Tips for Catching Trout in a Recessed Target Area. It’s a bit of a mouthful but it’s a great article – from Kirk Deeter at Field and Stream. Using Big Beads as Attractors. Another good tip from Kent at Gink and Gasoline. Chard’s Choker Permit Fly. Bruce Chard tell us about one of his favorite…
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Whitney Gould’s King Rig
We’ve got another post in our Expert Rig series today – in which we profile, in detail, how various expert anglers set up their gear to chase a particular species in a particular place. We’re really proud to have Whitney Gould on our guide team at Alaska West. If you don’t ask her about it…
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How to Spend Your Day in Nassau
“Hey, I’m headed to Andros South. I think I’m going to spend some time in Nassau on my way down. What should I do?” We hear this a lot. Today’s post is by no means meant to be an exhaustive guide to Nassau. It’s simply meant to answer that question – if you have some…
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10 Things That Happened at Alaska West This Year
“We had another great year at Alaska West.” Our home rivers at Alaska West are such incredible fisheries that we sometimes lose perspective. Our fishing is just so darned productive and so darned consistent – it’s not like this everywhere, even in Alaska! In the face of challenging returns elsewhere in the state and in…
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Nice Dolly, Rick
The Dolly Varden at Alaska West were fat this year! Rick Sisler shows off one of many. Nice fish, Rick. More on This Year at Alaska West Silver Mayhem Fishing Report The Kings Were Big Too Tom Larimer’s Trip Report
Revo Water Lens Review
Introduction A few months back we got our hands on a pair of glasses from Revo that incorporate their new Water Lens – a polarized lens made specifically for open water. The model we’ve been fishing with is called the Guide. We’ve fished enough days with them that we feel competent to write a review,…
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Salmon Recipe from Mike Sanders
Mike Sanders is our General Manager at Deneki Outdoors. He’s pushing 19 years with Alaska West, and he knows his salmon. We asked him to write up his family’s favorite salmon recipe, and he was happy to oblige. Salmon at the Sanders House The Sanders family eats a lot of salmon. We eat salmon as…
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Smile!
This is just a picture that one person took of other people taking pictures of a fish. Somehow we just thought it was kind of funny… More Fish Pictures Big Chrome Slab Big Bonefish Anadromous Nirvana
The Proper Reaction
Captain Josh Temple demonstrates the appropriate feelings that follow the landing of a 35″ Dean steelhead on a dry fly. Nice work, Josh. More on Dean Steelhead All About Steelhead on the Dean The Dean is Back (It’s Really Back This Year) Big Flies, Leaders and More
Ode to Mr. Chum
Tom Larimer hosted one of our spey instruction weeks at Alaska West this summer, and on his way home he wrote up a couple of guest posts for us. Today’s is all about the awesome chum salmon. Thanks Tom! Ode to the Chum Salmon While Mr. King, Mr. Rainbow and Mr. Silver are the reasons…
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