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Apr 25 2022

Deneki Chronicles: 5 Ways to Catch More Rainbow Trout

Catching rainbow trout at Alaska West is not all that difficult – in fact, it’s easy to catch ‘some.’  That being said, great anglers catch more, and great anglers catch the bigger ones.  Here are five ways you can make yourself into a ‘greater’ trout angler in our part of the world. Mend less.  Our…
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Aug 24 2021

Fly Tying: Marabou Ham & Eggs

Fall in Alaska is one of our favorite times of year to fish. The salmon have spawned and have gone into the final stage of their lifecycle to become a food resource for the river and its inhabitants, including Rainbow Trout and Dolly Varden. That makes flesh flies extremely effective in the fall months here…
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Jul 27 2021

Fly Tying: Twofer

Salmon are in, and that means a flesh and egg drop will happen soon. Arguably one of the most effective styles flies for Big Alaskan Rainbow Trout, and the flesh pattern is a relatively easy tie. Simple materials, simple methods. The simplicity of the flesh pattern also allows you to mix and match rabbit colors…
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Jul 26 2021

Deneki Chronicles: 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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Jul 12 2021

Deneki Chronicles: 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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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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