Tips
Wind on Your Dominant Shoulder – Top 3 Casts
Kent keeps his backcast low. Photo: Louis Cahill. It's no secret, excess wind is one of the most challenging variables to overcome when casting a fly...
Ed Ward on the Perry Poke – OPST Video
Listen to Ed. Photo: OPST screenshot. When it comes to skagit-style spey casting, we think its safe to say that the Perry Poke is one of...
Fly Tying Tip: Anchoring Jungle Cock Eyes
No slippage. Photos: Stuart Foxall. We're excited to have our good friend and world-renowned fly tyer, Stuart Foxall, in house this week at Alaska West. That...
Mend to Fix
Do this for a reason. Photo: Nick Chambers. Mend: /mend/ verb. To repair (something that is broken or damaged). Synonyms: repair, fix. When fishing moving water, whether swinging...
Mono vs. Fluoro from Hatch Outdoors
Listen to Bruce. Photo: Hatch Outdoors screenshot. Our friends from Hatch Outdoors are back with some more great tips in video form on tying custom leaders...
Bush Rigging Broken Wading Boot Laces
In a pinch.. Photos: Kyle Shea. There's nothing quite like yanking on the laces of your wading boots in anticipation of a full day on the...
The Finer Points of Finer Points – How to Sharpen Hooks
Here, the hook point should be dragging toward the green handle. A while back we told you about our favorite method for testing whether the hook...
Better Backcast Presentations – Roundup
Bend it like Bruce. Photo: Louis Cahill. For the last five weeks we've been coming at you with some common faults and fixes on one of...
