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Alaska West Loop Knot
Simple, Cool, Knots. It sure seems like there are as many knots as the number of fish species we use them for. Every once in a while, we run into...

Rapids Camp Lodge: Guides, Guests, and Bears
Guides Doing their Job and Netting Big Fish. It's Booming at Rapids Camp Lodge. All the fish are cooperating, the guides are putting the guests on fish, and guess what?...

Rapids Camp Lodge Guides: Making sure you (and your grandkids) have wild fish to catch
At Deneki Outdoors, it’s part of our mission to protect the places and the resources that allow us to bring you on a trip-of-a-lifetime experience. In southwest Alaska, we’ve worked alongside our fellow...

Guide’s Corner: Ben West, Alaska West Head Guide
Alaska West Head Guide Unfortunately, I have only known Ben since the spring of 2019 when I came back to Alaska West as Operations Manager. It had been 7 years...

Guide’s Corner: Hawkeye at Alaska West
Phil "Hawkeye" Hawkins Army Veteran and former Professional Rodeo Cowboy, Phil “Hawkeye” Hawkins, has been leading Alaska West clients on phenomenal outdoor fishing experiences as a Guide and Set-Up Lead...

Homework
Exactly what you want your guide to be doing.. Photo: Kyle Shea. Today we present you with nothing but a cool photo of Alaska West guide,...
Smile!
Say.. Cheese? Photo: Peter Viau. Andros South guide, Sparkles, hoisting one mean Barracuda. No fingers were harmed during the taking of this photo. More on Fishing...
For a Lifetime
Home sweet home. Photo: Chad Kulfan. For the fishing writer, attempting to illustrate in words what draws us to the water can be extremely challenging. Sure, anyone can...