August arrived along with our week 8 guests and more silvers than most people know what to do with. Photo: Cameron Miller Guys like Keith Blue, George Latuda, Steve Welk and his sons Cy and Joe, Ross Beatty, Mac Beatty and Bruce Chard all know how good the fishing can be this week and once…
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Rick Allen’s Alaska West Trip Report
Rick takes it all in on the K-tok. Photos in this post by Brian Niska, Al Huger, Cameron Miller and Rick Allen. Rob Russell, a friend of Alaska West, told a friend of his, Rick Allen, that Rick should check out Alaska West this summer. Rick followed Rob’s advice, and Rick’s attached trip report is…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 24 – 31
This week we welcomed back to Alaska West the renowned Dave Howe and Steve Ward who have brought with them many family members over the years. Photo: Cameron Miller This year was no exception. Dave was only able to bring his grandson Andrew Moura along for another great week of fishing, but he is hoping…
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Jeff Hickman’s First on the Dean
Jeff and his first. Photo: Jim Zawadzki Jeff Hickman is a former longtime member of the Deneki Outdoors team, having worked as a guide and host at Alaska West and as a manager at Andros South. He continues to be a good friend, and this week he got the opportunity to spend his first week…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 18 – 25
Jersey Boys Steven Nelson and Karl Kjellburg showed up to the Dean for their first steelhead experience and wasted no time getting their groove on! Photos: Alfie King On their first morning they each landed a pair of steelhead on the lower river and declared that their trip was already made and it was all…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 17 – 24
This week we welcomed Tom Lewin of Frontier Fly Fishing from South Africa. Talk about a long way to go for some fish! Photo: Cameron Miller Fortunately he could not have made a better choice for his group’s destination – if you have to travel half way around the world for a week of fishing…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 10 – 17
This week we had four guests joining us for the second week in a row. Phil Hinton and Philip Walker along with Jon Baskin and Brian Niska decided one week was not enough punishment and each joined us for two weeks this season. Photo: Cameron Miller Phil and Philip both fished extremely hard and put…
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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 which gear you should use when you do it. Today we’ll talk a bit about tactics to use when chasing rainbows with lightweight two-handers. Spey…
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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 Glo Bug have been tied to imitate salmon eggs, but recently it’s become clear that the most effective way to trick a rainbow trout into…
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Sub-Tidal
Sub-Tidal, where the scenery’s acceptable too. Photo: Paul Reid Any angler that has pursued anadromous fish has heard or spoken of “fresh” fish – salmon or steelhead that have recently left the salt for the river and are not only brightly colored, but strong, aggressive and resilient. Words like “chromer” and”dime-bright” are often used to…
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