This is our dining room at Andros South. It’s really clean and very comfortable, we think. Fishing pictures hang on the walls, and there are bonefish on our curtains and our table cloth – we really like fishing, after all. We serve a lot of great food here – fresh crawfish, beef ribs, mahi mahi,…
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Chow Time
Your fearless editor is on site at BC West this week (taking part in some of the best steelhead fishing on the Dean in years, at more than 4 times our catch rate from last year, but I digress). Our chef Belinda whipped up another amazing mid-day meal yesterday, and you get to hear all…
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Yum.
At BC West, our top priority is chasing the hottest, most supercharged steelhead and salmon on the planet. Period. However…we eat really, really well! Our chef and manager Belinda puts out such good food that on more than one occasion, we’ve found ourselves standing in the middle of a beautiful run on the Dean…looking forward…
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Escudo Beer
Photo: Trevor Covich If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you know that we think an important part of experiencing local cultures is drinking the local beer. In Chile there are many beers to choose from, but at Chile West we prefer to serve Escudo. Escudo is the Portuguese and Spanish word for…
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Pisco Sour
Yum. Photo: atonde at flickr After a day of fishing at Chile West, along with appetizers we like to introduce our guests to a very popular drink called the “Pisco Sour”. So what the heck is Pisco? Well… Pisco is liquor made from grapes. It’s not wine, more like a brandy. If you ask any…
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Shore Lunch
Yum – farm-raised Atlantic Salmon flown in from Chile…actually, no. Photo: Cameron Miller One of your options during your week at Alaska West is to request a shore lunch. What’s a shore lunch? It’s pretty simple. Your guide brings a grill, side dishes and extra ingredients out on the river. You catch a fresh, bright…
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Making the Perfect Fishing Sandwich
A little enthusiasm in the morning… Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West and Andros South, we lay out a spread during breakfast and our guests make themselves a lunch for the day. Sandwiches are assembled, cookies chosen, fruit selected and a few candy bars often make it into the bag too. Mike Racine has contributed…
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Really Fresh Prawns
Working at a remote fishing lodge like BC West means that your culinary opportunities are somewhat limited. You can’t just jump in the car and head out for a fine dining experience or even go to a grocery store to pick up something tasty to cook at home. With that said we do have some…
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Kalik – Beer of the Bahamas
Mike Sanders likes Kalik. Photo: Ric Fogel/Sportfolio One of our favorite things about fly fishing is that it’s an excuse for us to visit some far-flung, authentic, rural parts of the world. Reading books on local anthropology is great and all, but we think that when you visit a new place it’s pretty important to…
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Smoked Salmon
Yum. Photo: Cameron Miller The Kanektok River, home of Alaska West, is a productive, healthy fishery, and that gives us and our anglers the opportunity to bring some fish home to eat. We love and respect the river and the fish in it, and that means we work hard to be responsible when we choose…
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