Fred Telleen has been guiding on the Kenai River since 1989. He also hosts groups at Alaska West during our king salmon fishing season. Fred put together some thoughts on gear and swing techniques after his trip this year – experienced anglers in particular are going to like today’s post. Make sure you check out…
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13 Habits of Highly Effective Anglers
We’re really lucky to spend a whole bunch of time on the water with a whole bunch of great anglers, in a bunch of different fisheries all around the world. Over the years we’ve noticed a couple of things. Some anglers catch more fish. The anglers who catch more fish have a lot of things…
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Jordan Sly’s Early Season ‘Low Bow’ Rig
Time for more trout rigging detail! Here’s how Jordan Sly chases the big boys at Alaska West. Jordan Sly’s Early Season Lower River Trout Rig I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the dilemma “upriver for quantity, or downriver for quality” here at Alaska West, but it is a common one. This question is…
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Spots.
Here’s our friend Brian Pitser, with a really heavily spotted leopard rainbow trout. More on Leopard Rainbows Introduction to Trout at Alaska West All About Trout Fishing – Link Page You Don’t Know Where the Big Ones Live
Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig
Jordan Sly is back today, this time with another information-packed post for our Expert Rig series. Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig Here at Alaska West our river is just asking to have a fly swung through the water column. Swinging flies for trout is not only fun, but it is also often very effective and…
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Sculpin
This is why we fish a lot of large sculpin patterns for large rainbow trout at Alaska West. More on Large Rainbow Trout Really Rad Rainbows Nice Fish, Gary Western Alaska Trout Lifecycles
Top Posts on King Salmon
Swinging flies for king salmon is arguably the most unique fishing we do – and we’re lucky enough to do it on the top two rivers for king swingin’ on the planet – the Dean and the Kanektok. Our king season at Alaska West and our chinook season at BC West (same species, different name) start…
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We’re Not in the Keys Any More
Bruce Chard, legendary Florida Keys guide and Andros South Bonefishing School instructor, brought his son B.J. to Alaska West last summer. They had a blast, despite having to wear a lot more clothing than they’re used to back at home… Nice fish, guys! More on Rainbow Trout in Alaska Fishing Techniques We Use for Trout…
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Sage ONE Switch Rod – 8116-4 Review
When we heard that the switch rods in Sage’s ONE lineup would be 11’6″ long, we got pretty excited, for two reasons. Rods north of 11′ tend to work a lot better for our ‘short spey’ applications of switch rods. Yeah, an 11′ rod might overhead cast better…but in our world we don’t overhead cast…
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Catching Lots of Fish is Fun
We love fishing mainly because it allows us to have great experiences with wonderful people in beautiful places. But – catching a whole lot of fish is really, really fun. More on Catching Lots of Fish Best Silver Salmon Fishing in the World 3 Ways to Catch More Bonefish Alaskan Trout – 5 Ways to…
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