Got one. Photo: Cameron Miller On the Kanektok River where we operate Alaska West, and on other rivers like it in Western Alaska, the classic method for catching silver salmon on flies involves targeting them in slow-moving water, casting a floating line, and stripping back a weighted fly. Here are 6 ways to make the most of this…
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Silver Salmon
Silver Salmon Like to Jump
Fishing for silver salmon at Alaska West on the Kanektok River is a lot of fun for a bunch of reasons. They’re super-aggressive towards flies, they fight really well, they like surface flies, and…they like to jump. All photos by Cameron Miller. Now, you want to catch Silver Salmon don’t you. We sure do. Email…
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Pink Pollywogs and Poppers
They’re a lot more excited than they look. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West, we fish for all five species of Pacific salmon right next to the salt. Much of the water that we cover has actual tidal influence, and whether we’re 1 mile from the salt or 10, the salmon that we’re presenting flies…
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A Family Fishing Trip to Alaska
Dad, do you think we’ll catch one? In 2004, the team at Alaska West had the pleasure of hosting Bryan Whiting and his sons Jason and Eric on their first fishing trip to Alaska. We were really taken by the lengths to which Bryan and his wife Kathy went to give their kids a great…
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