We’re grateful each and everyday for how many of you check out our blog on a regular basis. With that said, the internet is a big place! Here are a few good articles about fly fishing, from other websites, that we thoroughly enjoyed and thought you might too! Three Good Fly Fishing Articles 10 Inexpensive…
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Ol’ Red
We have a tradition at Alaska West that on the last day of the week, guests and staff alike gather around for a slideshow of the week’s best photos. We’re fortunate to fish for a variety of fish species including big leopard rainbow trout and chrome bright salmon, all of which make for some good…
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Get Your Buff On
Buffs, face masks, neck gaitors, or whatever else you choose to call them are a common piece of attire at our lodges. Although originally marketed by Buff, ‘neck gaitors’ are now offered by most outdoor/fishing companies under several different names. Simple, inexpensive, and super functional, we rarely hit the water without one around our neck….
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Aquaseal UV
Aquaseal has been the fisherman’s choice of adhesive for years. It permanently repairs leaky waders, boots, boats and more. Heck, we even use it to coat knots from time to time! When operating lodges in remote areas of the world, Aquaseal is liquid gold as far as we’re concerned and we go through our share…
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Grand Salami
We want to extend big Kudos to Alaska West guest Kasey Halcro. Kasey started his morning yesterday planning to target silver salmon early in the morning and hoping to find the clowned up dolly varden of his dreams in the afternoon. Pretty typical day at Alaska West in August. What Kasey did not expect is that…
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Jordan Sly’s Silver Rig
Jordan Sly, our operation’s manager at Alaska West and Andros South, is one fishy dude. Check out how he rigs up when fishing for Cohos! Jordan Sly’s Silver Rig It is that time of the year again, the Silver (Coho) Salmon have started to dump into the Kanektok River in great numbers. This time of…
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Adjustable Indicator Rigs
We’re on the back half of our season here in Alaska and that can only mean one thing.. It’s steak and eggs season! This time of year, our resident rainbow trout are taking full advantage of the continuous supply of salmon parts tumbling down river. Therefore, we ‘match the hatch’ and fish our share of flesh and…
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Sage METHOD Switch Rod 6119-4 – Review
Last year, we were fortunate to get a hold of the Sage METHOD 7126-4 spey rod for a week long testing on some hot Dean River steelhead at B.C. West. We loved it so much that when it came time to look for a new trout swinging stick we looked to the METHOD spey rod’s little…
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Set With the Swing
When swinging flies for salmon and steelhead, we find setting the hook to the side (as opposed to straight up) will result in more fish to the net. We often use the phrase ‘set towards the bank,’ however we realize this can be confusing when fishing anywhere other than a big long gravel bar. The…
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New Camp at Alaska West
We’ve moved! You may have heard, but this off-season our hardworking team at Alaska West made the big move across the river to our new location. We love our new camp and think you will too! Not a fan of change? Don’t worry – we can almost hit our old camp with a rock. Same…
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