We’ve got some more gear available on our online store, and this time it’s not all hats and t-shirts! How about a cozy Simms / Alaska West WaderWick Fleece Top? Need a new beverage retention device? Our Nalgene / Deneki flask will treat you right. OK, this one’s a hat, but we think a Simms…
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No Felt Soles in Alaska – Reminder
Just a friendly reminder to those of you headed to Alaska to fish this summer – felt soles are banned in Alaska starting this year. Make sure you bring, or have access to, rubber-soled wading boots. If you’re headed to Alaska West, we’ve got you covered with a fleet of rubber-soled boots that will be…
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Alaska Trout Fishing Pictures
Just a few more pictures of trout fishing in Alaska. No hero shots this time around, though! More on Rainbow Trout All Our Posts on Trout Fishing 5 Ways to Catch More Rainbow Trout Spey Fishing for Trout: Gear
SmithFly Modular Fly Fishing Gear
At IFTD in New Orleans this year, our friend Cameron Mortenson dragged us over to a display in the small business section – “you gotta check this stuff out”! The company was called SmithFly, and they make modular fly fishing gear. What’s modular fishing gear? Well, after IFTD the folks from SmithFly were nice enough…
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Fly Fishing Gear
We admit it – we’re gearheads. We love fly fishing gear so we write about it a lot on our web site. This page has links to almost everything we’ve ever written about fly fishing gear – enjoy! If you’d like to put your gear to good use, you should get in touch and talk…
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Alaska West Introduction
This page gives a short overview of Alaska West, our world-class sportfishing lodge. There’s much more information about all these topics available on our web site – but this page and the links at the bottom are a great place to start. Alaska West Alaska West is located on the Kanektok River in Western Alaska….
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IFTD Gear – Sage, Rio, Redington, Tibor
…and the gear reports from IFTD continue! This afternoon’s update covers the highlights of what we’ve seen so far from Sage, Rio, Redington and Tibor. Sage 589-4 Xi3 Sage is making the kick-butt Xi3 in a 5 weight. The 8 foot 9 inch length helps it feel really light in your hand. This rod would…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 30 – August 6
Week 8 at Alaska West welcomed a great bunch of anglers to the first full week of silver action on the Kanektok. Bryan and Kathy Whiting along with sons Eric and Jason joined us for a fourth “once in a lifetime” trip. This family of four fishes as hard as anyone you will ever meet and it’s…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 18 – 25
Over the years our second week at Alaska West has been notorious for having the most hardcore anglers and some of the best king fishing of the season. This year was no different! Once again we had some long time guests joining us. Guys like Mike Opitz, Jack Thomas, Dave Victor, Marty Herman, Tony Robins, Jamie Will,…
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Alaska Felt Sole Ban
Last month in Juneau the State of Alaska Board of Fisheries decided in a unanimous 6-0 vote to ban anglers from wearing felt soled boots in all Alaskan streams and rivers starting in 2012. Why Ban Felt Soles? Trout Unlimited and other conservation-oriented organizations have for some time now espoused that anglers do in fact…
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