Today we present you with nothing more than a super cool photo of our good friend and long time Deneki guest, Frank Carlton, battling a hefty coho at Alaska West. Good work, Frank! More on Fighting Fish Top 5 Mistakes Made When Fighting Big Fish 6 Tips for Landing Big Fish Landing Fish Without a…
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Coho Update
Despite our late run of chum salmon here at Alaska West, our annual run of silver salmon showed up a little early this year, and in no way are we complaining about that. The coho are in full swing now, and aside from showing up early, we’re also seeing a substantial increase in the average…
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Jumper!
Long-time Deneki guest, Finn Ward, and Alaska West guide, Ben West, putting the wood to a Kanektok silver salmon. Nice work guys! More on Silver Salmon 6 Ways to Catch More Silver Salmon Jordan Sly’s Silver Rig Silver Salmon in Sunny Conditions – 5 Tips
Nice Fish, Ben!
Deneki alum and Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics general Manager, Ben Paull, recently joined us for a week of reminiscence at Alaska West. Ben spent three seasons guiding on the Kanektok, and like many of us, has been haunted by the massive, walter-sized, leopard rainbows that never quite made it to hand. That is until now.. During…
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Bonefish – Up Close
For some reason we really like close up shots of bonefish.. Maybe it’s because we spend so much of our time trying to see bonefish at far distances. Lucky for us, we can count on our buddy Peter Viau to provide us with some pretty cool perspectives on bonefish. Thanks Peter! More on Bonefishing 9 Questions on…
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Mousing for Chums?
We talk all the time about our run of chum salmon being extremely aggressive. They have a reputation for eating a lot of different flies, from leeches, to sculpins, to even flesh and egg patterns. They’re not afraid to hammer a fly, and that’s one of the reasons we think they’re so cool. Last week however,…
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Nice Chinook, John
B.C. West guest, John Cambria, and guide Shane McKay giving us a lesson on what ‘chrome bright’ really means. Nice work, guys! More from the Dean Steelhead Rig Roundup BC West Mini Gallery – Steven Brutger Edition Reason Number One to Fish the Dean
Bear Track
Contrary to popular belief, at Alaska West we don’t see too many bears over the course of the day. Unlike other parts of Alaska, bears in our neck of the woods are not very comfortable around people, so when we’re lucky to spot one, it’s usually a ways off. That’s not to say they’re not…
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Three Reasons We Like This Photo
We recently came across this photo of our buddy Chris Jordan with a nice silver salmon caught during his most recent stay at Alaska West. We’re really lucky to have an extremely impressive run of silvers each year, and in case you’ve never witnessed silver madness for yourself, we think this photo sums it up…
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Adios!
Our buddy Peter Viau does it again with another super cool perspective of a bonefish from Andros South.. More on Bonefish 9 Questions About Bonefishing You Were Afraid to Ask Why Bonefish Tail Where Bonefish Eat