyed by a great image, by the boys at Gink and Gasoline. Drift Boat Etiquette. Hatch Magazine lays out how to be nice. Glass…
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What Should We Write About?
The audience on our humble little blog continues to grow (thanks for reading!), and we really like to stay in touch with what you want to read about. Every once in a while we just ask, and today is one of those days. What Do You Want Us to Write About? What in the world of…
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Fly Fishing Nirvanas
Fly-Fishing Nirvanas Most of the best places to fish in the world, are those currently least influenced by human activity and development. Deneki Outdoors and Rapids Camp Lodge have come together, now offering 6 strategically located properties throughout the Americas, all for the angler to experience and enjoy fishing at its finest. Along with the great…
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No Pebble Packs from Vedavoo
The folks at Vedavoo make high quality fishing packs right here in the USA. The folks at the Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska have been battling against the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay. Now they’ve teamed up – Vedavoo has released a line of limited ‘No Pebble’ packs to help raise funds for the No Pebble campaign….
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5 Reasons to Take Your Kids Fishing
Yeah, we’ve beat this drum before but we’re going to keep beating it because we think it’s really important. You should take your kids fishing. Here’s why. 5 Reasons to Take Your Kids Fishing Big smiles. You will never see a bigger smile on your kid’s face than when they’ve landed a fish. Builds character….
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Silver Salmon Mayhem Could Be Yours.
If you’re looking for very fast-paced Alaska salmon fly fishing action, you can’t beat our August silver fishery at Alaska West – it’s the best silver salmon fishing in the world. The numbers are big. The fish are fresh. The topwater action is laugh-inducing, and it’s super fun for anglers for all ability levels. It…
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Congrats Again, Whitney!
Alaska West‘s own Whitney Gould is once again the world champion of spey casting! Earlier this month at the Spey-O-Rama in San Francisco, Whitney won the women’s division with casts of 129, 135, 132 and 138 feet. Wow. Congratulations, Whitney! We’re super proud of you. More on Spey Casting All About Spey Fishing Rotate Your…
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Top Posts of the Last 6 Months
Over the last 6 months we’ve added a couple of authors – Kyle Shea and Adam Jackson – to the Deneki blogging team. They’ve been doing a great job adding their perspective around here, so we thought that for today’s roundup we’d focus on the last 6 months. Please enjoy our… Top Posts of the…
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