This page gives a short overview of Alaska West and our silver or coho salmon fishing. 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 Introduction Alaska West is located on the Kanektok…
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5 Things You Might Not Know About Alaska West
Of the four operations that we own and operate, Alaska West is probably the best-known. Even so, we’re often surprised at what some anglers don’t know about our little slice of heaven in Western Alaska. So, today we present you with… 5 Things You Might Not Know About Alaska West It’s a non-stop flight from…
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Sculpin Fishing from Alaska to Chile
Trevor Covich is one of our senior guides in Alaska and Chile. He loves tying and fishing sculpin patterns and he’s darned good at both. He put together a great piece for us on sculpin fishing. Sculpin fishing is an extremely versatile way to fish, and oh by the way, a great way to select…
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King Salmon in Week 1 at Alaska West
King salmon – the baddest and brightest of the season – on swung flies. That’s what the first trip of our season at Alaska West is all about. In 2011 ‘week 1’ is actually not a week-long trip. The run timing in the Kanektok is consistent enough that we can usually guess within a couple…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 23 – 30
Week 7 at Alaska West welcomed back the famed Dave Howe, with his family and friends along, for another great week on the Kanektok. Dave has been joining us for so many years and he has always brought together memorable family and friends to enjoy this great time on the river. This year his sons, Dave Jr…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 16 – 23
Week 6 at Alaska West welcomed back many guests who have fished with us here before – some that had fished the same week and others that had fished late silvers and trout with us. Alex and Freddy Alden and good buddy Gary Linnell joined us for a chance at midsummer trout and late kings. They brought…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 9 – 16
Week 5 at Alaska West is the start of our transition into multi species fishing on the Kanektok. Yes, the King fishing is typically quite good this week and this year was no exception. Most of our guests spent the majority of time trying for kings, but they were all open to making the acquaintance of many…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 2 – 9
Week 4 at Alaska West brought us some international flare with guests from all over the world showing up on our doorstep! It’s kind of funny that this week we had more guests from other countries than our own as we were about to celebrate our own Independence Day. It worked out just fine though,…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 25 – July 2
Week 3 at Alaska West welcomed back quite a few return guests along with some newbies to keep things fresh! Andy Jensen stayed for another week so he could meet some of his friends like Frank and Yvonne Ogden, Tom Cook, Mike Scott, Joe Dudra and Gordy Phillips who have all been with us before. We also welcomed…
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5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows
At Alaska West we have the incredible opportunity to host a handful of guests each day on the Arolik River – a pristine, totally undeveloped river a few miles from our camp that was tailor made for rainbow trout fishing. Arolik rainbows are like no others. Here’s why we love ’em. Each one is different….
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