During the first week of our season at BC West this year, we got a hold of a quiver of spey rods designed for king salmon fishing – you can read our introduction to king rods here. Today we kick off the first of our individual rod reviews with the ECHO K-10130 King. Design The…
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King Salmon
Really Nice Fish, Mike!
Congratulations to Mike Walsh for landing this big, beautiful chinook salmon at BC West last week! Mike has been fishing the Dean with us for three years in hopes of getting a beauty like this one. Three years? Well you see, fish like this get hooked pretty regularly on the Dean, but getting one to…
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Tube Flies – Why We Like ‘Em
Any guest of either Alaska West or BC West in recent years has to have seen this one coming: We’re loving tube flies more and more, and we love ‘em for a few key reasons: They’re super easy to cast. Flat out, one of the best reasons to give them a shot. They’re stackable, and…
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Spey Rods for King Salmon
One of our specialties at Deneki Outdoors is spey fishing for king salmon. Alaska West and BC West are located on two of the very few rivers in the world that provide consistent, productive fishing for kings (call ’em chinooks when you’re in Canada) on swung flies, and spey rods are the preferred tool for…
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Nice Fish, Steve
Jeff Hickman shows us Steve Joyce‘s nice king salmon caught with a spey rod at Alaska West. Nice fish, Steve! P.S. It’s king season at Alaska West right now. More on Kings at Alaska West Dec Hogan – When It All Comes Together 5 Ways to Catch More Dave Victor with a Really Nice One
King Flies – Size Does Matter
Jeff Hickman is a two-handed rod steelhead guide from Oregon who owns Fish The Swing LLC. He is a signature Idylwilde flies tier and Deneki veteran who will be joining us again this season to guide kings at Alaska West. Here is a quick little tip from Jeff about fly selection when targeting Chinook salmon. Size Matters It seems…
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It’s Almost Time
Our setup crew has arrived at Alaska West! You know what that means – in just a couple of weeks, a bunch of our friends will be engaged in the activity pictured above. We still have a few spots available for this season in prime king salmon, silver salmon and rainbow trout weeks. Drop us…
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What’s Your Favorite King Salmon Rod?
We’ve gotten some really interesting input from all of you when we’ve asked you about your favorite fly rods for steelhead, trout and bonefish. Since we’ll catching king salmon at Alaska West and chinook salmon at BC West (local terminology!) in just a few weeks, we figured it’s a great time to ask you about…
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New King Salmon Retention Policy at Alaska West
For years at Alaska West we’ve had a policy restricting the amount of salmon our anglers retain – to levels well below what Fish and Game regulations allow. The Kanektok is a healthy productive fishery, and bringing some fish home from a health productive fishery is a great benefit – but we’ve always wanted to…
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Big Bend
Exactly 49 days from today, we’ll be putting some big bends in some big rods at Alaska West. More on King Salmon at Alaska West Big Chrome Slab 5 Ways to Catch More Kings on Flies Whitney Gould’s King Rig