Week 7 at Alaska West welcomed back the famed Dave Howe, with his family and friends along, for another great week on the Kanektok. Dave has been joining us for so many years and he has always brought together memorable family and friends to enjoy this great time on the river. This year his sons, Dave Jr…
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Search Results for: King Salmon
Damselflies and Dragonflies
At Chile West we’ve lots of options when it comes to fishing. From floating big rivers to walking small streams and … let’s not forget many lakes to fish as well. Damselflies and dragonflies are in abundance as most lakes have reed beds around the edges and this is ideal habitat for these insects. The nymphs crawl…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 17 – 24
Photos: BC West Staff Well George ‘Dump Bear’ Cook, Michael ‘Whitey’ White, Jeff ‘The Mayor’ Watt, Greg ‘no longer stranded on a Montana highway’ Thomas, Andrew ‘The Don’ Bennett, and Gary ‘the cane pole builder’ Berenson all had the ride of their lives into camp via Captain Richard and the A-star heli, featuring up-close glacier…
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Try Fishing Smaller Hooks
For years the ‘standard’ hook sizes used in the pursuit of anadromous fish on swung flies were pretty darned big. 2/0 and 3/0 were ‘king hooks’ and 1/0 and 1 were ‘steelhead hooks’. In recent years many anglers we respect have been fishing hooks that are quite a bit smaller – 1 and 2 for…
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True Love.
Dana Sturn falls in love on the Dean. More Fish from the Dean River Kerry Connects Jerry Arnold and Joy Brian Niska Feels It Too
Alaska West Fishing Report: July 9 – 16
Week 5 at Alaska West is the start of our transition into multi species fishing on the Kanektok. Yes, the King fishing is typically quite good this week and this year was no exception. Most of our guests spent the majority of time trying for kings, but they were all open to making the acquaintance of many…
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One of the Coolest Hero Shots Ever
A really great part of the scene during king season at Alaska West is that super folks with the same passion come together at the same time for a special type of fun on the river. So when a buddy (even if it happens to be guide Jim Palmersheim, who got handed a rod for…
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BC West Fishing Report: June 19 – 26
Photo: BC West Staff The week started well with excellent water conditions for Spring salmon fishing, with about 2 feet of visibility at the start of the week, favorable weather and even some decent numbers of early steelhead around. Being a June group (smaller groups of 4 max) the four of us had plenty of…
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Shoulders.
There’s some brown trout in Southern Chile that’s got some shoulders to ’em. More Fish from Chile West Grandpappy Trout? Salmon? Speyalicious Chilean ‘Nookie
Rigging Stinger Hooks
Tube flies and stinger hooks are very popular with anglers who chase salmon and steelhead with fly rods, for a few reasons. They allow you to change your hook without changing your fly. They allow you to fish a big fly without fishing a hook with a long shank, which helps you land more fish….
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