Summer is short in Western Alaska – our season at Alaska West ends at the end of August. Here’s the quick story of what it’s like at the end of our season, told in pictures and captions. More on August at Alaska West 5 Reasons We Love the Late Season When to Go Trout Fishing…
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Dolly Varden
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They’re just such cool looking fish. They’re colored up like this during July and August at Alaska West. More on Dolly-Char Slideshow Wildest Fish Ever 4 Reasons to Chase Them
My Chin is Bigger Than Your Chin
My mom says it adds character. More on Dolly Varden 4 Reasons to Chase Them at Alaska West Clown Suit They Like Cotton Candy
Wildest Fish Ever
There are a lot of cool looking fish on the planet, but we really think that a ‘clowned up’ dolly varden from Western Alaska has got to be one of the coolest, wildest looking fish ever. We catch these psychedelic critters in August at Alaska West. More Cool Fish Shark! Mouse Fly Rainbow Trout Dry…
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Different Doubles
All throughout our season at Alaska West, the variety in our fishery is amazing. We target eight species of fish and catch a couple others incidentally, and we use a whole bunch of different techniques in the process. August is no exception. Besides the great trout fishing, the numbers-oriented silver salmon fishery is a very…
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4 Reasons to Chase Dollies at Alaska West
We are really lucky to have an incredible run of Dolly Varden at Alaska West. Guests who target our dollies have an absolute blast – here are 4 reasons we think you should do just that. Very, very high numbers. Our run of dollies is ridiculously big – there are enough in our rivers that…
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Dolly the Clown
Come late August at Alaska West, the Dolly Varden (and/or Arctic Char – it’s confusing) in our rivers get their spawning colors. This time of year, we think they’re just about the prettiest fish around. Late August is pretty fun – ‘clowned up’ dollies like the one above are a nice addition to the already…
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Cotton Candy – The Old Standby
At Alaska West our guides are constantly pushing the envelope as it relates to fly design. Big, beautiful composite hackle king flies, innovative new mouse designs, dangerously articulated flesh flies and more are routinely born in our staff quarters next to the Kanektok River. On the other hand, there are some patterns that have produced…
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Dolly Varden
A really fishy dude and a really chrome Dolly. Photo: Cameron Miller Besides the salmon and the leopard rainbows that we target at Alaska West, we have a whole lot of fun fishing for Dolly Varden. Dolly Varden and Arctic Char are really closely related in our part of Alaska. So closely related, in fact,…
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