In the past month we’ve had Tom Larimer stop by our blog to give a 6-minute master class on spey casting anchor placement, and a 1-minute diatribe (well, for Tom it was a diatribe) on fishing your fly actively. Today we hear Tom’s thoughts on picking which steelhead fly to fish – especially which color to…
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Switch Rods – Different Uses
We’ve told you before that we think you should try out a switch rod if you haven’t already. We’ve also told you that we tend to think of switch rods as basically being little spey rods. They definitely can be fished like little spey rods and that’s maybe the use that’s most applicable in our…
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Dean River Steelhead Fly Selection
Dean River. Steelhead. Fly Selection. George Cook – Northwest Angling Luminary. Video. If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on YouTube. More Gear for BC West Tom Larimer’s Steelhead Rig Sage 7126-4 TCX – The Death Star Polyleaders
Silver Salmon Fly Selection
We’ve written in the past about some silver salmon flies that we like to use at Alaska West on the Kanektok River, but that was in boring old words-and-pictures blog format. Today we’ve got a video featuring George Cook, Northwest angling mainstay and Sage/Redington/Rio rep, telling us about his approach to selecting flies for silvers…
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Spey Lines for Switch Rods
Today’s post is about using spey lines on switch rods, including some background on why you probably should cut a line for your rod, and the steps you can take to do just that. It’s written for people who have a bit of spey casting experience. Background First, a disclaimer that today we’re mainly talking…
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Spey Fishing
Our home river lends itself perfectly to fishing flies with two-handed rods. We do a lot of spey fishing! We run very popular spey instruction programs during the first half of our season each year. Guest instructors join us in camp and provide both group instruction and one-on-one lessons on the river during our fishing…
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Ask The Experts – Biggest Surprise on the Flats
Don’t get frustrated – our experts had their surprises too. Photo: Bruce Chard For today’s edition of Ask the Experts, we asked our expert panel to think way, way back to the first time the stalked fish on a warm salwater flat. The question was pretty simple – “What was your biggest surprise the first…
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Ask The Experts – Most Overlooked Trout Lie
Think like a trout. Photo: Cameron Miller Mike Sanders isn’t the only Deneki expert who gave us some great input on those spots that Alaskan rainbows live in, but don’t always get covered by anglers. Here’s what we asked our expert panel this time around – “What’s the most overlooked type of trout lie in…
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Fly Fishing Retailer Day 2 – Sage and Rio Highlights
Guys casting rods inside. Our coverage of the new gear at the Fly Fishing Retailer show continues this afternoon. If you’re getting tired of the ‘new gear’ posts, don’t worry – we’ll be back to our normal posting schedule on Sunday. This morning we got our detailed walkthrough of the new lineup from Sage, Rio…
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Spey Instruction At Alaska West
Class is in session. Photo: Cameron Miller From June 12th to July 17th of this year, we ran another season of really successful spey instruction programs at Alaska West. Since swinging flies on two-handed rods tends to be the favorite method for targeting our chrome kings, we invite the best of the best in the…
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