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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Selecting King Salmon Flies
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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Fighting King Salmon – From Start to Finish
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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Hopeful News for Kanektok King Salmon
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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King Salmon
There are Chinook salmon in Chile? That’s right! Some 30 years ago, Chinook or king 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 and flourished,…
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Kanektok King Salmon Doing Well
As many of you are aware, the king salmon fishery on the Kanektok River (home to our Alaska West operation) has been closed to sport fishing for the past two seasons. However, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently released the numbers for the first commercial salmon opener of the season and we’re happy…
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King Salmon at Alaska West
Swinging Flies for Kings One of our specialties at Alaska West is swinging flies for king salmon – it’s just like steelhead fishing, only the fish are bigger and hook-ups are more plentiful. Each season we have a staff of guides who are fantastic spey instructors, and love to teach guests the finer points of…
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ADF&G Issues King Salmon Closure
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has recently issued a sport fishing closure for king salmon in the Kuskokwim River drainage and Kuskokwim Bay tributaries for the 2015 season. According to ADF&G, western Alaska king salmon stocks are experiencing a period of low productivity, and a sport fishing closure for king salmon is needed to…
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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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Prime King Salmon Spots Available at Alaska West
We’ve wrapped up our rebooking process for our 2013 season that just ended at Alaska West, and after a bit of shuffling around we’re pleased to announce that we have a few spots open in a couple of our prime king salmon weeks at Alaska West in 2014. These weeks are historically in the ‘you…
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