January 2010

Trout Food: Flesh Fly

January 22, 2010
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Last week we started our series on Alaskan trout foods with some information on salmon flesh.  Today we’re covering a simple, effective fly pattern that’s used to imitate salmon flesh – your basic ‘Flesh Fly’. Our recipe and photos are courtesy of Matt Hynes, senior guide at Alaska West and recent addition to our management [...]

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Rick Sisler’s Barracuda Rig

January 21, 2010
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Rick Sisler is our man on the ground in the Bahamas – he runs the show at Andros South.  He’s also got a whole bunch of years of guiding and angling experience in places like Alaska and Chile, and every once in a while he sneaks out for a little fishing on South Andros. Rick [...]

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The Rio Emperador Guillermo

January 20, 2010
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As Chile West ends its journey down the Carretera, one of the last rivers on our list is the Rio Emperador Guillermo (Gee-air-mo). This is one of the smallest rivers we fish and in reality could be called a stream as it is strictly a walk and wade fishery. The 18 miles of river is [...]

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Late July in Alaska – Your Quiver

January 19, 2010
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We continue our series on rod quivers today – combinations of rods that are appropriate for our fisheries at various times of year. Today’s fishery is the ultimate in ‘bring the tackle shop along if you’ve got it’.  During late July at Alaska West, we fish for all 5 species of Pacific salmon, as well [...]

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Scott Fiberhammer Review

January 18, 2010
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Just prior to last fall’s Fly Fishing Retailer show in Denver, we heard about a new switch rod that sounded pretty unusual and awfully interesting – the Scott Fiberhammer. The Fiberhammer is not like most rods being made today.  It’s a 10′ 6″ switch rod for a 7 weight line, but it’s made of fiberglass. [...]

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How to Catch Bonefish

January 17, 2010
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A whole lot has been written here and elsewhere on the topic of catching bonefish with flies.  There are thousands of tips and tactics out there, and most of them even have some merit in one situation or another.  Heck, you can even go to bonefishing school! That being said, we really think that your [...]

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The Weekly Fly

January 16, 2010
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A few weeks back we started a project to build a fly fishing web directory.  We got a lot of great feedback on the result, and one of the great things about it was that we discovered a whole bunch of new content about fly fishing on the web that we’d never seen before. One [...]

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Trout Food: Salmon Flesh

January 15, 2010
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Today we’re starting a series of posts on Trout Food in Western Alaska.  We’ll tell you about the major food sources that make up an Alaskan rainbow’s diet, and we’ll also show you some flies that can be used to imitate that food. The first food source that we’ll cover is arguably the most important [...]

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South Andros from Above

January 14, 2010
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We were lucky enough this week to enjoy a visit from Louis Cahill to Andros South.  Louis is a fishing fanatic who just happens to have more than 30 years’ professional experience with a camera. We”ll be seeing more of Louis’ photos over the next few months, but we’re kicking things off today with a [...]

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