We recently discovered a web site that we thought you’d be interested in if you like fishing for steelhead or salmon. It’s called Fly Fishing Research, it’s written by Tom Keelin and Bob Pauli, and they’ve done their homework to say the least. They’ve written a bunch of interesting articles based on research in areas…
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Gear Galore – Blogging from IFTD
Last year we attended Fly Fishing Retailer, the fly fishing industry’s big annual trade show, and we did our best to tell you all about the coolest new gear that the manufacturers in our industry came up with for your fishing pleasure, straight from the show floor. This year AFFTA, our industry’s trade group, took…
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Skagit Master Forum
You know we like spey casting, right? You know about Skagit Master Volume 1, featuring Ed Ward telling you all about his approach to Skagit-style fishing, right? You might even know that Skagit Master Volume 2 is in production, this time featuring Scott Howell giving his take on all things related to Skagitology. Well today…
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Sage Xi3 Setup Winner
Congratulations to Rolf Wikén from Stockholm, Sweden! Rolf won our drawing for a Sage 890-4 Xi3 rod, a Sage 6080 reel and a Rio Tropical Clouser line, and the outfit is headed his way. Thanks to everyone who subscribed to our newsletter during the drawing. If your name’s not Rolf, don’t worry – we’ll continue…
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Happy Birthday, U.S.A.
We’re proud to have the privilege to wish you and yours a Happy 4th of July.
Seen Us On Facebook Lately?
Have you checked out our Facebook page lately? There’s quite a bit going on over there. Very important note to start: you don’t need to have a Facebook account to have a look at our Facebook page. Why not check out the link? We’ve had 50 updates in the past week! Here’s the kind of…
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On Your Marks, Get Set…
The first week of our season at Alaska West wraps up tomorrow, but as you may know we also operate a lodge on a little river in British Columbia called the Dean. Our team at BC West has been hard at work over the past few weeks getting things ready for our first guests of…
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Fly Fishing Trips: Where Do You Want to Fish?
Today we’re starting a very simple conversation – if you could take a fly fishing trip anywhere, where would you go? Not many qualifiers here– It doesn’t cost you anything. You’re going for a week. You’re fly fishing for anything that you want to catch. Anywhere in the world. So? Where in the world do…
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The Kanektok River is Open for King Salmon Fishing
The Kanektok River, home of Alaska West, is open for king salmon fishing. Many of you have heard of the emergency closure affecting king salmon fishing on the Kenai River that was announced this past Friday. We feel really bad about the status of the Kenai – it’s an incredible river, and we and lots…
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Little Red Book of Fly Fishing
Here’s one of the coolest things that happened last month at Deneki FIBFest at Andros South – Kirk Deeter brought out some hot-off-the-presses copies of The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing, a great new collection of fly fishing wisdom written by Kirk and the legendary late Charlie Meyers. During the week and the plane ride…
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