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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King Salmon
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
Alaska West Photos
Just a little batch of photos from around Alaska West! More on Alaska West Introduction to Our Lodge Frequently Asked Questions Take Your Kids
Prime King Openings at Alaska West
Executive Summary We just had a couple of cancellations from June 15 – 22, 2012 – one of our impossible-to-get-into-because-they’re-that-good king salmon fishing weeks at Alaska West. You should click right here to get in touch and get in on the fun. Things That Happen During Our Prime King Weeks We catch big chrome king…
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King Salmon and Indicators
Gasp! OK, OK! We admit it! Sometimes at Alaska West, we catch kings using something other than a swung fly and a two handed rod. Now why would we do such a thing? Well, because some of these ‘other’ techniques can be really effective, and more importantly, some of these ‘other’ techniques can be really,…
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Down and Dirty
When you’re fighting big steelhead and salmon, sometimes you need to get down and dirty. Whitey gives an excellent demonstration above. And isn’t it nice when you’re efforts pay off? You’ve seen this fish before, but another look never hurts… More on Fighting Fish Pull Hard. Top 5 Mistakes Fighting Big Fish Fighting Bonefish –…
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Top Salmon Fishing Posts of 2011
Our end-of-the-year ‘top posts’ series marches on. We’ve already given you our top bonefishing posts and our top trout fishing posts, and today it’s all about salmon. Our Most Popular Salmon Fishing Posts of 2011 Jeff Hickman’s King Rig. All the detail on how Jeff rigs up to chase king salmon on two handed rods….
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What’s Your Favorite Trailer Hook?
Look, we know you steelhead and salmon types are a bunch of opinionated…well, we know you’re opinionated. That’s OK – we are too. We want to hear your opinions on a topic that’s near and dear to the hearts of those of us who swing articulated and/or tube flies – what’s your favorite trailer hook?…
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