Jerry Arnold is a good friend who has joined us at three of our operations in both hemispheres. When he came up with this beautiful hen steelhead fishing at BC West on the Dean River this past summer, we were just as excited as he looks in this picture. Nice fish, Jerry! More Nice Fish…
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Slab.
In the world of angling, there are lots of different words that translate roughly to ‘big fish’. This past July at BC West on the Dean, Steven Nelson got a fish in Tony’s that’s definitely best described as a ‘slab’. Nice fish, Steven. More on the Dean River Speypages Week on the Dean What it’s…
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Nice Fish, Kerry
Kerry Kilpatrick joined us at BC West during the third week of July in 2009. On the last day of her trip, she came up with this beauty. Nice fish, Kerry! More Nice Fish Nice Rainbow Trout Nice Chilean Chinooks Nice Dean River Coho
Steelhead in High Water – 5 Tips
Lots of steelhead get caught in water like this. We’ve written in the past about how to approach steelhead fishing when the water is low. Today we’ve got the other end of the spectrum – here are 5 things to keep in mind when the water is high! Go fishing. Nobody ever caught a steelhead…
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What Do Wild Steelhead Mean To You?
Photo: MoldyChum.com Any of you out there who are interested in steelhead in the Northwest, particularly in the state of Washington, listen up. We’ve been doing some work with our friends at Trout Unlimited and MoldyChum.com to provide the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife with information about how important wild steelhead are to anglers…
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Sage 7136-4 Z-Axis Review – The Perfect Summer Steelhead Rod
Take it pretty much anywhere. If you fish for summer steelhead anywhere in or near the Pacific Northwest, the Sage 7136-4 Z-Axis is a rod that you pretty much need to have in your arsenal. The 13’6″ length is extremely versatile and blends easy all-day casting (because it’s not too long) with the ability to…
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Tom Larimer’s Steelhead Rig
Tom likes steelhead. Photo: SteelheadBum.com Tom Larimer has guided for more than a decade in the Great Lakes, Alaska and Oregon. He currently owns and operates Larimer Outfitters, one of the premier guide services in the Northwest. He also happens to like fishing on the Kanektok and the Dean. In addition to his hosted week…
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What It’s All About
You want to be in this picture. Photo: Alfie King It may not be cover-shot worthy, but we think this picture says an awful lot. Dean River. Two-handed rod. Blue-grey fish, literally the color of steel. Translucent fins. Sea lice. Not the smallest fish you’ve ever seen. Hard breathing (OK, you can’t see it in…
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Steelhead In Low Water – 5 Tips
John Martin and some low-water Dean chrome. Unlike the ‘throw out the rules’ Lower Dean below the Canyon, the section of the Dean at BC West that we call the Upper River fishes like most classic steelhead holding water. In the late summer of 2009 we had very low water conditions on the Dean, which…
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Steelhead Rig Roundup
Gear matters. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve done a series of posts on how some expert steelhead anglers rig themselves when they fish two-handed rods for steelhead on the Dean River, our fishery at BC West. For a few different outlooks on steelhead fishing and a lesson in rigging two-handed rods, have a…
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