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Jul 18 2011

Rainbow Trout Flies – 5 Favorites for Alaska

Trout Stripe by Louis Cahill Photography

As we mentioned on Friday, it’s trout time at Alaska West.  Late July trout fishing rocks! If you’re headed to Alaska West to chase our legendary leopard rainbows, here are 5 flies that we think you should bring along.  Idylwilde makes some pretty awesome trout flies – these are all available from your local Idylwilde…
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Jun 12 2011

Another Reason to Fish Mouse Flies

Grayling Mouse Fly by Louis Cahill Photography

…at Alaska West, at least.  Grayling climb on board too! More on Mousing 5 Tips on Mousing Mr. Hankey the Mouse Fly Mouse Water

May 31 2011

Top 7 Alaska Fishing Tips

Salmon Fly Box

With our season at Alaska West right around the corner, we figured it was an excellent time to review our most popular posts with Alaska fishing tips on our blog.  7 seemed like a good number, and these have gotten the most visits in the lifetime of our humble little home on the web! Bead…
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Feb 19 2011

Mr. Hankey Produces

If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you already know about Mr. Hankey, the Jeff Hickman-created mouse fly that works real good on big carnivorous rainbows. Today, straight from Alaska West on the Kanektok River, we present a further bit of evidence.  We like Mr. Hankey! More on Rainbow Trout Catch Them on…
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Dec 16 2010

Top Trout Fishing Posts of 2010

We’re nearing the end of 2010, so as dutiful members of the media we figured it was time to run a series of posts looking back on some highlights of the year.  Since it’s really all about the fish, we decided to group these little roundups by type of finned friend. The formula is pretty…
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Dec 15 2010

Mouse Water

Any time you’re using your fly to imitate a food source, step #1 is to understand what type of food source lives in the water that you’re fishing and try to imitate it.  Stonefly nymphs are most often found in quick, rocky water, so if you’re  in quick, rocky water you should think about fishing…
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Aug 21 2010

Big Nasties

Just a selection of big meaty morsels preferred by rainbow trout in Western Alaska! More on Flies for Alaska Silver Salmon Fly Selection Mr. Hankey Steak and Eggs

Apr 18 2010

How To Fish a Mouse Fly

In a little more than a month, our setup crew will be headed in to start prep work for our season at Alaska West.  That makes us pretty twitchy about our summer fishing! One of our favorite ways to fish for rainbows on the Kanektok is using a mouse pattern.  Mousing is really visual, it…
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Mar 04 2010

Mr. Hankey

Jeff Hickman knows rainbow trout.  He spent a bunch of years guiding at Alaska West, and during that time he came up with a really popular mouse pattern called Mr. Hankey that’s now available from Idylwilde. Jeff now combines his Larimer Outfitters guiding with conservation work with the Sierra Club’s Hunter and Angler Heritage Program. He…
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Jun 01 2009

Mousing for Rainbow Trout – 5 Tips

Mouse flies are not delicate. Photo: Cameron Miller One of the most fun and unique ways to target rainbow trout in Western Alaska is by ‘mousing’.  Small voles and other rodents often find themselves in the river, intentionally or not, and our bigger predatory rainbows are always on the lookout for a meal that’s even…
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