This week we welcomed back to Alaska West the renowned Dave Howe and Steve Ward who have brought with them many family members over the years. Photo: Cameron Miller This year was no exception. Dave was only able to bring his grandson Andrew Moura along for another great week of fishing, but he is hoping…
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Nice Fish, Matt.
That’s a good one. Photo: Ryan Krogh There are some fish out there that deserve headline coverage. Matt Crawford joined us at Alaska West during the third week of July this year. 90 minutes into his first day ever fishing in Alaska, he landed this puppy. 30″ even. If you think Matt and his guide…
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Trout Fishing: Dry Fly Techniques – Work Your Way Upstream
“Land it 4 inches to the left of that fern over there. The green one.” Photo: Trevor Covich Whether you’re in Chile or Montana, when dry fly fishing from shore or wading, the best approach, if possible, is to start in the ‘tailout’ and work your way up the pool. Fish are almost always facing…
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7 Fly Fishing Books We Like
If you’re not doing it, you might as well be reading about it. In the fly fishing world we’re lucky to have some gifted writers who love (or loved) the sport as much as we do. Here are 7 books about fly fishing that we really like. 1. The Earth is Enough, by Harry Middleton…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 11 – 18
Anglers All of Colorado brought a group of anglers to experience the Dean this week, and experience it they did. Photos: Paul Reid Lori Nicholson came in guns a-blazin and kept things high energy all week. She is great to have around and you can tell that her clients think the world of her. Kelly…
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Charles St. Pierre on the Kanektok, Reels, and a Big One
Old technology meets big fish. Photo: Cameron Miller Charles St. Pierre is one of the best spey instructors in the Northwest, and we’re lucky to have him join us each year during kings at Alaska West on the Kanektok to teach our anglers the finer points of spey fishing. He’s also a super guy. Charles…
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Spey Fishing for Trout, Part 3 – Tactics
Trout spey tactic #427: Put the wood to ’em. Photo: Cameron Miller In the past couple of weeks we’ve covered why we think you should spey fish for trout, and which gear you should use when you do it. Today we’ll talk a bit about tactics to use when chasing rainbows with lightweight two-handers. Spey…
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Trout Fishing: Nymphing and Current Speed
Mr. Lincoln, meet Mr. Nymph. Mr. Nymph, Mr. Lincoln. Photo: Chris Price Today we continue our series on trout fishing tactics, based on our approach at Chile West but applicable in any water where trout swim! In most trout fisheries nymphs are the biggest part of a trout’s diet, so we’re kicking things off with…
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Spey Fishing for Trout, Part 2 – Gear
Workin’ the little rod on the Arolik. Photo: Cameron Miller UPDATE: Thanks for checking out this post in 2009. By 2012 spey fishing for trout had changed a bit, so we put out this post with an update on spey and switch fishing for trout as of 2012. Feel free to read on, though! We’ve…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 19 – 26
Week two at Alaska West has always been known as a great choice if you want to get the best out of a week of king fishing, as many of the return guests can attest. Photo: Cameron Miller Guys like Andy Jensen and Gordy Phillips who have been joining us for years were once again…
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