Chasing Chinook Salmon on the Dean River is not for everyone. If you’re like most anglers out there in the world, you’re just not up for it. We know of no greater challenge in fresh water than to land one of these beasts. There’s also no greater accomplishment – but it’s critical to understand the…
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A Story About Stripping
Ha, fooled you! Sorry, it’s a fishing story – about when to strip your fly when you’re bonefishing. Mike Sanders, Deneki GM, wrote up some wisdom passed on by Josie Sands at Andros South. We think you’re gonna like it. To Strip or Not to Strip It’s serene and beautiful up top no doubt, but…
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4 Reasons to Chase Dollies at Alaska West
We are really lucky to have an incredible run of Dolly Varden at Alaska West. Guests who target our dollies have an absolute blast – here are 4 reasons we think you should do just that. Very, very high numbers. Our run of dollies is ridiculously big – there are enough in our rivers that…
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Rainbow Trout Flies – 5 Favorites for Alaska
As we mentioned on Friday, it’s trout time at Alaska West. Late July trout fishing rocks! If you’re headed to Alaska West to chase our legendary leopard rainbows, here are 5 flies that we think you should bring along. Idylwilde makes some pretty awesome trout flies – these are all available from your local Idylwilde…
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How to Stop a Train
Brian Niska is just back from hosting a week of chinook salmon fishing at BC West. While on site at the lodge, he sent over a summary of the rig he uses to (attempt to) subdue the chrome sea monsters otherwise known as Dean River Chinooks. How to Stop a Train While the comparison of…
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The Buildup
Late last year Josh Mills wrote one of our most popular guest posts ever – a letter to Carson, his son…who hadn’t exactly been born yet. Josh is back today with a writeup on something we all experience – the anticipation of going fishing! Thanks, Josh. The Buildup Gigantic gear piles assemble at your door…
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The Hunter in All of Us
Tom Larimer – top-drawer Oregon guide, host at Alaska West, BC West and Andros South, Andros FIBFest 2011 attendee – draws some great analogies today between fishing for bonefish and fishing for steelhead. We loved his writeup and we think you will too. The Hunter in All of Us Chasing bonefish had never held huge appeal…
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Ross F1 Reel Review
Back in September we ran an introductory post with information about Ross’s new F1 reel – with video straight from the show floor at IFTD. Brad Befus gave us all kinds of detail about the design of the F1, and that was awesome…but last month we got to fish one on the flats of South…
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Using Drag – Steelhead and Chinooks
Scott Baker-McGarva, the man who runs our fishing program at BC West, has some thoughts for us today on actually making use of that amazing drag system that came with your big game reel. Drag? Drag from the Reel? Today’s big game reels are amazing, what with cork disc drags, Teflon, Rulon and sealed, multi-ball…
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Scott King Rod
Today we present to you a review of the Scott T2H 12510/4 – a spey rod designed specifically for anglers chasing king salmon. Introduction It’s hard to make spey rods designed to catch big fish! Setting aside more ‘secondary’ factors like taper and grips, the two fundamental variables in rod design are length and weight….
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