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13 Essential Tools For A Complete Fly-Tying Kit
13 Essential Tools for A Complete Fly Tying Kit You can go down a rabbit hole when it comes to fly tying. The craft of creating artificial flies to imitate...

One Question: Fly
Welcome to One Question, where we ask one question at a time, allowing us to delve deeply into the complexities and nuances of all our readers and subscribers. These one...

Fly Tying: Tools You Need
Today's post is from Mike Brown. Mike is the owner of Mossy’s Fly Shop in Anchorage, Alaska. A lifelong Alaskan with a passion for family, fly fishing, and fly tying....

Aquatic Insects in Alaska
The saying is, 'everything is bigger in Alaska'. This also includes bugs. For example, the giant water bug (lethocerus americanus) found in Southeastern Alaska can grow up to 2.5 inches...

Dry Fly Time at BC West!
Pamela Johnson with her first ever Wild Steelhead! Photo: Erich Schadinger It has been a cool and rainy season on the Dean River so far but things have been turning...

Arctic Grayling – Fish the Traditionals
Those will do. Photo: Greg Houska. For the majority of our guests at Alaska West, the first few weeks of our season is all about two...

Trout are Trout
This fish wanted a snack. Photo: Stuart Foxall. It goes without saying that Alaskan rainbow trout are different from their brethren in the lower forty-eight. Their feeding...

It Pays to Experiment
We really couldn't make this up.. Photo credit: Jason Whiting. Earlier this fall, while enjoying a round of Kaliks and conch salad after a day of...