Ever need a good pair of breathable rain bibs for working in the yard, wearing on a wet boat ride, or just strolling around in the rain? We’ve got a solution for you if you have a old pair of waders laying around. After a while it becomes impossible to keep an old pair of…
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Trimming Spun Deer Hair
Jordan Sly is back today with another handy post on fly tying! Trimming Spun Deer Hair Spun deer hair is great for many things – adding buoyancy, creating bodies and heads – but it can be hard to get the right shape when trimming it. A flexible razor blade can not only help create a…
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Eddie Bauer Sport Shop Partnership
We’re really excited to announce that we’re joining the Eddie Bauer Sport Shop team! As Sport Shop guides, we’ll be highly involved in the development of Eddie Bauer’s new fishing line. Eddie Bauer Sport Shop Eddie Bauer has a long history – going back in the ’20s, in fact – in hunting and fishing. Over…
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Finding and Fixing Leaks in Your Waders
Our friend Bill Lenehan wrote up another great, practical gear-oriented tip for your reading pleasure. Thanks, Bill! Finding and Fixing Leaks in Your Gore-Tex Waders There are few items on your packing list to Alaska, BC, or Tierra del Fuego as important as your Gore-Tex waders and rain jacket. Arriving thousands of miles from the…
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Skagit vs. Scandi Heads and Keeping it Simple
Whitney Gould is a master spey caster and guide, and we’re really happy to have her back at Alaska West this summer. Thanks to Whitney for this great overview of spey line selection, and the best applications for Skagit and Scandi heads! Keeping it Simple The phone rings, and when I answer my Mom’s voice…
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Simms Coldweather Shirt Review
The Simms Coldweather Shirt is not an incredibly technical piece of fly fishing gear. It’s a simple, well-designed and constructed, ultra-comfortable shirt that you’re not going to want to take off…ever? Pros The Simms Coldweather Shirt is a polyester faced, polyester micro-fleece lined flannel shirt. The polyester makes it lightweight and quick drying – but it’s…
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5 Reasons to Fish Week One
You might have heard that Alaska West runs a spey instruction program during our king salmon season – we bring the best casters and teachers in the world to the lodge to help you get better with your casting. Charles St. Pierre is our longtime instructor during the first week of our season. Today he…
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Midge Fishing for Grayling
Last week he heard how Jason Rivers fishes for grayling around Fairbanks in Interior Alaska. Today we learn about a very different kind of grayling fishing, from Alaska West’s own Adam Kryder. Midge Fishing for Grayling In Alaska Its no secret that King Salmon season gets a lot of press on our website, but let’s…
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Want to Write a Guest Post for Us?
We love running quality guest posts on our blog – we’ve run 126 of them so far. They’re a great way for us to share great content with our readers, and also a great way for you to get your content in front of our readers. If you’d like to submit a guest post for…
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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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