Congratulations to our good friend Bruce Chard – his Grand Slam fly line by Scientific Anglers just won the Best in Show award at IFTD in the saltwater line category! We love Bruce’s line at Andros South because it loads fast rods quickly, has an aggressive taper to turn over big flies, and shoots like…
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Jordan Sly’s Early Season ‘Low Bow’ Rig
Time for more trout rigging detail! Here’s how Jordan Sly chases the big boys at Alaska West. Jordan Sly’s Early Season Lower River Trout Rig I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the dilemma “upriver for quantity, or downriver for quality” here at Alaska West, but it is a common one. This question is…
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RIO GripShooter Review
It looks like RIO has just changed the spey running line game with their new GripShooter line. It’s running line that combines Slickshooter with a PVC coated ‘handling’ section at one end. More details shortly – let’s start with the background. Background Spey and switch anglers who prefer mono running lines like them for a…
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Spots.
Here’s our friend Brian Pitser, with a really heavily spotted leopard rainbow trout. More on Leopard Rainbows Introduction to Trout at Alaska West All About Trout Fishing – Link Page You Don’t Know Where the Big Ones Live
Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig
Jordan Sly is back today, this time with another information-packed post for our Expert Rig series. Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig Here at Alaska West our river is just asking to have a fly swung through the water column. Swinging flies for trout is not only fun, but it is also often very effective and…
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3 Good Articles
Today we invite you to read three articles about fly fishing, on other people’s web sites, that we think you’ll like. 3 Good Fly Fishing Articles Swing the Fly. Much more than an article – it’s a whole online magazine about spey fishing! Click the big image to read. Landlocked Steelhead. Steven Brutger on two…
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We’re at IFTD / ICAST
Hey You Fishing Industry Folks We’re at the combined IFTD / ICAST trade show this week in Las Vegas! We’re pretty fired up about the combination of fly and conventional companies, all together at the biggest fishing trade show in the world. Looking forward to seeing you a bunch of you here – learning, figuring…
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Gripped By Kings
Steven Brutger fished with us at BC West last year – you can read the full account of his trip here. Since we’re right in the middle of our king/chinook season on the Dean, we figured it was a great time to run this great piece Steven wrote about the biggest fish in the river….
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Top Posts on King Salmon
Swinging flies for king salmon is arguably the most unique fishing we do – and we’re lucky enough to do it on the top two rivers for king swingin’ on the planet – the Dean and the Kanektok. Our king season at Alaska West and our chinook season at BC West (same species, different name) start…
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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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