Justin Jackson, Alaska West guide extraordinaire, drops by our blog in video format today to walk us through the basics of silver salmon fishing on the Kanektok. Here’s the outline for Silver Fishing 101. Fish slow pockets of water. Use a floating line and a weighted fly to get a nice jigging action when you…
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Kanektok River
Nice to Meet You.
Hi there. I’m a leopard rainbow trout. I live in the Kanektok River in Southwest Alaska. Let me tell you a little about myself. I’m not as big as lots of my brothers and sisters, but I’ve definitely got the family’s typical pink cheeks and mega-spots. I like hanging out on shelves and dropoffs, around…
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Louis Strikes Again
You’ve seen a bunch of Louis Cahill‘s pictures on our blog. He’s been to Andros South a couple of times and has loaded us up with a whole bunch of awesome shots. Louis visited Alaska West this past August and we’re the lucky recipients of a giant batch of new pictures from Alaska. Today, just…
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Fishing in Alaska is Fun.
This picture was taken in front of the lounge tent at Alaska West, on the tail end of one of our late August weeks in 2010. See how the guys in this picture seem to be having fun? That’s because they are. More on Alaska West Our Fishery One of the Coolest Hero Shots Ever…
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Flesh Flies and Snags
Yet another reason why you should fish your flesh fly around snags when you’re targeting rainbow trout in Western Alaska – illustrated in one simple photo. See the snag? See the dead salmon on the snag? See why rainbow trout near that snag might be looking for salmon flesh? Thought so. More on Rainbow Trout…
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Playing in the Water
At Deneki Outdoors we’ve all pretty much built our lives around playing in the water. Sometimes it seems pretty complicated. Other times, not so much! More Culture The Arolik Bus Future Spey Anglers Tunes at the Slack Tide
Moving Water
We all love moving water, right? Cameron Miller captures it – beautiful even on a grey day. More Cool Pictures Mellow Offshore View Gnarly Teeth Freaky Chile Landscape
Nice Fish, Rick.
We’re really grateful to Rick Covich – his sons Trevor and Tyler are two of the rock stars on our team at Alaska West. Rick got to join his boys for some fishing on the Kanektok this past July, and among a whole boatload of other critters, he landed this beauty of a king. Nice…
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Cotton Candy – The Old Standby
At Alaska West our guides are constantly pushing the envelope as it relates to fly design. Big, beautiful composite hackle king flies, innovative new mouse designs, dangerously articulated flesh flies and more are routinely born in our staff quarters next to the Kanektok River. On the other hand, there are some patterns that have produced…
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Fatty.
Hey, what a surprise! It’s Mike Opitz with a big, fat, chrome king salmon! Hmmm, seems like we’ve seen this somewhere before… More Pictures of Fish Bonefish Hero Shot, Atypical Dean River Steelhead Coolest Hero Shot Ever