Thanks to Beau Purvis for today’s post on confidence, fly selection and more, all told through the lens of steelhead fishing on the Dean. Beau’s a super photographer – we’ve covered his stuff our our site before. Today, though, flies and confidence! Thanks, Beau. Is It The Fly? The other day I was reading my…
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Michael White’s Chile Trout Rig
Today we’ve got another in our long line of ‘Expert Rig’ posts – giving you a detailed look at how various career anglers set up their stuff when they go fishing. Michael White – Simms/Ross/Idylwilde rep, former Alaska guide, music trivia boy genius – likes fishing with us at Chile West. Here’s his rig for…
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An Evening on the Dean
Chad Jaques and his wife Marjorie own Trout Bum 2, a fly shop in Park City, Utah. Chad’s been fishing with us at BC West for a few years now, and in 2010 he finally talked with wife Marjorie in to joining him for the week. Chad and Marjorie had a pretty special evening on…
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Ken Morrish’s Steelhead Rig
As one of the fine folks behind Flywater Travel, Ken Morrish has had the chance to go steelhead fishing in some pretty fantastic places. Ken is also an innovative angler and fly tier, with an extensive line of signature flies by Idylwilde. If Ken was to step onto any given river in British Columbia to…
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Letter to My Son
We’re guessing that today’s post is going to hit home with a lot of folks. If you’re lucky enough to be able to share time outside with your family, Josh Mills’ post is probably right up your alley. Josh lives in Spokane with his lab Murphy and his beautiful (and very pregnant!) wife Kallie. He…
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Bear Highway
We actually don’t see that many bears at Alaska West. Seriously, our camp is located 6 miles from the mouth of a 90-mile river. The best fishing for the bears is further upriver on the spawning beds, where they’ve got easy access to an easy meal. But…there are some side channels and smaller pieces of…
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Get It Down!
We’ve been beating the drum lately about the fact that flies that imitate salmon parts work really well when targeting rainbow trout in Western Alaska. We’ve also mentioned that dead drifts aren’t that important, but getting your fly down is. In the process of going through the 1,273,489 pictures from our summer season at Alaska…
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Abel Pliers
After quite a few years of hearing good things about Abel’s fly fishing pliers at our lodges, we decided to buy a pair and try them out. We liked them a lot. Abel’s pliers aren’t cheap. We got the least-expensive option – Model #2, the smaller size, in black. They’ll cost you $130. You can…
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Andros Island
Andros Island is the largest island in The Bahamas. It’s also the most sparsely populated and, not coincidentally, the island with the best bonefishing. Andros is really a collection of islands. It’s split down the middle by three large waterways called Bights – the North Bight, the Middle Bight and the South Bight. The main…
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The Dean is Back
The Dean River in 2010 You may have heard some noises during our summer season at BC West about the fact that the fishing was pretty darned good. We’re all shut down for the year, so we thought we’d sum things up. The Dean is back. Anadromous fisheries tend to be cyclical for a whole…
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