Today we’re starting up a series of posts on Alaska Guide Secrets. Various members of our guide crew at Alaska West will pass on some tricks of their trade, and you’ll be the ones the benefit. Our first post comes from Adam Kryder. Take it all in! Don’t guess the depth of the run –…
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6 Reasons to Fish at Alaska West in July
We think July is a really awesome time to go fishing at Alaska West. Here are 6 reasons why. 6 Reasons to Fish at Alaska West in July King salmon on swung flies. Yes, ‘peak king fishing’ starts in mid-June but they keep coming in all through July. In fact, the past few years some…
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4 Ways to Fish Dry Flies in Alaska
Everybody loves fishing dry flies. There’s just nothing that beats the excitement of a surface take. In Western Alaska we fish dry flies quite a lot, but the vast majority of the time they’re about as far as you can get from a traditional “match the hatching insect” dry fly program. Here are 4 ways…
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Rainbows and Silvers, Living Together
A recent conversation with a very experienced Alaska booking agent reminded us of a really unique aspect of our fishery at Alaska West that we sometimes take for granted – we have world class fishing for silver salmon and rainbow trout, at the same time, on the same stretch of river. Silvers and Rainbows –…
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Late August Fishing in Alaska
Summer is short in Western Alaska – our season at Alaska West ends at the end of August. Here’s the quick story of what it’s like at the end of our season, told in pictures and captions. More on August at Alaska West 5 Reasons We Love the Late Season When to Go Trout Fishing…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 24 – 31
At Alaska West we fish as hard in our last week as we do in our first week. In this year’s closing act, we fished our wader clad asses off. Week 11 saw a mix of rain and sun, with a couple of unbelievable days of high wind. Throughout the entire week though, the fishing stayed good as…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 17 – 24
After two solid weeks of sun and sight fishing, rain returned to Alaska West for Week 10 and brought with it an array of fishing challenges for our anglers. The first few days of the week saw high winds and rain, which made it tough to be outside, much less get a decent cast. The Silver…
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5 Reasons to Bring Your Kid to Alaska West
Bruce Chard, as you probably know by now, teaches our Bonefishing Schools at Andros South. This summer, though, he got to take off his ‘Flats Guru’ hat and replace it with his ‘Dad’ hat when he took his son to Alaska West. They had a great time, and afterwards Bruce came up with this nifty…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 10 – 17
The middle of August at Alaska West is considered the peak of the Silver Salmon run, with the 9th and 10th weeks of our season seeing the both the largest pushes of fish and the most anglers targeting them. This year during Week Nine, as the Silvers made their way up the river, many long time Alaska West veterans…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 3 – 10
The first week in August is also the first of our prime weeks of Silver Salmon Season. While the Silvers have been entering the river for the last three weeks, it is the four weeks of August that see the largest pushes of fish. Week 8 fell on this first week of August for the 2012 season and…
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