Even if you’ve seen it already, make sure you check out our ongoing contest on steelhead rigs. Our readers are submitting their steelhead rigs, and we’re going to pick the best entry and send its author a brand new Hardy Bougle Mk VI 4″ reel. The contest runs through January 6th. Two Big Reasons You…
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Steelhead
Tell Us About Your Steelhead Rig, Win a Hardy Bougle
Some of the most popular posts on our site come from our ‘Expert Rig‘ series – in which we ask a wide range of expert anglers to describe, in detail, how they set up their rigs to fish for various species around the world. There’s a wealth of knowledge in these posts – frankly, your…
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Steelheading
We thought that those of you who like fly fishing for steelhead would appreciate this picture by Louis Cahill. An angler stands in the dark, searching a very big piece of water. That pretty much tells the story, no? More on Steelheading How to Not Land a Steelhead – 5 Simple Tips Setting the Hook…
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One Last Chance
Several years of great times and incredible fishing at BC West have made our schedule at the lodge pretty darned tight. For our 2013 season we’re down to one opening for a single angler – are you going to be the lucky one who gets in? The spot is from June 22 – 29, 2013….
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Fresh Steelhead
As in, yards from the mouth of the Dean River. Gotta love it! More on Dean Steelhead Jeff Hickman’s Steelhead Rig Dean Steelhead Fly Roundup Nice Fish, Rob
Bullet Weights, Part 2: Still Crittery
Last week we gave you a glimpse into the very non-traditional world of using bullet weights with your steelhead and salmon flies. Today, more details! Next time you’re at the vise setting strategy for the ultimate Alaska West or BC West fly program, consider tying a bunch of flies without any weight. Tying on plastic…
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Bullet Weights, Part 1: The Ultimate in ‘Crittery’
Cri’tter’y – Western Alaskan adj. Shaky, unsure. Often enlightening. Always effective. Now that Skagitmaster 2’s Scott Howell virtually gave the anadromous world ‘permission’ to get all crazy Bassmaster with our flies when playing the weight game, we thought it was time to go public with the whole bullet weight thing, as well—but for a little different…
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BC West Report from Steven Brutger
We love it when our guests take the time to write up their experiences at our lodges. Steven Brutger joined us at BC West this year, and apparently he liked it! Thanks for the great account, Steven! The Dean- An Account from a Wyoming Trout Fisherman It’s 11:30am on a Friday and I’m sitting at…
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Tube Flies – Why We Like ‘Em
Any guest of either Alaska West or BC West in recent years has to have seen this one coming: We’re loving tube flies more and more, and we love ‘em for a few key reasons: They’re super easy to cast. Flat out, one of the best reasons to give them a shot. They’re stackable, and…
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Pick Any Color, As Long As It’s Black
Scott Baker-McGarva. Head guide at BC West on the Dean. Black flies. Pick Any Color, As Long As It’s Black! Call me Canadian…since I am, but once I got called out for being a ‘Canuck’, simply because of my choice of steelhead fly color. It took place on the Sauk one fine spring day many moons ago….
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