If there were no steelhead in the Dean, the river would be known purely as a world-famous chinook fishery. Dean chinook share the same traits at their steelhead cousins. Due to the need to ascend the Dean River canyon prior to spawning, our chinook are strong, powerful and resilient. From an angling standpoint, there are…
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Pink Salmon
Pinks and Humpies are two different fish. The first are petite little salmon that are loads of fun on light tackle. They are graceful and aggressive and are a hard fighting smaller version of all the macho big fish stuff that is so prevalent in Alaska. Break out the five weight with out risking the…
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Chum Salmon
Chum salmon – willing to slam most any fly like a speeding freight train, capable of stripping every single inch of backing off your reel and send you leaping for the boat in a single bound, faster than the speediest large arbor pick up and unable to accept the concept of QUIT… what more could…
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Rates and Booking
We often hear from our guests that Alaska West is a tremendous value in the world of Alaskan lodges. Once you’ve come to experience the fishing and hospitality here, we think you’ll agree. Rates for our 2018 Season Trips with Alaska West on the Kanektok cost $6395 per person for a 7 night / 6…
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Silver Salmon
Although unpublished in any medical journals to date, silver salmon fishing at Alaska West infects people the world over with an insatiable desire to have more… and more… and more. From late July through the end of the season Alaska West is reduced to a den of iniquity. Fish-a-holics the world over throng to our…
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Pacific Salmon – They All Have Two Names
If you’ve ever been confused listening to people talk about the different species of Pacific Salmon, you’re not alone. No one knows why, but for some reason each of the five North American Pacific Salmon have two names. It’s really not that complicated! King Salmon = Chinook Salmon. No difference. Photo: Cameron Miller — Chum…
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Alaska Silver Salmon Flies – 5 Favorites
Got one. Photo: Cameron Miller The period from late July through early September at Alaska West is just one big mess of silver salmon mayhem. At this time of year the leopard rainbows, dollies and other salmon species in the Kanektok make room in already crowded waters, because they know as well as we do…
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Chinook Salmon in Chile
That’s not a small fish. There are Chinook in Chile? That’s right! Some 30 years ago, Chinook salmon were raised and planted in a few river systems in Southern Chile. The stocks were taken from two Washington State rivers, the Kalama and Cowlitz, both tributaries of the Columbia River. Since then these strains have naturalized…
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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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Tom Larimer’s King Rig
Tom loads up yet another laser loop. Photo: Cameron Miller Tom Larimer runs one of the premier guide services in the Northwest. He’s a super dude, an incredible angler and teacher, and…you guessed it, he’s one of our spey hosts during our king season at Alaska West. If you saw Tom headed out on the…
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