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Easy to Swap Leaders
Just passin' through. If you're bouncing around a river swinging flies for steelhead or salmon, you're probably going to need to swap sinktips every once in...
Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig
Variations of Sly's Bleeding Tube Sculpin. Photo: Jordan Sly Jordan Sly is back today, this time with another information-packed post for our Expert Rig series. Jordan...
Lubricate Your Knots – Well!
Good and slobbery. Photo: Cameron Miller Some of the most common rigging mistakes we see at our lodges involve knots that haven't been lubricated well. Two...
Western Alaska Trout Fishing Techniques
This is how we do it. We are really lucky at Alaska West to have an incredibly varied fishery for rainbow trout. We fish many different...
Follow an Alaska Fishing Guide’s Preparations
Spencer's view, soon. Spencer Dixon guides for Alaska West during the summer months. During the winter he guides out of Cascadia Fly Shop in Oregon -...
Jason Rivers’ Grayling Rig
Mid October on the Delta Clearwater. Photo: Will Smith If there's a mecca for Alaskan grayling fishing, Fairbanks has to be it! Jason Rivers manages Big...
Twitching Skaters
Get twitchy. Photo: David Lambroughton Fishing a dryline and skater for steelhead rules. Hitched muddlers. Bombers. Big foam creations—whatever. Love it all. There’s just something magic...
