A big ‘un from Chile West. Due to popular demand, we’ve added a new program to our offerings at Chile West for our 2009/2010 season. In addition to our 10 night/8 fishing day program that covers a wide swath of Chilean Patagonia, we’ve added a 7 night/6 fishing day option for those anglers who have…
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TV Shows At Alaska West
Bruce Chard isn’t our only celebrity angler this year. Photo: Cameron Miller We’re going to be famous! We’ve got a crew from InterMedia Outdoors/Barrett Productions at Alaska West this week, shooting two TV shows that will show on the Sportsman Channel in the second quarter of 2010. Breaking the Surface showcases the angling exploits of…
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Fly Fishing Retailer – We’ll Keep You Posted
Standing around, talking about gear – it’s what FFR is all about. Photo: Cameron Miller Each year during the fall, fly fishing equipment manufacturers, reps, distributors and dealers gather in Denver for Fly Fishing Retailer. ‘FFR’ is a 3-day industry trade show that serves as the launch pad for pretty darned near all new equipment…
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Ask The Experts
Don’t worry these guys aren’t our experts. Wait, actually one of them is. Photo: Tyler Covich Many of the most popular posts on our blog are those in which the best of the best in fly fishing give input and advice to the rest of us. We’re a little slow sometimes, but we noticed a…
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7 Fly Fishing Books We Like
If you’re not doing it, you might as well be reading about it. In the fly fishing world we’re lucky to have some gifted writers who love (or loved) the sport as much as we do. Here are 7 books about fly fishing that we really like. 1. The Earth is Enough, by Harry Middleton…
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We Have a Winner!
Eric might catch one of these. Photo: Cameron Miller Congratulations to Eric Dawson from Oklahoma City, OK! Eric was randomly chosen yesterday from the list of subscribers to our blog newsletter, and won himself a free trip to Alaska West. To say Eric is excited is putting things mildly. He’s working on his schedule now…
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Skagit Master
Ed Ward, Jedi knight. Casting videos are a dime a dozen these days, but there’s one in production that we’re pretty excited about. Ed Ward is a legend in Northwest anadromous angling circles. He’s one of the pioneering Skagit River guides that started a literal revolution in casting and fishing techniques. He’s an innovate fly…
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Our Most Popular Posts from the First Half of 2009
Wow, 173 posts so far this year, all about fishing. Photo: Cameron Miller Yesterday marked the start of the second half of 2009. We’ve had a bunch of new readers checking out our blog lately, so we figured we’d take the opportunity to make sure no one has missed our 10 most popular posts to…
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Game On, Eh?
Target species #1: Dean River Chinook Photo: Alfie King Today marks the first day of our season at BC West on the Dean River. We’ll just lay it out there – we’re pretty fired up. Our guests arrive today via helicopter charter from Bella Coola, and lines will get wet this afternoon. Over the past…
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Want to Fish Alaska for Free?
This could be you, for free. Photo: Cameron Miller Update from July 15th: Congratulations to Eric Dawson from Oklahoma City, OK! Eric won our free trip to Alaska West and is currently picking dates for his trip. —- Sign up for our weekly newsletter by July 15th and you’ve got a chance to win a…
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