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Aug 05 2017

Fighting Fish – Pull With the Rod, Gain With the Reel

Fighting silver salmon

Our ridiculous run of silver salmon has just begun to show up in full force, which means alongside four other species of pacific salmon, including voracious chums and feisty pinks, there’s no shortage of practice for fighting big fish. One thing we see on a regular basis from our first-time anglers upon hooking a hefty…
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Jul 22 2017

Spey Rods for King Salmon – Our Favorites

Spey fishing for chrome bright king salmon

Spey fishing for king salmon is not for the light hearted. It puts rods, reels, lines, knots, and mental toughness to the test. It’s not uncommon for one (or more) of the aforementioned to break, and more often than not, its the latter. However, today we’re not talking about broken hearts, we’re talking about rods…..
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Jul 21 2017

Spey Fishing – Pulsing the Swing (Video)

Pulsing the rod while swinging flies for salmon and steelhead

The “tug” might be the “drug,” but most anglers would agree that a tug that stays attached is ideal. Unfortunately, when swinging flies for salmon and steelhead, that’s not always the case. Quick strikes, followed by an unanswered swing, are common when spey fishing, and can be frustrating at the very least. So what do…
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Jul 18 2017

Timeless Tip Tuesday: Rainbow Trout Lies

big leopard rainbow trout

We asked our Deneki Expert Panel a question a little while back about trout lies – no, not the tall tales that trout spin about the size of the anglers who almost caught them, the places in the river where trout like to live. A later post will give a number of bits of wisdom…
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Jul 15 2017

Mouse Fishing for Trout – Try a Dead Drift

mouse fishing for trout

When fishing mouse flies for hungry Alaskan rainbows, a typical presentation goes something like this – Cast at a slightly downstream angle above your target, raise your rod tip, wiggle your rod tip back and forth roughly 8 inches apart while at the same time slowly drawing in line with your line hand. This creates…
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Jul 14 2017

Get Hitched – Rigging Stinger Hooks on Tube Flies

Rigging stinger hooks for tube flies

We fish a lot of tube flies at our lodges, and while they can be rigged several different ways, one of our favorite ways is attaching an up-eye octopus style stinger hook to a large loop in the leader nested at the back of the fly. Not only does this position the hook at the…
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Jul 12 2017

Spey Casting – Top Three Tips

Spey casting at Alaska West

Whether we’re searching for steelhead on the Dean, swinging flies for kings on the Kanektok, or soaking sculpins for massive Naknek rainbow trout, we do a lot of spey fishing at our lodges. Therefore, as you might expect, we give our share of spey instructions as well, and today we share with you a few…
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Jul 07 2017

King Salmon in Low Water – 5 Tips

King salmon

Like most of Western Alaska, we’re experiencing slightly lower than average water conditions on our home river at Alaska West. As is the case with most anadromous species, low and clear water can make for some challenging fishing conditions when swinging flies for deep holding fish like king salmon, and often requires a few adjustments…
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Jul 04 2017

Happy Fourth of July

Juvenile bald eagle

We’re really lucky to spend our year delivering fishing trips in several different countries to a whole bunch of great people hailing from all over the world. That said, we’re really proud to be based out of the good ol’ U.S. of A. and wish all of you a safe and happy 4th of July….
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Jun 23 2017

Mousing for Trout – Work Upstream

Mousing for trout by Greg Houska

When mousing for trout, we tend to target fish using two different methods – banging the banks from the boat while rowing ‘drift boat style,’ or walking smaller side channels on foot. Both methods have their advantages. Fishing from a moving boat covers far more water than wading, in theory allowing you to put your…
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