We catch an awful lot of silver salmon at Alaska West. We don’t count fish too much, but we like to call our silver fishery ‘numbers-oriented’. There are tons of them, and they love eating flies. One of the great things about having a camp 6 miles from the mouth of a 90 mile river…
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Kanektok River
Great Trout
This is just a picture of a great fishing guide with a great looking trout. More on Alaska West Rainbow Trout Mike Mercer Fatty Looks Like a Steelhead, But It’s a Trout Get It Down!
Even Spey Casting Looks Cool
You’ve seen quite a few pictures from Louis Cahill around these parts. We like working with Louis. He’s a great guy, and he tells a good story, and he makes even dorky things like spey casting look cool. More Cool Stuff from Louis Little Water, Big Bend Bonefish Magazine A Little Overcast
5 Things You Might Not Know About Alaska West
Of the four operations that we own and operate, Alaska West is probably the best-known. Even so, we’re often surprised at what some anglers don’t know about our little slice of heaven in Western Alaska. So, today we present you with… 5 Things You Might Not Know About Alaska West It’s a non-stop flight from…
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Lettin’ One Fly
Just a cool perspective on spey casting, courtesy of Cameron Miller and Charles St. Pierre. More on Spey Casting Charles’ King Rig Cast, Then Step Sage 8134-4 Z-Axis
Pull Hard.
We’ve told you in the past about one of the biggest mistakes we see anglers make when fighting big fish – simply not exerting enough pressure on the fish, either by bending the tip of the rod or by not pulling hard enough. We stumbled across a little video that illustrates just how hard you…
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Nice Drivin’, Tex
Our guides at Alaska West are great teachers. They’re fun people and excellent casters. They’re helpful and courteous and really, really fishy. They’re also great boat drivers. More on Alaska West King Salmon in Week 1 Our Facility Leopard Trout
Jeff Hickman’s King Rig
Time for another king rig! Jeff Hickman is a Deneki Outdoors alumnus who guided five seasons for us at Alaska West, and he’s now a popular year-round steelhead guide in Oregon. Jeff will be returning to Alaska West this summer from June 12th to the 17th to host our spey instruction program and catch some…
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Just a Big Chrome Slab.
…that ate a fly swung on a two-handed rod in Western Alaska. That’s all. More on Alaska West Kings 10 Tips on Swinging for Kings Greg Thomas on Fresh Fish Top 5 Mistakes Fighting Big Fish
Chum Salmon – Fly Fishing Techniques
Last week, Brian Niska told us a bit about chum salmon and the Kanektok River. Today, he continues with some tactics and gear advice. Who’s Brian? He’s a much better spey caster than you are. He loves teaching people how to cast and fish flies for anadromous fish. He runs a fly shop and guide…
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