Last week, Brian Niska told us a bit about chum salmon and the Kanektok River. Today, he continues with some tactics and gear advice. Who’s Brian? He’s a much better spey caster than you are. He loves teaching people how to cast and fish flies for anadromous fish. He runs a fly shop and guide…
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Chile Fishing Report – Nov/Dec 2010
Here’s our Chile West Trip Report for the trip we ran from November into December of 2010. Two anglers from Alabama and two from Ireland made for some great times! Day 1: Rio Tigre After arriving in Palena on Day 1, everyone was antsy to get fishing so Team Alabama – Everett and Dick –…
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Fly Fishing Film Tour
You know about the Fly Fishing Film Tour, right? It’s a bunch of short independent films about fly fishing. The overlords of the tour travel around the world, playing said films in theaters for a bunch of fly fishing lunatics. The films are great, the vibe is excellent, and you should go. We’ve run a…
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Chum Salmon on Swung Flies
Brian Niska is one of our guest spey instruction gurus at Alaska West. He also owns Whistler Fly Fishing. He put together a couple of great posts for us about the hardest working fish in the river – the chum salmon. Brian’s teaching spey casting for two weeks at Alaska West this summer. One of…
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Do You Have Any Chubby Chernobyls?
Here’s Michael White, realizing that he’s happy to be traveling in good hands in Southern Chile. More on Culture at Chile West Rodeo! All Terrain, Chile Edition 10 Cool Things About Fishing in Chile
BC West in Fly Rod and Reel
Greg Thomas was one of the lucky anglers that experienced some phenomenal fishing at BC West on the Dean River this past summer. The current issue of Fly Rod and Reel includes a great piece by Greg on his trip, and it’s available on newsstands now. Here’s a hint – the “Steelhead Jackpot” tagline is…
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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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Cocktails at the Slack Tide
At Andros South we’ve got a little tiki hut on the beach called the Slack Tide Bar. The dress code is casual. The bar is open. The view is great, and company’s better! More on Andros South Our Facility Top Bonefishing Tips Travel to South Andros
Bonefish and Mangroves
Bonefish and mangroves go together like chocolate and peanut butter, like Sonny and Cher, like Jack and Diane. Here’s why. Mangroves provide important rearing habitat for all kinds of little critters that bonefish like to eat. Mangroves provide cover for bonefish, allowing them to travel far inland on a high tide to eat, but still…
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Fly Wallets
Thanks to Bill Lenehan for another cool guest post about useful fishing gear that you might not find at your local shop. Bill’s last post told us all about Kelly Kettles. Today, it’s worm wallets for big flies. Want to write a guest post for us? Great! Drop us a line. Worm Wallets! Intruders, Skagit…
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