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Trout Spey and Four Reasons We Like It in Alaska
Kanektock River Rainbow on the Swing. Photo Martin Yi You're likely to hear the words "swing season," "trout Spey," or even "Micro Spey" if you speak with enthusiastic trout fly-fishing...
8 Tips to a Better Strip Set
A successful Strip Set. To succeed on the flats, a precise strip set execution is essential. A successful strip set involves more than just yanking on the fly line when...
Leader Length and Fly Weight
Today we continue our Alaska Guide Secrets series, in which you get the inside scoop direct from our guide crew at Alaska West. You've decided which fly to fish and...
5 Fly Fishing Tips to Catch More King Salmon
Pow! Photos: Stuart Foxall. 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...
Deneki Chronicles: Swinging for Kings – The Broadside Presentation
Stu's fly swung broadside. Photo: Ben West. This week it's all about the Mighty King Salmon! Friend of Deneki, Stuart Foxall explains how the fly swims and what King Salmon...
Alaskan Gold: Arctic Char
Team Deneki's Amelia with a beautiful Char One of the more sought-after fish in Alaska is the Arctic Char. Having many of the same attributes as both salmon and trout,...
4 Tips for Trout Fishing in Side Channels, Braids, and Small Tundra Creeks
Side Channel Rainbow moused! Photo: Jim Kim We're lucky at Alaska West Lodge and Rapids Camp Lodge to have incredibly abundant and healthy rainbow trout fishing. Mice, sculpins, leeches, flesh...
Deneki Chronicles: 19 Reasons to Fish a Mouse Fly
The shrew-eating trout of Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service In This Week's Deneki Chronicles, it's trout week and we're looking back at what the trout...
