On South Andros, our guides often refer to big bonefish as ‘blackbacks.’ Why? Because big bonefish, like the double digit critters we all dream about, often appear much darker in the water than smaller bonefish. Sort of like this beauty caught recently by Andros South guest, Dennis Poulin. Nice work, Dennis! More From South Andros Bahamian…
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Dry Flies
At Alaska West, our trout tend to key in on rodents, not mayflies, and we’re really happy about that. More on Mousing for Trout Mousing for Trout – 5 Tips Mousing for Trout – Try a Strip Set 19 Reasons to Fish a Mouse Fly
Poling
There’s just something awesome about a photo of a guide at work on the poling platform. So today we offer you just that, courtesy of Andros South guest, Derk Frank. More on Poling for Bonefishing Poling for Bonefish – About Poling for Bonefish – 6 Tips Bonefishing – Be a Good Boat Buddy
Alaska West from Above
Today we present you with an awesome aerial photo of our camp at Alaska West, our new one that is, courtesy of Alaska West guide, Jim Palmersheim. This past summer at Alaska West was our first season at our new location on our home river, and we really like how it turned out. More From Our Alaska…
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Alaska Mini Gallery – Nick Chambers Edition
Have you noticed that some of the photos on our blog lately have been credited to Nick Chambers? That’s because we’ve been using a bunch of Nick’s photos! Nick is an alumni of our Alaska West operation and aside from being one fishy dude, he’s also one heck of a photographer. He was happy to…
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Net Man
Today we’re coming at you with nothing more than a cool photo of an angler and guide doin’ work at Alaska West. Other Cool Pictures B.C. West Mini Gallery – Steven Brutger Edition Fly Fishing Action Shots Underwater Chums
Silvers On Top
This just in.. Not only is our run of silver salmon aggressive, acrobatic, and extremely plentiful, they also eat poppers, and we think that’s pretty awesome. More on Popper Fishing for Silvers Popper Fishing for Salmon – 5 Tips Cohos on Poppers Pink Pollywogs and Poppers
Get Bent
Alaska West guest, Gary Silverberg, putting the steam on a chrome bright chum salmon. Big, bright, aggressive fish that bend an 8-weight deep into the cork.. That’s why we love chum salmon. Other Posts Relevant to This Photo Fighting Fish From a Boat Fighting Big Fish – Put the Wood to ‘Em! A Lesson From…
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South Andros Mini Gallery – Ben Beatty Edition
Today we present you with a collection of photos taken at Andros South by Alaska West guide, Ben Beatty. Ben recently spent a week wandering the flats of South Andros and aside from catching some pretty awesome fish (ahem, see proof above), he also took some pretty awesome photos. Enjoy! More From South Andros Shallow…
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Resident Rainbows
One of the reasons many of our guests join us each season at Alaska West is to catch some of these.. Big Alaskan leopard rainbow trout. Not only are they super pretty and extremely aggressive towards mouse flies, but they also reach sizes rivaling that of some summer steelhead.. Except they stay in our river…
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