We are really lucky to have over 100 great guests posts on our blog. Folks ranging from full-time writers to everyday anglers to cutting edge industry icons have been nice enough to write for us, and that’s pretty humbling. Today we give you the guests posts on our blog that have been viewed the most,…
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Search Results for: King Salmon
Thanks! Now, an Introduction to Rainbow Trout at Alaska West.
You’ve taken the first step towards a fantastic fishing experience! We’ve received your inquiry and will be back in touch with you shortly by email – almost always within a day or two. For now, this page gives a short overview of Alaska West and our trout fishing. There’s much more information about all these…
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Alaska West and BC West 2012 Availability
Well, it looks like a lot of you are planning ahead for 2012! We’re way ahead of our typical bookings at this time of year, so we thought we’d give you a quick update on which weeks have available space at Alaska West and BC West during the summer of 2012. As you can see,…
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Nice Fish, Charles
One of our big jobs during this winter months is to go through the bazillions of photos that get shot at Alaska West and BC West during the summer. For various reasons, some jump out. Like this one! It’s a our good buddy Charles St. Pierre with a beautiful king salmon he caught spey fishing…
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Trout Spey Program at Alaska West
Spey Instruction You may have heard that we run a really popular spey instruction program during the heart of our king salmon season at Alaska West. Some of the best spey instructors in the world – this year the lineup includes Charles St. Pierre, Tom Larimer and Brian Niska – join us on the river…
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Fly Fishing Gear
We admit it – we’re gearheads. We love fly fishing gear so we write about it a lot on our web site. This page has links to almost everything we’ve ever written about fly fishing gear – enjoy! If you’d like to put your gear to good use, you should get in touch and talk…
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Advanced Anchor Placement Tips
Way back in April of last year, we posted a video of Tom Larimer giving some tips on placing your anchor when you’re spey casting. Little did we know it would become our most popular video to date, with somewhere around 17,000 of you so far hitting ‘Play’ in an effort to improve your spey…
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When to Go Fishing in Alaska
Judging by the number of people we’re hearing from right now who are planning their fishing trips to Alaska for next summer, a lot of you are planning your fishing trips to Alaska for next summer. Yep, it’s happening right now, and we’re proud of you for planning ahead! We’re always looking to provide you…
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Nice Fish, Fraser
Here’s Alaska West’s good friend Fraser with a beautiful king salmon of the purple-backed variety. Nice fish, Fraser. More on Alaska West King Salmon Ed Ward’s King Rig Just A Big Chrome Slab. 5 Ways to Catch More King Salmon
Keep the Faith
If the river you were planning on fishing today is ‘out’, you can either go fishing or not go fishing. Only one of these decisions is going to leave you with a chance of catching fish. Even after you’ve made the (right) call to head out anyhow, you still have two options. You can go…
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