We think July is a really awesome time to go fishing at Alaska West. Here are 6 reasons why. 6 Reasons to Fish at Alaska West in July King salmon on swung flies. Yes, ‘peak king fishing’ starts in mid-June but they keep coming in all through July. In fact, the past few years some…
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5 Ways to Simplify Your Fishing Gear
If you’re a fly fishing gearhead like us, you know that no matter what you’re fishing for, you can make your gear just about as complicated as you like. Sometimes playing with gear is fun and adds to the experience. Other times, it’s nice to simplify. We’ll just throw out a few ideas – we’d…
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Fly Fishing Film Tour
It starts today! That’s right – the 2013 edition of the Fly Fishing Film Tour kicks off tonight in Denver and runs through May, with over 150 showings between now and then. What’s the Fly Fishing Film Tour? It’s a collection of short movies about fly fishing, shown at lots of different venues around the…
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Nice Fish, John.
This is a picture of a guy we really like fishing with, and a fish we were really glad he caught. More on King Salmon at Alaska West Just a Big Chrome Slab Now’s the Time to Book Your Trip 5 Ways to Catch More King Salmon
Best Trout Fishing Posts of 2012
We continue our end-of-the-year/beginning-of-the-year series on the best posts of 2012 with a list of the 7 best posts about trout fishing we wrote in 2012 – according to what you guys read, that is. Two handers and trout seemed to be a bit of a thing in 2012… Best Trout Fishing Posts of 2012…
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4 Ways to Fish Dry Flies in Alaska
Everybody loves fishing dry flies. There’s just nothing that beats the excitement of a surface take. In Western Alaska we fish dry flies quite a lot, but the vast majority of the time they’re about as far as you can get from a traditional “match the hatching insect” dry fly program. Here are 4 ways…
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It’s Big Out There
The close up, wide angle shots of anglers landing bonefish show you a lot of detail and that’s cool, but they can make it easy to lose track of how big the landscape is on the flats of South Andros. That’s why we like this Tosh Brown shot of a tiny weeny little sliver of…
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3 Things Bonefish Hate
Sometimes catching bonefish is more about not doing anything wrong than it is about doing anything incredibly well. Don’t do things bonefish hate! Bonefish Hate… Seeing a fly moving towards them. Almost all predatory fish hate it when flies come towards them. Just like sculpins don’t attack big rainbow trout, shrimp don’t attack bonefish –…
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Best Bonefishing Posts of 2012
Today we continue our year-ending series on our best posts of 2012 with…bonefishing! Best Bonefishing Posts of 2012 Sage ONE Review for Bonefishing. Yep, it was in our top gear posts list too. Backing for Bonefish. A poll in which our readers tell us which backing they like, and why. Tim Rajeff on Casting in…
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Stages of Bonefish Spotting
When you’re out on the flats looking for bonefish, there are a few ‘stages’ that you go through, ranging from locating the fish to really reading how the fish is behaving. In today’s post, we’re going to outline these stages – hopefully, you’ll find something helpful in here! These stages apply to your overall career…
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