swinging flies
Tips For Better King Salmon Fishing On The Swing
Kanektok River King Salmon on the Swing If you hear a distant, echoing laugh coming from around the country, don’t worry, that’s just all our Alaska West guests, still riding...
3 Simple Tips For Better King Salmon Fishing With A Spey Rod
Kanektok River King Salmon King salmon are the the heavyweight champions of North American rivers. But landing one on a Spey rod? That’s a different game entirely kind of fight....
13 Essential Tools For A Complete Fly-Tying Kit
13 Essential Tools for A Complete Fly Tying Kit You can go down a rabbit hole when it comes to fly tying. The craft of creating artificial flies to imitate...
Trout Spey and Four Reasons We Like It in Alaska
Kanektock River Rainbow on the Swing. Photo Martin Yi You're likely to hear the words "swing season," "trout Spey," or even "Micro Spey" if you speak with enthusiastic trout fly-fishing...
Leader Length and Fly Weight
Today we continue our Alaska Guide Secrets series, in which you get the inside scoop direct from our guide crew at Alaska West. You've decided which fly to fish and...
Deneki Chronicles: Swinging for Kings – The Broadside Presentation
Stu's fly swung broadside. Photo: Ben West. This week it's all about the Mighty King Salmon! Friend of Deneki, Stuart Foxall explains how the fly swims and what King Salmon...
Deneki Chronicles: Swinging Flies – Cast, Then Step.
In this week's Deneki Chronicles, we explore why it's best to cast, then step. Jiggy. "Then Whitey takes a few steps..." Photo: Cameron Miller Cast, mend,...
Deneki Chronicles: The Importance of the ‘Engagement Range’ When Swinging Flies
This week's Deneki Chronicles features a friend of Deneki Outdoors, George Cook. In this post, George gives us some quality insight into the importance of the 'Engagement Range.' We like...
