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Search Results for: King Salmon

Jun 19 2018

Timeless Tips: Talking Salmon to a Steelheader

Swinging for king salmon

Jason Koertge has caught a lot of fish on swung flies. Besides having landed 52% of the kings and steelhead that have swum into Oregon since 2003, Jason has also chased kings with us on the Kanektok and the Dean as well. Needless to say, he’s learned a lot in the process, and in particular…
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Mar 20 2018

Timeless Tips: 9 Questions About King Salmon You Were Afraid to Ask

Today we’re coming at you with another addition of a series of posts addressing some basic questions on the topics we cover most. We’ve already covered some of the basic questions involving Alaskan trout, bonefish, and even spey fishing. Now its time to address the biggest and baddest of them all, the king salmon. 9…
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Jul 22 2017

Spey Rods for King Salmon – Our Favorites

Spey fishing for chrome bright king salmon

Spey fishing for king salmon is not for the light hearted. It puts rods, reels, lines, knots, and mental toughness to the test. It’s not uncommon for one (or more) of the aforementioned to break, and more often than not, its the latter. However, today we’re not talking about broken hearts, we’re talking about rods…..
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Jul 07 2017

King Salmon in Low Water – 5 Tips

King salmon

Like most of Western Alaska, we’re experiencing slightly lower than average water conditions on our home river at Alaska West. As is the case with most anadromous species, low and clear water can make for some challenging fishing conditions when swinging flies for deep holding fish like king salmon, and often requires a few adjustments…
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Jun 27 2017

Timeless Tips: Alaska King Salmon Season – Your Quiver

Fly rods for king salmon

Today’s installment of our timeless tips series of posts focuses on your ideal rod quiver for our fishery in Alaska from mid-June to mid-July. This time is often referred to as ‘king season’, and that it certainly is, but kings aren’t the only game in town. Must Have A 9 weight spey rod between 12 and…
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Mar 10 2017

Aqua Flies for King Salmon – 5 Favorites

Aqua Flies fly patterns for king salmon

In a few short months we’ll be heading North to kick off our summer seasons, swinging flies for one of our favorite species of all time – Big, bright, sea-lice ridden, king salmon. Due to their affinity for deep water, kings are a notoriously difficult species to target on the fly in many areas throughout…
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May 13 2016

Selecting King Salmon Flies

Selecting fly color for king salmon.

In just over a month we kick off our summer seasons at our Alaska operations. That means it won’t be long before we’re swinging flies for big, bright, king salmon.. Heck, we’re getting antsy just writing about it! When selecting flies for king salmon, most of the time exact fly pattern is not overly important….
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Mar 26 2016

Prime King Salmon Spots at Alaska West

Spey Fishing for King Salmon at Alaska West.

As far as we’re concerned, when it comes to fly fishing, swinging flies for big, bright, sea-lice ridden king salmon is as good as it gets. At Alaska West, we’re extremely fortunate to be located on arguably one of the best rivers to target king salmon on the fly in the entire world – and…
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Feb 12 2016

Fighting King Salmon – From Start to Finish

Fighting king salmon on a spey rod.

Last week, Deneki regular, Stuart Foxall, presented us with a great post on proper fly presentation when swinging for king salmon. In case you missed the post, make sure to check it out, here! Stu’s back today with a great follow up on what to do when all goes to plan – you know, when…
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Nov 05 2015

Hopeful News for Kanektok King Salmon

Fly fishing for king salmon at Alaska West.

As many of you are well aware, sport fishing for king salmon on the Kanektok River (home to our Alaska West operation) has been closed for the past two seasons due to low escapement numbers. However, last season we were excited to report that according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, commercial harvests…
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