Over the past few years we’ve posted a bunch of videos about spey casting. Here are our 6 most popular. Have a look – you never know when you’ll pick up a tidbit or two! NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the videos on our web…
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Tips
Selecting Bonefish Flies
How do you choose which bonefish fly to fish on any given flat? Keep these three basic variables in mind – color, size/weight and sizzle! Color Most of the time, you want the color of your fly to basically match the color of the flat. The match doesn’t need to be exact, but it should…
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Organize Your Gear
Jordan Sly is back today with a simple tip that’ll make your angling life just a little better. Organize Your Gear at Home Go through and organize all your gear while you are warm, at home, with a beverage in hand. It’s a lot less problematic to realize you are almost out of 12 pound…
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Western Alaska Trout Fishing Techniques
We are really lucky at Alaska West to have an incredibly varied fishery for rainbow trout. We fish many different parts of our river using a bunch of different techniques to catch a wide range of trout. We use so many different techniques that you couldn’t hope to cover them in a single post –…
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In Water Hero Shots
Our post from last week about how to treat your fish better got shared a ton and generated a lot of really great discussion. That’s super cool – it’s great to see how much folks care about our resources. We heard from a bunch of folks with a reminder of one of the very best ways…
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Gear Maintenance
Jordan Sly today is back with a handful of tips on maintaining your fly fishing gear. Take good care of all that fancy stuff! Don’t Fold – Roll. If you can’t hang your waders up, always roll them. Folds can cause creases, and creases can cause cracks and thin spots. So instead, place both feet…
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Explore During the Off Season
Most guests at Alaska West know Jordan Sly as the super friendly guy who hauls freight and fuel around the river. That’s his job at the lodge, but it turns out Jordan is one of the most knowledgeable anglers you’ll meet. Jordan grew up fly fishing, and his passion for angling drove him to get…
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7 Ways to Treat Your Fish Better
If you’re like most fly anglers, you’re going to release most of the fish that you catch. Because you want to preserve healthy fisheries, and because it’s the right thing to do, you want your released fish to survive, and thrive, and get bigger, and make babies. Here are 7 ways you can treat your…
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Midge Fishing for Grayling
Last week he heard how Jason Rivers fishes for grayling around Fairbanks in Interior Alaska. Today we learn about a very different kind of grayling fishing, from Alaska West’s own Adam Kryder. Midge Fishing for Grayling In Alaska Its no secret that King Salmon season gets a lot of press on our website, but let’s…
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How to Land a Bonefish
OK, you’ve spotted a bonefish, hooked him, and fought him in close to you. Now what? For those new to it, landing bonefish isn’t easy. You can’t use the same techniques used with smaller fish like trout – and at a place like Andros South where we do a lot of wading, you’ll often be…
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