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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Rainbow Trout
Trout Time
We have pretty darned consistent trout fishing throughout our three months of operation at Alaska West – these fish are here all season long and when it’s summer, they’ve got to eat well. But mid-July is right smack in the middle of our season, and right smack in the middle of our great trout fishing….
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Trout Tail
Just another cool angle on a very cool fish! More on Rainbow Trout in Alaska When to go Trout Fishing Arolik River Rainbows and Why We Love Them Why We Like Flesh Flies
Top 7 Alaska Fishing Tips
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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Trout, Man, Woman, Boat.
Guide Whitney presents angler Kevin’s good looking rainbow trout. Their trusty steed provides the backdrop. More Pictures from Alaska West Big Chrome Slab Little Water, Big Bend Just Another Chrome Silver
Boondoggin’ for Rainbows – 4 Tips
Bryan Burke works in our Anchorage office now, but he earned his stripes guiding guests at Alaska West on the Kanektok. In a recent conversation about favorite fishing techniques, Bryan declared boondogging (huh? read on…) to be at the top of his list. We asked him for some tips, and he obliged. Four Tips to…
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Early Season Kings
Jeff Hickman is a mainstay at Deneki Outdoors, with a bunch of years under his belt working at Alaska West and Andros South. His main gig now is guiding folks around Oregon, but he also hosts a group of anglers during the first week of our season at Alaska West. Today’s he’s here to tell…
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5 Ways to Catch More Rainbow Trout
Catching rainbow trout at Alaska West is not all that difficult – in fact it’s easy to catch ‘some’. That being said, great anglers catch more, and great anglers catch the bigger ones. Here are 5 ways you can make yourself into a ‘greater’ trout angler in our part of the world. Mend less. Our…
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Leopard Rainbow Trout
They’re beautiful, and they’re unique, and they love eating flies. They’re leopard rainbow trout from Western Alaska, and we’ll be catching them in a month and a half! More on Rainbow Trout Bead Fishing Flesh Flies and Snags Mr. Hankey Produces
Here’s Lookin’ At You
We just thought this was a really cool closeup shot of a rainbow trout! More on Rainbow Trout 5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows Everybody Likes Cotton Candy Flesh Flies and Snags