“We had another great year at Alaska West.” Our home rivers at Alaska West are such incredible fisheries that we sometimes lose perspective. Our fishing is just so darned productive and so darned consistent – it’s not like this everywhere, even in Alaska! In the face of challenging returns elsewhere in the state and in…
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Nice Fish, Hope
Hope Hitchcock caught a nice big king at Alaska West this summer. We think her smile says it all. Nice fish, Hope! More on King Salmon Nice One from the Dean A Big Chrome Slab 5 Ways to Catch More
4 Reasons to Chase Dollies at Alaska West
We are really lucky to have an incredible run of Dolly Varden at Alaska West. Guests who target our dollies have an absolute blast – here are 4 reasons we think you should do just that. Very, very high numbers. Our run of dollies is ridiculously big – there are enough in our rivers that…
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Ode to Mr. Chum
Tom Larimer hosted one of our spey instruction weeks at Alaska West this summer, and on his way home he wrote up a couple of guest posts for us. Today’s is all about the awesome chum salmon. Thanks Tom! Ode to the Chum Salmon While Mr. King, Mr. Rainbow and Mr. Silver are the reasons…
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Swinging as a Team
When you and a buddy swing flies together through a piece of water, it really makes sense to fish as a team! Working together you’ll learn more about how the fish want the fly presented in a particular piece of water, and you’ll probably increase your catch rate too. Here are some basic principles to…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 15 – 22
The story for week 6 was that the kings just kept coming in! Normally this week is known as a great Grand Slam week, but this year it turned out to be a very good week for kings. This week we welcomed people from as close as Anchorage and as far away as New Zealand. Vince Moores and…
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Cast, Step, Swing
We’re back with more steelhead fishing nuggets from Scott Baker-McGarva at BC West. This post contains the words “Jerry Wintle” and “Dean River” and that means that if you like steelhead, you should read it and learn! Cast, Step, Swing – Like Jerry Many, many moons ago, on my first trip to the legendary Dean…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 1 – 8
The month of July is upon us at Alaska West and so are multiple species of salmon numbering in the hundreds of thousands! Kings, Chum, Sockeye, Pink and within 2 weeks, the Silver will be caught in incredible numbers over the next few weeks as they pile into the river looking for a spot to do the deed….
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 24 – July 1
Week 3 at Alaska West welcomed back another great group of past guests along with some first-timers as well. The two Phil’s, Phil Walker and Phil Hinton, came all the way from the UK again. Jim Jervis (Jim will be back again in August) and Rob Hess came back again. Bob Davids was able to make it back…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 17 – 24
Week 2 at Alaska West welcomed back a bunch of return anglers and a whole bunch of fresh king salmon. Guys like Mike Opitz, Tony Robins and his son JM, Marty Herman, Will Smart and Dave Victor have been fishing with us for years and we were proud to have them back again this year. Guys like Erich…
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