When swinging for anadramous fish, we really like fishing flies with trailer hooks. Whether tied on tubes or ‘articulated’ style, flies rigged with a trailer hook offer a number of advantages over flies tied on a traditional long shank streamer hook. However, there’s a lot of debate over the best trailer hook out there. In…
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Price’s Five O’Clock Shadow – Tying Instructions
We love fishing mouse flies for trout whenever possible. However, not all mouse patterns are created equal, and today our buddy Stuart Foxall presents us with a great step by step on how to tie one of the most clever mouse patterns of all time, Kevin Price’s Five O’Clock Shadow. Enjoy! Price’s Five O’Clock Shadow…
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Sculpin Helmets
Throughout our season, one of the most consistent ways to target our big Alaskan rainbow trout is with sculpin patterns. While tossing mice or drifting flesh and egg patterns certainly have their place during parts of our season, a good sclupin imitation is usually a safe bet no matter what time of year. Our trout love gorging…
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Spey TV
If you’ve been following our blog for some time, you’re well aware that we really enjoy spey fishing at our lodges in Alaska and British Columbia. That’s why we were really excited when we heard that our good buddy George Cook and Erik Johnson were going to be launching SPEY TV, a web series of…
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Steelie Pot Bellied Pig – Tying Instructions
Every once in a while we like to run step by step tying instructions for some of our favorite patterns at our lodges, and judging by your comments, you like them too! Because of this, we ran a post earlier this month asking what fly patterns you want us to tie on our blog. The resounding…
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The Foxy Leech – Tying Instructions
Contrary to popular belief, flies don’t have to be incredibly complex to catch fish. In fact, often times the most effective flies are the simplest. Bunny leech style flies are a prime example. When tied in varying sizes and colors, the bunny leech is an extremely effective fly for trout, steelhead, salmon, or many other cold water…
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Omnispool Switchbox Review
We’re not shy about it, we’re gear-heads. We love playing with the latest fly fishing gear and writing reviews on the stuff we really like. With that said, do we really NEED every rod, reel, gadget, or gizmo out there? Probably not.. We just like it! Regardless, every once in a while we come across…
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Fish Alaska with Stuart Foxall in 2015!
We’re excited to announce that our good buddy Stuart Foxall will be hosting not one, but two weeks during the 2015 season at Alaska West, and he wants you to join him! Stuart is a world renowned fly designer for Aqua Flies, Loop Akademi Fly Dresser, and part of Loop Tackle’s Development Team. He’s also a fantastic…
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Tying Steelhead Skaters
We like hearing about what you, our readers, want to see more of on our blog. We want to give you what you want.. After all, it’s your interest that allows us to do what we love to do! Therefore, we were excited when we received a comment last week from one of you, requesting a step…
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Tying Intruders with Trevor Covich
About a year ago, we shared a step by step video of Alaska West alum, Trevor Covich, tying one of his go-to sculpin patterns, along with the handy camera work of another Deneki alum, Ben Paull. The video was a big hit, and many of you expressed how much you enjoyed it! Therefore, we were…
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