Gasp! OK, OK! We admit it! Sometimes at Alaska West, we catch kings using something other than a swung fly and a two handed rod. Now why would we do such a thing? Well, because some of these ‘other’ techniques can be really effective, and more importantly, some of these ‘other’ techniques can be really,…
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Tips
Bonefishing 101 Reminder
Hey anglers, if you haven’t already, you should have a look at our free Bonefishing 101 guide. Just in case you missed the memo, we thought we’d give a friendly reminder! It’s a 10 page PDF file full of quick tips on the fundamentals of bonefishing. It’s free, and it’s delivered via email. Simple. If…
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Always Be Ready!
When you’re on the flats fishing for bonefish, your target species is constantly swimming around. Yes, there are certain areas where you’re most likely to see fish, but you really never know when one is going to swim by. Why not maximize your chances by always being ready? Yeah, that’s a really simple point, but…
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Put Your Rod Tip in the Water
One very common mistake made by first-time flats anglers is to leave the rod tip above the water when presenting the fly to a bonefish. When you’re fishing in rivers, you spend a lot of time with your rod tip high, mending line and waiting for a fish to eat. In fresh water, a ‘low…
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Keeping Sinktips Organized
Tom Larimer has spent just north of 4 million days on the water chasing steelhead and salmon, and he’s figured out some pretty helpful tips along the way. Today’s topic? Keeping your sinktips organized. It’s a video. Here are the highlights. Keeping Sinktips Organized Wrap the sinktip around your hand Tie it off with an…
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All About Rainbow Trout
Two of the most popular pages on our web site are our All About Bonefishing and All About Spey Fishing pages – big ol’ lists of posts on some of the topics closest to our hearts, categorized for easy access. We’re kind of slow learners, but we decided “Hey! We should do more stuff like…
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Prevent Rod Mating
It’s one of the most challenging situations facing the spey angler. Dealing with an upstream wind on river right? Nope. Fixing your tailing loop? Negative. Untangling your quiver of spey rods every time you get out of the boat? That’s the one. Lucky for you, Tom Larimer is here today in HD video glory, to…
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Flats Casting Tips from Joel Dickey
Our friends at Gink and Gasoline recently ran a three-part video series of flats casting tips from Captain Joel Dickey. We thought there were some great nuggets in there, so today we present all three in one fell swoop. Have a look! NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here…
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Use Your Bottom Hand Throughout Your Cast
…and the spey casting video knowledge continues to flow! Today we’ve got a great nugget of casting wisdom from Brian Styskal. Brian has been part of our ridiculously deep spey casting talent at Alaska West for the past couple of years now; his third place finish at this year’s Spey-O-Rama is one of many feathers…
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Advanced Anchor Placement Tips
Way back in April of last year, we posted a video of Tom Larimer giving some tips on placing your anchor when you’re spey casting. Little did we know it would become our most popular video to date, with somewhere around 17,000 of you so far hitting ‘Play’ in an effort to improve your spey…
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