“We had another great year at Alaska West.” Our home rivers at Alaska West are such incredible fisheries that we sometimes lose perspective. Our fishing is just so darned productive and so darned consistent – it’s not like this everywhere, even in Alaska! In the face of challenging returns elsewhere in the state and in…
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trip reports
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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5 Surprises from Alaska West
Kellsey Perkins runs the numbers for us here at Deneki Outdoors. We recently let her out of the office long enough for her to take her first trip to Alaska West, and she was pretty blown away by the whole experience. We thought a first-timer’s perspective would be interesting, so we asked her to put…
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Alaska West Trip Report
Tom Larimer is fresh off the plane from his hosted week at Alaska West. The fish gods smiled on him, and you can read about that fact in Tom’s report. Thanks Tom! Week Three Report Anadromous fishing, no matter which location or species, is always a little bit of a gamble. While historic run timing for…
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The Unspookable School
Duranglers fly shop owner Tom Knopick hosted his second annual trip to Andros South during the last week of April this year. We asked Tom for a couple of anecdotes from his trip, and he sent us this one about a group of fish that was happy to play. The Unspookable School Success on the…
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Rookie Goes Bonefishing
Late this past spring, Kellsey Perkins – The One Who Keeps the Financial Wheels on the Deneki Bus – headed to Andros South with her husband Carl for their first ever bonefishing trip. We asked Kellsey for a write-up on her trip, and she was happy to oblige with some tales of first-time bonefishing. Thanks,…
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Andros South Trip Report by Capt. Rick Grassett
Tony Johnson caught and released this nice one. Photo: Rick Grassett We really appreciate the fact that Captain Rick Grassett brings great groups of folks to fish with us at Andros South each year. It’s a bonus that he puts together excellent reports afterwards. Here’s the annual report. Thanks, Rick! Capt. Rick Grassett’s Andros South…
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Fishing Reports!
You know that we post fishing reports all the time, for all our operations, right? A couple of recent examples are the summary of the “best fishing trip ever” that a very experienced husband-wife team just experienced at Chile West, and the tales of winter bonefish galore from Andros South in January. Here are the…
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An Evening on the Dean
Chad Jaques and his wife Marjorie own Trout Bum 2, a fly shop in Park City, Utah. Chad’s been fishing with us at BC West for a few years now, and in 2010 he finally talked with wife Marjorie in to joining him for the week. Chad and Marjorie had a pretty special evening on…
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The Dean is Back
The Dean River in 2010 You may have heard some noises during our summer season at BC West about the fact that the fishing was pretty darned good. We’re all shut down for the year, so we thought we’d sum things up. The Dean is back. Anadromous fisheries tend to be cyclical for a whole…
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