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Sep 22 2020

Fly Tying: Flesh & Bone

To start off I’d like to tell you of an early experience in my Alaska sportfishing career that might help you make a bit of sense out of the fly recipe below. This was the early 90’s and I had only been in Alaska a couple of years at that point and also just out…
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Sep 21 2020

Deneki Chronicles: Secrets of the Flesh Fly

Sometimes all it takes is a little flesh. Photo: Ramsey Smith Trout that live in the lower sections of rivers like the Kanektok and the Arolik in Western Alaska gets a lot of their calories from salmon flesh.  That means that at Alaska West we spend a lot of time tying and fishing patterns that…
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Aug 31 2020

Deneki Chronicles: Secrets of the Flesh Fly

Sometimes all it takes is a little flesh. Photo: Ramsey Smith Trout that live in the lower sections of rivers like the Kanektok and the Arolik in Western Alaska get a lot of their calories from salmon flesh.  That means that at Alaska West we spend a lot of time tying and fishing patterns that…
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Apr 27 2019

Why We Like Flesh Flies

As Alaska continues to thaw out, our guides at Rapids Camp and AK West are eagerly waiting the upcoming season as they spend their time behind the tying bench.  Mice and beads get a lot of the attention and for good reason but one thing we can guarantee you our guides are busy twisting up…
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Apr 05 2019

Tying The Fresh Flesh

NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. “Wednesday of this week marked a day of action for the effort to stop the Pebble Mine development permit. Outdoor brands and Anglers alike joined forces to spread the message that the Army Corps of…
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Aug 23 2016

Flesh Hatch

Flesh flies for trout.

The flesh fly is a staple in any Alaskan trout fly box. Throughout the majority of the summer, our trout love to gorge themselves on chunks of salmon flesh – Big flesh, small flesh, fresh flesh, dead flesh.. You name it, there’s a time and place for each. That’s ‘matching the hatch’ in our neck of the…
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Jul 23 2016

Mirco Flesh for Trout – Tying Instructions

How to tie micro flesh flies for Alaskan trout.

Trout in our neck of the woods may behave a bit different than trout found in other areas of the world – Gorging on large meals like mice, sculpins, and salmon parts, as opposed to insects. However, the fact remains.. They’re still trout! That means that even though our trout love big, gaudy, nearly comical…
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Apr 08 2016

7 Reasons We Like To Fish Flesh

Fly fishing for rainbow trout with flesh flies.

Our Alaskan season is just around the corner (71 days in fact, but who’s counting?), and that means it won’t be long before we’re chucking big flies for even bigger Alaskan rainbow trout. We’re really lucky to be able to target trout effectively using a whole bunch techniques from stripping and swinging streamers, to skating…
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Aug 03 2015

Opportunism

Mouse fishing for rainbow trout

This year at Alaska West, our run of chum salmon came in a bit later than normal (don’t worry, they’re here in full force now). However, our resident rainbow trout count on the conveyor belt of salmon flesh each season to fatten up for the winter, which on our river consists of mostly chum and…
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Feb 19 2015

Nymphing Without an Indicator – 8 Tips

Last month we ran a post on the advantages of nymphing without an indicator. Judging by the number of comments we received, we’re happy to report that nymphing without an indicator is a popular topic! Therefore, today we’re coming at you with a follow up post on how to increase your success when fishing without…
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