For anglers learning the basics of swinging flies for steelhead and salmon, the simplest way to think about presentation is to watch the head of the fly line during the swing and make adjustments. We’re taught that, for example, you can speed up your fly by mending in a downstream belly – meaning that the…
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King Salmon
Nice Chinook, Dake!
…and here’s why anglers love fishing during the early part of the season at BC West. Dake Traphagen displays a beautiful Dean River chinook salmon. Beautiful fish, Dake. More on Dean River Chinooks Top 5 Beast Encounters It Doesn’t Take Many You’re Probably Not Up For It
Nice Fish, Fritz!
Our friend Fritz has fished with us a bunch in both Alaska and BC – here he is with a nice king salmon from Alaska West. Nice fish, Fritz! More on King Salmon Top Posts on King Salmon Tube Flies for Kings King Salmon Lifecycles
Fly Fishing Mini Gallery
…and today we present to you 5 pictures about fly fishing from our archives. Enjoy! More Mini Galleries Late August in Alaska King Salmon Photo Gallery Andros Island Bonefishing
Easy Furled Leaders
Thanks to Alaska West guide Kyle Shea for today’s post! At Alaska West we have the privilege of fishing with guests from all over the world, many of who have fished the world over themselves. Therefore, we’re always excited to hear some tricks of the trade that our guests have picked up in their travels…
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Prime King Salmon Spots Available at Alaska West
We’ve wrapped up our rebooking process for our 2013 season that just ended at Alaska West, and after a bit of shuffling around we’re pleased to announce that we have a few spots open in a couple of our prime king salmon weeks at Alaska West in 2014. These weeks are historically in the ‘you…
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Easy to Swap Leaders
If you’re bouncing around a river swinging flies for steelhead or salmon, you’re probably going to need to swap sinktips every once in a while. You’re hopefully not making a change every 20 minutes, but when you move from a ripping boulder garden to a glassy tailout, you need to make a change. Today’s tip…
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Adjusting the Swing
Fred Telleen has been guiding on the Kenai River since 1989. He also hosts groups at Alaska West during our king salmon fishing season. Fred put together some thoughts on gear and swing techniques after his trip this year – experienced anglers in particular are going to like today’s post. Make sure you check out…
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Alaska West Guest Video
Magnus Jepson joined us at Alaska West last week with the Global Fishing group from Europe. They caught king salmon, chum salmon and rainbow trout – and they put together one of the better videos we’ve seen about the fishing. Hit play below to get in on the fun. Thanks, Magnus! NOTE: If you’re viewing…
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Gripped By Kings
Steven Brutger fished with us at BC West last year – you can read the full account of his trip here. Since we’re right in the middle of our king/chinook season on the Dean, we figured it was a great time to run this great piece Steven wrote about the biggest fish in the river….
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