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Sage 99 Review
Last summer, Sage introduced their ’99 Series’ rods – purpose-built nymphing sticks from 4 to 9 weight, and all 9 feet, 9 inches long. We cast them at the big industry trade show last year and thought they felt fine, but after a shoulder shrug and a grumble that “the world doesn’t really need dedicated…
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Try Fishing Smaller Hooks
For years the ‘standard’ hook sizes used in the pursuit of anadromous fish on swung flies were pretty darned big. 2/0 and 3/0 were ‘king hooks’ and 1/0 and 1 were ‘steelhead hooks’. In recent years many anglers we respect have been fishing hooks that are quite a bit smaller – 1 and 2 for…
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Get the Right Line for Your Spey Rod!
At Alaska West and BC West, we spend a lot of time chasing anadromous fish with two-handed rods. We see this situation all the time: Angler arrives in camp with new spey rod. Angler sets it up with the line that his or her buddy/mentor/favorite author/shop guy/rep/mother-in-law said would work well. Angler fishes it for…
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Sinktip Secrets
George Cook is the Northwest rep for Sage, Redington and Rio. He’s done a boatload of fishing over the years using sinktips (especially on the Kanektok and the Dean), and today he stops by our blog in video format to chat us up about sinktips. Here’s what he covers: Sink rate and the ‘type’ system…
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Navigating our Web Site
We’ve had a bunch of new visitors on our web site recently (Welcome!), so we thought it’d be nice to give a quick overview on how to navigate the 650+ pages (and growing daily) on our site. There’s a lot here – we want you to find what you’re looking for! Overview We post to…
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King Salmon. Spey Rod. Chile.
If you’ve spent any time at all around our web site, you know that we’re kind of nutty when it comes to spey fishing. If you’ve followed our first few seasons operating at Chile West, you also may know that there are some pretty incredible king salmon down there. We’ve been catching these chinooks on…
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Best of Deneki
Here are some links to the most popular blog posts and pages on our site. Fish on! 13 Habits of Highly Effective Anglers. Anglers who catch more fish have a lot in common – here are 13 of their habits. All About Spey Fishing. This page has an index of all the posts we’ve ever…
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Simms Headwaters Sling Pack Review
When You Want A Sling Pack If you’re fishing for bonefish or steelhead or salmon, you don’t need to bring 42 different gizmos out on the water. You need a fly box, a few spools of tippet, your pliers and maybe just a few other gadgets. You’re also going to spend most of your time…
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get to Alaska West? Travel to Alaska West includes 4 main steps. Flying to Anchorage, Alaska on any major carrier. Flying from Anchorage to Bethel on Ravn Dash-8. Flying from Bethel to Quinhagak on Ravn C-208 Caravans. Traveling by boat from Quinhagak to Alaska West camp location 30 minutes upriver. For more details…
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