We’ve written a whole bunch of posts about catching trout on our blog! Here they are, categorized nicely for your reading pleasure …
Tips and Advice
- Boondoggin for Trout: Hold On to Your Hook Set
- Alaska Trout Fishing – The Mouse/Sculpin Punch
- Mousing for Trout – Try a Dead Drift
- Mousing on Foot – The Advantaging of Working Upstream
- Nymphing for Trout – The Trigger Finger
- Trout Fishing – Solving the Riddle
- Trout Lies – Presenting to Submerged Structures
- Watch Your Mouth
- Fish Beyond Your Fly Line
- Stay in Control – Incorporating Weight Into Your Streamers
- 7 Weights for Alaskan Trout – Why We Like Them
- Smolt Poppin’ for Naknek Rainbows
- 7 Reasons We Like to Fish Flesh
- 3 Slack Line Presentations Every Trout Angler Should Know
- Alaska Style Nymphing with Palsa Pinch-On Strike Indicators
- Sight Fishing for Trout – 3 More Tips
- Reason Number One to Fish the Naknek in the Fall
- 3 Reasons We Love Naknek Rainbows
- Reading Trout Water – Fish the Transitions
- The Not-So-Secret Secret to Catching More Trout
- Micro Mends for Tucked-In Trout
- Dredging Streamers for Trout
- Mending – Lift, Don’t Flip
- Fish to the Future, Not to the Past
- Trout Fishing in High “Off-Colored” Water – 9 Tips
- Swivels for Trout Rigs?
- Mousing for Trout – Try a Strip Set
- Trout Fishing from a Boat – Cast Downstream!
- Rigging Beads for Trout – 3 Methods
- Trout Fishing in High (Off-Colored) Water
- Sight Fishing for Trout – 10 Tips
- Sight Fishing for Trout – 5 (More) Tips
- Painting Beads for Trout
- 9 Questions About Alaskan Trout You Were Afraid to Ask
- How Alaskan Trout Are Different, Scientifically
- Western Alaska Trout Fishing Techniques
- 5 Ways to Catch More Alaskan Rainbows
- The High Sun Game Plan
- Western Alaska Trout Lifecycles
- When to Go Fishing in Alaska
- Try a Mouse
- Boondoggin’ for Rainbows – 4 Tips
- 5 Ways to Catch More Rainbow Trout
- Mouse Water
- Flesh Flies and Snags
- Get It Down!
- Why We Like Flesh Flies
- 4 Things to Learn About Trout
- How to Fish a Mouse Fly
- Trout Food: Salmon Flesh
- Alaska Rainbow Fishing: When to Go
- Experts: Most Overlooked Trout Lie
- The Couch Water
- Bead Fishing for Rainbow Trout
- Mousing for Rainbow Trout: 5 Tips
- Secrets of the Flesh Fly
- Mend Less.
- 4 Tips for Trout Fishing in Side Channels
- Fishfinders: Arctic Terns
Gear You Need
- Rainbow Trout Flies: Our Favorites at Alaska West
- Rainbow Trout Flies: Our Favorites at Rapids Camp Lodge
- The Shot-Gun: Split Shot Alternative
- Trout Bead TB Peggz
- Stinger Mice
- Airflo Super-Dri Nymph/Indicator Fly Line
- Stone Beads
- Stinger Mice
- 5 Favorite Flies for Trout in Alaska
- Cotton Candy – The Old Standby
- Mr. Hanky Mouse Fly
- Trout Food: Flesh Fly
- Steak and Eggs
- Favorite Trout Rod Results
- Favorite Trout Rod Poll
- Sage 690-4 Z-Axis
- Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis
- Sage 99 Review
Trout Spey
- Trout Spey Retrieve Methods – Video
- Dan Herrig’s Naknek Swinging Rig
- Kyle Shea’s Trout Swinging Rig
- Jordan Sly’s Wake and Eggs Rig
- Active Swinging
- The Tumble Rig
- Trout Spey Techniques – The Bobble Dredge
- Trout Spey Techniques – The Hang Down Drop-Back
- Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig
- Spey and Switch Fishing for Trout – An Update
- Trout Spey – Why
- Trout Spey – Gear
- Trout Spey – Tactics
- Michael White’s Trout Switch Rig
- Two Handers in Colorado?
Expert Rigs for Trout
- Eric Robbins’ Nymphing Rig
- Jordan Sly’s ‘Wake and Eggs’ Rig
- Kyle Shea’s Trout Swinging Rig
- Dan Herrig’s Naknek Swinging Rig
- Kyle Shea’s Nymphing Rig
- Jordan Sly’s Early Season Big Fish Rig
- Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig
- Rick Sisler’s Rainbow Rig
- J.E.B. Hall’s Rodent Rig
- J.E.B. Hall’s Sculpin Rig
- J.E.B. Hall’s Bead Rig
- Jeff Hickman’s Trout Rig
- Kevin Price’s Trout Rig
- Michael White’s Trout Switch Rig
- Michael White’s Flesh Rig
Beautiful Photos
- True Leopard Rainbows
- Not Your Typical Double
- Flesh Hatch
- Walter Sighting
- Why They’re Called Leopard Rainbows
- The Pets
- This is Not a Steelhead
- A Real Nice One
- Rainbow Trout and Giant Flies
- Brightsides
- Trout Tail
- Mr. Hanky Produces
If you want to chase Alaska’s legendary rainbow trout, you should drop us a line.