July 2009

7 Fly Fishing Books We Like

July 22, 2009

If you’re not doing it, you might as well be reading about it. In the fly fishing world we’re lucky to have some gifted writers who love (or loved) the sport as much as we do. Here are 7 books about fly fishing that we really like. 1. The Earth is Enough, by Harry Middleton [...]

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Trout Fishing: Banging the Banks

July 21, 2009

This fatty was banged on the bank. Photo: Jared Moore At Chile West, we use a bunch of different techniques to catch fish. The method we use most often is something called “bangin’ the banks”. This method is used while floating rivers where dense forest grows right to the water’s edge, or where steep rock [...]

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Wading Boots: What’s On Your Sole?

July 20, 2009

Our boots: still mostly felt, but cleaned well. As awareness has built up over the past few years about aquatic invasive species and the damage they can do to our fisheries, anglers have been paying a lot more attention to the soles of their wading boots. Felt soles on wading boots are a great way [...]

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Why You Should Be Planning A Trip To The Bahamas Right Now

July 19, 2009

Reasons #491 – 496: The average high temperature in Kemp’s Bay, South Andros is 82 degrees on November 1st. The average weather at your house on November 1st is really crappy. Bonefish are awesome. It’s easy to get to South Andros. Conch Salad. The West Side. Kemp’s Beach. More Reasons To Visit South Andros Why [...]

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Charles St. Pierre on the Kanektok, Reels, and a Big One

July 18, 2009

Old technology meets big fish. Photo: Cameron Miller Charles St. Pierre is one of the best spey instructors in the Northwest, and we’re lucky to have him join us each year during kings at Alaska West on the Kanektok to teach our anglers the finer points of spey fishing. He’s also a super guy. Charles [...]

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Sage 5126-4 Z-Axis

July 17, 2009

This is a really good little spey rod. If you haven’t noticed, we’re pretty fired up these days about fishing lightweight spey rods for trout and smaller steelhead. In our minds, if a fish likes a swung fly, it’s a lot more enjoyable to give it to ‘em with a two handed rod. The Sage [...]

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We Have a Winner!

July 16, 2009

Eric might catch one of these. Photo: Cameron Miller Congratulations to Eric Dawson from Oklahoma City, OK! Eric was randomly chosen yesterday from the list of subscribers to our blog newsletter, and won himself a free trip to Alaska West. To say Eric is excited is putting things mildly. He’s working on his schedule now [...]

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The Clubhouse

July 15, 2009

Relax. Our guests at BC West often get their nerves frayed by the crazy steelhead and chinook salmon that call the Dean River home, so it’s pretty important that we provide a place where folks can relax. That place is our clubhouse. It’s a nice large cabin with comfortable couches, pretty pictures, a wood stove, [...]

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Spey Fishing for Trout, Part 3 – Tactics

July 14, 2009

Trout spey tactic #427: Put the wood to ‘em. Photo: Cameron Miller In the past couple of weeks we’ve covered why we think you should spey fish for trout, and which gear you should use when you do it. Today we’ll talk a bit about tactics to use when chasing rainbows with lightweight two-handers. Spey [...]

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