It’s currently baseball season. For those who truly understand the game of baseball, it’s not always about the long ball. The games within the game are where the nitty-gritty and the good stuff about baseball make it fun and more enjoyable. Understanding this will make you a better enjoy the game. The same applies to…
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Jason Whiting
Spey Casting – Casting Plane and Wading Depth
Have you ever started off a day feeling great about your cast only to change runs and have it seemingly all fall apart? You’re blowing your anchor, failing to get your D-loop elevated off of the surface of water, or any other of the myriad of things that can go on while spey casting.. We…
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Loon Outdoors UV Infiniti Light
The introduction of UV curable adhesives has allowed anglers to accomplish tasks in seconds that once took hours. From fly tying cements and head finishes, to wader and gear repair, to knot and tackle coatings, there has been a massive introduction of UV curable adhesives over the past several years. However, despite the variety of UV adhesives…
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Keep Your Rod on Point
You’re patiently scanning the flats when you spot a fish off in the distance. You start closing in on your target when something; a flash, a shadow, a sound, catches your attention. You look away for no more than a second when you realize, “what, he disappeared!?” You scan around frantically for the fish you…
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In Search of Silvers? Strip Fast!
Towards the end of July through the beginning of August, our river begins to truly fill with fish. Between chum, pink, and the occasional late-run king salmon, it hits a point where you couldn’t imagine any more fish even entering the river.. But eventually the silvers start nosing in. And, while all the other other species…
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Stay Comfy Out There – Dress for the Morning
We’re fortunate to spend a lot of days on the water, with a bunch of great folks, in sometimes not-so-great of weather. We’ve come to notice one very important thing when it comes to how comfortable you are during the day.. It all depends on how you start it! Whether you’re racing towards tidewater in…
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Weekly Fish Stories – That Fish
We’re back today with another edition of our ‘Weekly Fish Stories,’ where guides and guests from our lodges share a brief snapshot of memorable moment on the water. Today, our own Jason Whiting shares a quick story from a day of trout fishing with a fishy father-son duo, Ted and Dean Tsandes, at Alaska West….
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Weekly Fish Story – First Fish of the Season
There are many questions that run through a guide’s head on the first day of the season. “Where should I fish? Did I tie the right flies? Are the fish going to cooperate?” However, the more time and seasons spent out on the water, the more these questions begin to fade and become easier to…
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Rigging Backing Solo
When rigging fly reels for hard fighting species like king salmon, bonefish, or any other fish capable of long blistering runs, we’re sticklers for winding on backing tight.. Really tight. Backing wound on too loosely (like you might reel up your fly line), is bound to cut into itself, particularly on hard pulling fish, locking…
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Kast Velocity Jacket
Alaska can take a toll on outerwear, and as far as we’re concerned, if it survives multiple seasons in our neck of the woods, that’s a testament to quality. Over the last few seasons, we’ve noticed Alaska West guide, Jason Whiting, sporting the same mid-layer jacket day in and day out (don’t worry, he washes it, we…
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