Trout
Simms at Alaska West – Video
Meat eater. Photo: Steven Yochum. Last season, Beattie Outdoor Productions' Steven Yochum and Simms ambassador, Tom Larimer, joined us at Alaska West during the first week...
Trout Fishing – Swing Out Your Drift
Pleasantly surprised. Photo: Kyle Shea. It's safe to say, more trout are hooked dead drifting sub-surface patterns than by any other technique. Whether fishing gaudy flesh...
Squeak, Squeak
Squeek, squeek. Photo: Stuart Foxall. Exactly what you want early season rainbows to be staring at in Western Alaska. Big, gnarly, mouse patterns. More on Trout...
Sight Fishing for Trout – 10 Tips
As good as it gets. Photo: Jeff Forsee. We're really lucky to have an extremely diverse trout fishery at Alaska West. It's not uncommon during any...
Spicing Up Your Fly With a Bead
Eat me. Photo: Kyle Shea. There's no denying the effectiveness of bead fishing for trout in Alaska. As the prolific runs of salmon in Western Alaska...
Dry Flies
Our idea of a dry fly box. Photo: Ian Gough. At Alaska West, our trout tend to key in on rodents, not mayflies, and we're really...
Nymphing Without an Indicator
Ben didn't use an indicator. Photo: Kyle Shea. Nymphing can be tough, but considering a large majority of a trout's diet is found sub-surface, it's an...
Frozen Rod Guides – Try Lip Balm
Problem and solution.. Photo: Kyle Shea. With a daily high of a whopping 13 degrees Fahrenheit outside our Anchorage office, we're starting to come to terms...
