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I Want to Spey Fish. Do I Go Skagit or Scandi First?

If you have been following us for any length of time, you know we really like Spey fishing at Alaska West Lodge and Rapids Camp Lodge. It is one of our favorite ways (who are we kidding, it’s our favorite) to target Alaska’s big rainbow trout and salmon. Over the last couple of decades, Spey…
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4 Tips for Traveling With Your Fly Fishing Gear.

Destination fishing is awesome. However, fly fishing equipment can be a burden to travel with when it comes to fly rods, reels, lines, flies, waders, and other accouterments. Not only that, but the value of your gear can reach into the thousands of dollars. The last thing you want is to have your fly fishing…
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2024 Fly Fishing Travel Survey

Where you pick up fly fishing can make a big difference in how, where, and what you want to fish for. Regardless of how, where you first started fly fishing, or what species of fish you started fishing for, fly fishing is not just about catching fish; it is also about the experience. Traveling to…
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Choose Rapids Camp Lodge for your 2024 Fly Fishing Adventure. Here’s Why.

Rapids Camp Lodge should be at the top when planning your next fly fishing adventure. Not only does Rapids Camp Lodge feature many world-class fly fishing opportunities, but here are 3 lesser-known reasons that make your fly fishing adventure in the Alaskan wilderness better by booking with Rapids Camp Lodge. Reason 1. Did you know…
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5 Fly Fishing Tips to Catch More King Salmon

We’re currently in the midst of our king salmon season on the Kanektok River at Alaska West and On the Nushagak River at Rapids Camp Lodge. These are not your normal king fisheries – we’re swinging flies for hot chrome fish just a few miles for the salt, and that really turns our crank! Needless to say,…
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4 Tips for Trout Fishing in Side Channels, Braids, and Small Tundra Creeks

We’re lucky at Alaska West Lodge and Rapids Camp Lodge to have incredibly abundant and healthy rainbow trout fishing.  Mice, sculpins, leeches, flesh flies, beads, and smolt fly patterns are favorites at both locations. We use single- and two-handed, trout Spey rods.  And we fish lots of different parts of our rivers, from the big main…
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Deneki Chronicles: 19 Reasons to Fish a Mouse Fly

In This Week’s Deneki Chronicles, it’s trout week and we’re looking back at what the trout have been and continually gorge on. It’s no secret how much we love fishing mouse patterns for big Alaskan rainbow trout. We do a lot of it, and, as odd as it may sound, it is our most productive…
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Fishing Etiquette: Spey Edition

We’re calling today’s post ‘Spey fishing etiquette’ just because that’s a more manageable title than ‘swinging flies on foot working down a run etiquette.’ Our suggestions apply to any situation that matches that description – single or double-handed rod chasing any anadromous fish. And, in case it isn’t obvious, these rules apply to conditions in…
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