Installment #3 is a very special episode in our tube fly rigging mini-series by Eric Neufeld. It’s about a fly called Silvey’s Tandem Tube that requires some special attention in order to perform its best. Brian Silvey has a series of Idylwilde tube flies – the Tandem Tube, the Tail Light, and the Tube Snake…
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Spey School at Alaska West
This page gives a short overview of Alaska West and our spey instruction program. There’s much more information about all these topics available on our web site – but this page and the links at the bottom are a great place to start. Alaska West Introduction Alaska West is located on the Kanektok River in…
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Rainbow Trout at Alaska West
This page gives a short overview of Alaska West and our trout fishing. There’s much more information about all these topics available on our web site – but this page and the links at the bottom are a great place to start. Alaska West Introduction Alaska West is located on the Kanektok River in Western…
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5 Things You Might Not Know About Alaska West
Of the four operations that we own and operate, Alaska West is probably the best-known. Even so, we’re often surprised at what some anglers don’t know about our little slice of heaven in Western Alaska. So, today we present you with… 5 Things You Might Not Know About Alaska West It’s a non-stop flight from…
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Landing Nets
Thanks to loyal reader Kevin Kelly for getting in touch with an excellent question. Kevin didn’t recognize the landing nets that he’s seen in a lot of our pictures from Alaska West, so he asked about them, and we put together this post about them. Got any questions we can answer for you about our…
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Pull Hard.
We’ve told you in the past about one of the biggest mistakes we see anglers make when fighting big fish – simply not exerting enough pressure on the fish, either by bending the tip of the rod or by not pulling hard enough. We stumbled across a little video that illustrates just how hard you…
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Nice Drivin’, Tex
Our guides at Alaska West are great teachers. They’re fun people and excellent casters. They’re helpful and courteous and really, really fishy. They’re also great boat drivers. More on Alaska West King Salmon in Week 1 Our Facility Leopard Trout
Nice Fish, Rebecca.
Rebecca Anderson and her husband Alex just wrapped up a trip with us at Chile West. They had a ball, and Rebecca in particular demonstrated a spectacular level of fishiness throughout the trip. Here’s one of a bunch of brown trout that met Rebecca’s acquaintance along the way. Well done! You know, if you and…
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Just a Big Chrome Slab.
…that ate a fly swung on a two-handed rod in Western Alaska. That’s all. More on Alaska West Kings 10 Tips on Swinging for Kings Greg Thomas on Fresh Fish Top 5 Mistakes Fighting Big Fish
Oh No, Not Again
Yep, it’s another one of those days. Just a picture of some dude who was lucky enough to swing flies for kings with his two-handed rod at Alaska West this past summer. Sorry! And if you must know… More on Kings at Alaska West Which Rods You Should Use 10 Tips on Swinging for Kings…
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