Trout
Mystic Sapphyre 590-4 Review
Crisp, not stiff.. Photo: Kyle Shea. We tell people all the time at our lodges, especially our female guests, that women typically make better fly casters...
Stu’s Quick-Tie Sculpin Tube Fly – Tying Instructions
The Quick-Tie Sculpin Tube in all its glory. Photos: Stuart Foxall. When we asked you, what you would like to see more of on our blog,...
Reading Trout Water – Simplified
Right there, where the fast water meets the slow water! Photo: Jeff Forsee. How to identify those areas most likely to hold fish, aka reading water,...
The Reach Mend
Practice is only a golf course away.. Photo: Don Shea. Manipulating the fly line so that your fly behaves correctly in the current is one of the...
Pre-Rigging Nymph Rigs
Ready to rig. Photo: Kyle Shea Whether dead drifting flesh and egg patterns or tandem nymph rigs, if you're not breaking off flies, odds are you're...
Nymphing For Trout: Hook Sets Are Free!
Set! Photo: Cameron Miller When fishing for trout in Western Alaska, we dead drift a lot of sub surface patterns in search of the big boys....
Retrieving the Mouse Fly
Another bow-bow falls for Mr. Mousie. Photo: Cameron Miller Mousing for trout in western Alaska is about as cool as it gets. We're not talking about...
