Charles St. Pierre – spey instructor, fixture at Alaska West and BC West, signature fly tier, great guy to be around, not-too-shabby writer – drops by our blog again today. From our standpoint it feels like Charles’ main goal is to make us even more antsy about the summer fishing that’s coming up after not…
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Charles St. Pierre
Dreaming Of The Dean – Part 3
Takin’ it all in. Photo: Alfi King Today we conclude our three-part series from Charles St. Pierre on his trip to BC West in August of 2009. If you haven’t been following along yet, you should read Part 1 first, and then Part 2, and then today’s final installment. Thanks again to Charles for the…
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Dreaming Of The Dean – Part 2
Charles and a different kind of BC West fun. Photo: Alfi King Today we present the second in our three-part series by Charles St. Pierre on his trip to BC West in August of 2009. If you haven’t read part one yet, you’re going to want to start here. On with the story! — The…
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Dreaming Of The Dean – Part 1
Charles launches one on the Dean. Charles St. Pierre is a good friend of Deneki Outdoors. He’s not only one of our spey instructors during our king salmon season at Alaska West – he’s passionate about anadromous fish and the rivers they swim in, and he’s one of those guys who understands that fishing is…
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Ask The Experts – Storing Gear In The Off-Season
If you’ve got an off-season, store this stuff well. Photo: Cameron Miller We’ve got a panel of fly fishing experts that periodically answers your questions about anything remotely related to the world of fly fishing. When we asked our expert panel “What are your tops tips for storing gear in the off-season?”, we got some…
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Spey Instruction At Alaska West
Class is in session. Photo: Cameron Miller From June 12th to July 17th of this year, we ran another season of really successful spey instruction programs at Alaska West. Since swinging flies on two-handed rods tends to be the favorite method for targeting our chrome kings, we invite the best of the best in the…
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King Rig Roundup
Kanektok Kings – an embarassment of riches. Over the past couple of months, we’ve posted the two-handed rigs of six guys who spend a lot of time at Alaska West swinging flies for king salmon. There’s a wealth of information, and a wide range of opinions, in these posts. If you’re headed to Alaska West…
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Charles St. Pierre’s King Rig
During the second week of our king season at Alaska West, our spey instruction program is taught by Charles St. Pierre, the owner and operator of Northwest Spey Casting. Charles is a Kanektok veteran and an incredibly well-rounded caster– long belly, short belly, sustained anchor, touch-and-go, underhand, Skagit, AFS…the list goes on and on. He’s…
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