Rainbow Trout

Fly Tying: March Brown by Kevin Foley
March Brown by Kevin Foley About Kevin Foley Kevin Foley is the fly-tying instructor at Mossy’s Fly Shop in Anchorage, Alaska. His philosophy and teachings on fly tying involve the...

Tips on Mousing for Rainbow Trout and Grayling at Alaska West
Moused at Alaska West. Photo Instagram @mattvaughnphoto Mousing for big rainbow trout at Alaska West is exciting. Big Alaskan Rainbow Trout like their protein and small mammals like mice, voles,...

Trout Spey and Four Reasons We Like It in Alaska
Kanektock River Rainbow on the Swing. Photo Martin Yi You're likely to hear the words "swing season," "trout Spey," or even "Micro Spey" if you speak with enthusiastic trout fly-fishing...

4 Tips for Trout Fishing in Side Channels, Braids, and Small Tundra Creeks
Side Channel Rainbow moused! Photo: Jim Kim We're lucky at Alaska West Lodge and Rapids Camp Lodge to have incredibly abundant and healthy rainbow trout fishing. Mice, sculpins, leeches, flesh...
Deneki Chronicles: 19 Reasons to Fish a Mouse Fly
The shrew-eating trout of Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service In This Week's Deneki Chronicles, it's trout week and we're looking back at what the trout...

The Fly Box: Alaska West Lodge Rainbow Trout Flies
At Alaska West Lodge, Team Deneki Outdoors is fervently getting things ready for the Twenty-Twenty-Two Season. As a part of that process, we are filling our fly boxes with the...

Fly Tying: Neil Creek Slider
One of the more awesome things you can see at the beginning of the season in Alaska is a smolt bust. During early summer, large schools of salmon smooth begin...

Deneki Chronicles: 5 Guide Secrets to Catch More Alaska Rainbows
Over the Alaskan Rainbow More fun than a frog in a glass of milk. Okay, we're not exactly sure what that means either, but we're sure it means it is...