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Jan 06 2018

Fred Telleen’s ‘Twisted Sculpin’

Fred Telleen's twisted sculpin fly pattern

Our pal and legendary Alaskan fishing guide, Fred Telleen, just put together a great video for North 40 Fly Shop on how to tie his ‘Twisted Sculpin,’ a deadly pattern originally developed for big Alaska rainbows. It’s no secret we love tossing sculpins for our resident rainbow trout, and you can be sure we’ll have…
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Jul 29 2017

Alaska Trout Fishing – The Mouse/Sculpin Punch

During a large part of our summer, we’re fortunate to be able to target trout using one of our favorite means of all time – with mouse patterns. When its good, its great, and can make for some fast-paced, highly visual fun, at times selecting some pretty quality fish. That said, it doesn’t select all…
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Mar 27 2017

Jerry French’s Summer Sculpin – Fly Tying Video

Jerry French's Summer Sculpin fly pattern.

Our friends at North 40 Fly Shop recently teemed up with Alaska West alum, Jerry French, on how to tie Jerry’s ‘Summer Sculpin’ – A killer fly pattern for trout and steelhead wherever sculpin are found (hint: that’s just about every river in the world). If you like tying flies, and are planning on swinging for…
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May 28 2016

The Sculpzilla – Tying Instructions

How to tie the Sculpzilla streamer fly for trout.

Sculpins make up a large part of the diet for trout in our neck of the woods. They’re also available all season long which means if you’re not sure what to tie on, a solid sculpin imitation is probably a safe bet. While they work well in western Alaska, sculpins are also one the most abundant…
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Jul 06 2015

Sculpin Helmets

Fish Skull Sculpin Helmets

Throughout our season, one of the most consistent ways to target our big Alaskan rainbow trout is with sculpin patterns. While tossing mice or drifting flesh and egg patterns certainly have their place during parts of our season, a good sclupin imitation is usually a safe bet no matter what time of year. Our trout love gorging…
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Dec 12 2014

Sculpin

Smiling sculpin

Sculpins are an important food source for our resident rainbow trout at Alaska West. We spend a great deal of time at the tying bench trying to imitate the appearance of these fat headed bait fish as closely as possible. Why? Because the trout love ’em! Particularly during the beginning and end of the season….
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Oct 28 2014

Stu’s Quick-Tie Sculpin Tube Fly – Tying Instructions

Quick-Tie Sculpin Tube Fly by Stuart Foxall

When we asked you, what you would like to see more of on our blog, many of you suggested we run more step by step fly tying posts. Some of you were a little more specific, requesting tying instructions on some of our favorite sculpin patterns. A few of you even requested information on tying…
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Sep 03 2013

Tying Sculpins with Trevor Covich

Sculpin Flies

Trevor Covich is a long-time member of the Deneki family.  Over the years he’s developed some pretty sweet sculpin patterns, and he’s here today in video form to show you just how to tie ’em! This is 20+ minutes of detail straight from the horse’s mouth – if you like to tie, grab yourself a…
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Jul 08 2013

Sculpin

Sculpin

This is why we fish a lot of large sculpin patterns for large rainbow trout at Alaska West. More on Large Rainbow Trout Really Rad Rainbows Nice Fish, Gary Western Alaska Trout Lifecycles

Dec 21 2011

J.E.B. Hall’s Sculpin Rig

Sculpin Rig

Last week you got to soak up some Alaska mousing knowledge from JEB Hall, courtesy of our expert rig post on how he approaches mousing at Alaska West.  Today, our JEB trout series continues, with The Goods on how JEB fishes sculpin patterns.  Read on! The Summary Sage 690-4 One Sage 4250 Reel Scientific Anglers…
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