Today we’ve got a video tip segment for those of you who like to swing flies for steelhead and salmon. Tom Larimer, Oregon guide and host at Alaska West, BC West and Andros South, gives us a quick rundown on his approach to setting the hook. In the video, Tom covers Holding a loop when…
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Steelhead
We Like Them Bright
Yeah, we’re a little snobby about chrome steelhead. At BC West, the farthest point that we fish from salt water is 5 miles. We get a lot of fish in condition similar to the one Tom Larimer and Scott Baker-McGarva encountered in the photo above – chrome as can be, sea lice attached. Dean steelhead…
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Keep the Faith
If the river you were planning on fishing today is ‘out’, you can either go fishing or not go fishing. Only one of these decisions is going to leave you with a chance of catching fish. Even after you’ve made the (right) call to head out anyhow, you still have two options. You can go…
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Another Great Year on the Dean
Right about this time last year, we ran an article called The Dean is Back. After several years at BC West that were solid by normal standards but slow by Dean standards, 2010 marked a return to ‘typical’ fishing for the Dean – that is, large numbers of insane steelhead and king salmon. Today we’re…
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Three Good Articles
…and we’re back today with three online articles about fly fishing that we think you might like! The Comeback Fly. Josh Mills tells how coming back with a sparse steelhead fly can work. Tips for Better Tarpon Hookups. The boys at Gink and Gasoline help you bury it. Georgia Man Catches Trout on Car Key….
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How to Not Land a Steelhead – 5 Simple Tips
OK, you’ve done the hard part – you’ve gotten a steelhead to eat your swung fly. Apparently some of you never wanted to land that fish in the first place, because we’ve seen all sorts of creative approaches to losing fish. We thought we’d share some of these – ahem – ‘tips’ with you today….
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The Proper Reaction
Captain Josh Temple demonstrates the appropriate feelings that follow the landing of a 35″ Dean steelhead on a dry fly. Nice work, Josh. More on Dean Steelhead All About Steelhead on the Dean The Dean is Back (It’s Really Back This Year) Big Flies, Leaders and More
Anadromous Nirvana
If you’re not sure why we think this picture is so cool, well, we’ll tell you. That’s a chrome chinook salmon and a big chrome steelhead, caught at the same time swinging flies with two-handed rods within a half mile of the salt on the Dean River. That’s why. P.S. If you follow us on…
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Leaders for Steelhead and Salmon
We’ve got some more insight today from the banks of the Dean River. Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West, dropped us some great points on leaders. That thing that holds your fly on may be worthy of a little more thought! Leader Considerations for Anadromous Fish Sometimes it’s shocking how much emphasis is placed…
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Nice Fish, Jim
Today, the ‘fish’ in ‘nice fish’ is plural! Jim Greenleaf and friends had quite a morning on their first full day of fishing at BC West this week. During a fairly frantic chinook and steelhead battling session, Jim landed the chromer that you see above…immediately after he landed the chromer that you see below. Nice…
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