If you’re bouncing around a river swinging flies for steelhead or salmon, you’re probably going to need to swap sinktips every once in a while. You’re hopefully not making a change every 20 minutes, but when you move from a ripping boulder garden to a glassy tailout, you need to make a change. Today’s tip…
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13 Habits of Unaccomplished Anglers
Last week we ran an article called 13 Habits of Highly Effective Anglers. It somehow wound up pretty popular – thanks to the 4,882 of you who have checked it out so far! Our good friend Kirk Werner has a fantastic blog called the Unaccomplished Angler. We were thrilled when Kirk agreed to put together…
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New Life on the Island
Jordan Sly joins us again today with a cool little story about the nature surrounding Alaska West. New Life on the Island One of my favorite parts about working for Alaska West is the growth and wildlife I get to see throughout our fishing season. I’m on the setup and take-down crew, so I’m among…
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Welcome to BC West
We thought we’d announce the start of our BC West season by presenting you with a shot of Kara Knight, our new Operations Manager at the lodge, and a very nice chinook she caught during setup a couple of days ago. Our first guests start fishing today. If you’re headed this way – we’re really…
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Where to Eat and Drink in Seattle
Lots of you pass through Seattle on your way to Alaska or British Columbia, or just on some work trip that has nothing to do with fishing. The Deneki Outdoors Global Headquarters are based in Seattle, so we know the place pretty well and we thought we’d give you a few suggestions on where to…
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Getting Ready for Alaska West
Today we present to you the email that goes from our head guide to our guests a month before their trip to Alaska West. We’re running it today for two reasons – to toot our own horn, and to give you some more useful information about getting ready for a trip to Alaska. Tooting Our…
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Sage ONE Switch Rod – 8116-4 Review
When we heard that the switch rods in Sage’s ONE lineup would be 11’6″ long, we got pretty excited, for two reasons. Rods north of 11′ tend to work a lot better for our ‘short spey’ applications of switch rods. Yeah, an 11′ rod might overhead cast better…but in our world we don’t overhead cast…
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3 Reasons We Love this Picture
3 Reasons We Love This Picture from the Dean The angler, Stewart Alsop, is standing in a run on the Dean River about 200 yards from its mouth. There’s something special about fishing within spitting distance of salt water. This run didn’t exist until two years ago, when the Dean blew a second mouth through…
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Best Alaska Rainbow Trout Posts
Every month or so we like to run a list that ’rounds up’ our best/most popular/favorite posts on a particular topic. With ~1800 pages on our site we understand that it can be a little tough to find everything – hopefully these lists help! Today’s topic? Alaskan rainbow trout! 10 Favorite Posts on Rainbow Trout…
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6 Ways to Catch More Steelhead
Fishing for steelhead is fun. Catching steelhead is even more fun. Here are 6 ways you can can more steelhead on flies. Let us know how you catch more! 6 Ways to Catch More Steelhead Fish the near water first. Steelhead can hold in really shallow water, really close to the bank. Always fish the…
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