You might have heard that Alaska West runs a spey instruction program during our king salmon season – we bring the best casters and teachers in the world to the lodge to help you get better with your casting. Charles St. Pierre is our longtime instructor during the first week of our season. Today he…
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Top Posts of 2010
We’ve been doing the blogging thing for a while. Most of you folks have found us pretty recently (thanks for reading our blog!), so every once in a while we like to direct you to some posts that are kind of, well, old. Today we present to you the most popular posts on our blog…
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7 Ways to Treat Your Fish Better
If you’re like most fly anglers, you’re going to release most of the fish that you catch. Because you want to preserve healthy fisheries, and because it’s the right thing to do, you want your released fish to survive, and thrive, and get bigger, and make babies. Here are 7 ways you can treat your…
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Midge Fishing for Grayling
Last week he heard how Jason Rivers fishes for grayling around Fairbanks in Interior Alaska. Today we learn about a very different kind of grayling fishing, from Alaska West’s own Adam Kryder. Midge Fishing for Grayling In Alaska Its no secret that King Salmon season gets a lot of press on our website, but let’s…
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Alaska Fishing Photos
Here’s a small gallery of pictures from some good times fishing at Alaska West! More on Alaska West We Still Have Space in July All About Rainbow Trout Frequently Asked Questions
What We Catch at Alaska West
At Alaska West our fishery is not only incredibly productive – it’s got so much variety you couldn’t hope to sample it all in one trip. Here’s a handy guide to the species we catch at Alaska West, in very rough order of when you might catch them, except for the oddballs thrown in at…
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6 Popular Pages About Alaska West
Yes, we blog about fly fishing, but it turns out that doesn’t pay the bills! The main thing we do is run fishing lodges, and one of them is called Alaska West. Not all of the pages on our web site are blog posts – a bunch of them are pages all about our fisheries…
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Worst Fishing Tip Ever – Winner
A couple of weeks ago we asked you to submit the worst fishing tips you’ve ever received – and you folks came up with some dandies! Wow, there’s a lot of bad advice out there. The winner of our contest was Alaska West guest Derek Fritz, who had the misfortune of being told… “Oh my…
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Nice Fish, EJ
OK, we’re going back a few years on this one. But seriously, what’s wrong with chrome bright Chinook salmon on flies in tidewater? Nice fish, EJ! More on Alaska Chinook Salmon King Salmon Fly Selection for Alaska Mistakes Made Fighting Big Fish Thunderdoming
Alaska West Availability Update
We’re well into our booking season for the summer of 2013 at Alaska West, and today we thought we’d take the opportunity to tell you about some weeks this summer that still have decent availability. There aren’t many, but the quality is high! June 14 – 21. This is the fishery that made us famous…
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