A big ‘un from Chile West. Due to popular demand, we’ve added a new program to our offerings at Chile West for our 2009/2010 season. In addition to our 10 night/8 fishing day program that covers a wide swath of Chilean Patagonia, we’ve added a 7 night/6 fishing day option for those anglers who have…
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Chile West Watercraft
Boat #1: low water and small spaces Photo: Chris Price At Chile West, the mobility of our program allows us to travel to remote locations where the variety of water is pretty much unlimited. We fish big rivers to little streams and after years of experience and exploration, we determined that we need watercraft that…
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Dean River Coho
A Dean River coho and its weary, shaky victim. The Dean River has a reputation for being home to the hottest, strongest steelhead and chinook salmon around. Its steep gradient and legendary canyon section have bred super-races in all its anadromous species – if you’re going to spawn in the Dean, you need to be…
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Dana Sturn on Dean River Chinooks and Medieval Drag
This chinook fell prey to Medieval Drag. Photo: Dana Sturn Dana Sturn founded speypages.com, and let’s just say Dana’s been around the block as it relates to anadromous angling. Dana had the opportunity to hook some chinooks at BC West this year, and as a result he’s written this piece for us on Medieval Drag….
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Rick Allen’s Alaska West Trip Report
Rick takes it all in on the K-tok. Photos in this post by Brian Niska, Al Huger, Cameron Miller and Rick Allen. Rob Russell, a friend of Alaska West, told a friend of his, Rick Allen, that Rick should check out Alaska West this summer. Rick followed Rob’s advice, and Rick’s attached trip report is…
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George Cook on Sinktip Selection Through A King Season
Hey, George caught one! Photo: Cameron Miller George Cook is one of the pioneers of spey fishing for king salmon in the Northwest, and he’s one of our best-in-the-business spey instructors during our king season at Alaska West.George has shared with us a bunch about his philosophy of king fishing in the past, and today…
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Sage 5126-4 Z-Axis
This is a really good little spey rod. If you haven’t noticed, we’re pretty fired up these days about fishing lightweight spey rods for trout and smaller steelhead. In our minds, if a fish likes a swung fly, it’s a lot more enjoyable to give it to ’em with a two handed rod. The Sage…
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Really Fresh Prawns
Working at a remote fishing lodge like BC West means that your culinary opportunities are somewhat limited. You can’t just jump in the car and head out for a fine dining experience or even go to a grocery store to pick up something tasty to cook at home. With that said we do have some…
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Running Line Roundup
Running line from above Photo: Cameron Miller As you’ve probably noticed, since we do a lot of spey fishing for king salmon and steelhead at Alaska West and BC West, we play around with spey tackle a lot. Our team and most of our guests use Skagit-style line systems most of the time, and these…
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The Drying Tent
Nice and toasty. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West, we have a drying tent – a small structure with a big heater where our guests hang up waders, raincoats and other outerwear at the end of their day on the water. We crank up the heat at night, and in the morning everything comes out…
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