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Trout Fishing: Banging the Banks
This fatty was banged on the bank. Photo: Jared Moore At Chile West, we use a bunch of different techniques to catch fish. The method we use most often is...
Spey Fishing for Trout, Part 3 – Tactics
Trout spey tactic #427: Put the wood to 'em. Photo: Cameron Miller In the past couple of weeks we've covered why we think you should spey fish for trout, and...
Trout Fishing: Nymphing Techniques
Bonefish, 10 o'clock, 30 feet! Whoops...sorry, wrong post. Today we continue our series on trout fishing tactics, based on our approach at Chile West but applicable anywhere trout swim. The...
Bead Fishing for Rainbow Trout
Just a couple to choose from. Photo: Cameron Miller Rainbow trout in Western Alaska eat a lot of salmon eggs. Over the years a lot of different flies like the...
Trout Fishing: Nymphing and Current Speed
Mr. Lincoln, meet Mr. Nymph. Mr. Nymph, Mr. Lincoln. Photo: Chris Price Today we continue our series on trout fishing tactics, based on our approach at Chile West but applicable...
Spey Fishing for Trout, Part 2 – Gear
Workin' the little rod on the Arolik. Photo: Cameron Miller UPDATE: Thanks for checking out this post in 2009. By 2012 spey fishing for trout had changed a bit, so...
Trout Fishing: Terminology
Garrett Sullivan fishes the bucket. What a surprise. Today we start a series of posts about classic trout fishing tactics. In this series, we're not talking about the salmon-part-eating rainbows...
Managing Running Line – 3 Simple Tips
Neat, tangle-free loops. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West and BC West, we do a lot fishing with spey rods. There are a bunch of reasons that we like spey...
