The biggest of the Pacific Salmon, king salmon got their name by default. Notorious for holding in the deepest darkest hiding places, most “anglers” hope them up with heavy, shiny, noisy, smelly, gaudy, greasy gear – saving the fly fishing tackle for easier prey. However… At Alaska West we have honed and refined our fly…
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Fishin’ and Fowlin’
Dog and rod. Photo: Greg Hartman Matt Crawford visited Alaska West this past summer. He also loves to hunt birds, and among other things is the former editor of the Upland Almanac. Matt thinks fly fishing and upland bird hunting have a lot in common, and wrote us a post on that very topic. Thanks…
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Tom Larimer’s Steelhead Rig
Tom likes steelhead. Photo: SteelheadBum.com Tom Larimer has guided for more than a decade in the Great Lakes, Alaska and Oregon. He currently owns and operates Larimer Outfitters, one of the premier guide services in the Northwest. He also happens to like fishing on the Kanektok and the Dean. In addition to his hosted week…
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The Arolik Bus
The most-photographed yellow bus in the lower Kuskokwim. Photo: Cameron Miller Guests at Alaska West have the opportunity to book fishing days on the Arolik River, which is a really awesome experience for a whole bunch of reasons. Accessing the Arolik involves taking a short bus ride through the village of Quinhagak and down the…
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Welcome To Our Blog
Welcome! Photo: Cameron Miller We’ve had a whole bunch of new visitors to our blog recently, so we figured we’d take the opportunity to show you around a little bit! First, just a little bit about us. Deneki Outdoors runs fly fishing lodges in Alaska, British Columbia, the Bahamas and Chile. We think high quality…
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King Flies – The Mikey Prawn
Looks shrimpy, no? Photo: John Ford Brian Niska will be one of our spey instructors at Alaska West in 2010, for the third year running. Today Brian tells us a bit about one of his favorite king flies, the Mikey Prawn. One of Brian’s spey weeks is sold out, but there’s still space in his…
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Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis – Why We Like It
You can cast it overhead too, but we almost never do. If you haven’t noticed, we really like spey fishing for trout, and for swung trout flies in smaller water, we think switch rods are pretty cool too. One of our favorite trout switch rods so far is the Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis. Here’s why. The…
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Just A Cool Underwater Picture
Chums swim around. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West we’re really lucky to have Cameron Miller as a full-time staff photographer. Guests at Alaska West get to see some pretty neat slideshows during the course of their week fishing with us, and when they head downriver at the end of their trip, they get a…
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Ask The Experts: Most Unusual Item In Your Boat Bag
Got anything unusual in there? As we announced last week, we’ve started an ongoing series of posts in which we ask a panel of expert fly anglers questions, and report the results back to you. The first question that we posed to our panel is a really simple one: What’s the most unusual item in…
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Ultrathon Insect Repellant: Why We Like It
Good fish, bad bugs. Photo: Cameron Miller Like it or not, when you leave the cities and travel to pristine remote fisheries, you’re likely to encounter some bugs. Whether it’s mosquitoes in Alaska, ‘no-see-ums’ in the Bahamas or horseflies in BC, little flying critters can be a pain in the behind. We’ve tried every bug…
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