June 2010

Reason #894

June 30, 2010

…to book a winter trip to South Andros – white sand, and lots of it. More Non-Bonefish Pictures from South Andros Aerial Pictures of South Andros Scenic Shots Big Sky Country

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And You Thought the DC-3 Was Nice…

June 29, 2010

A couple of years ago at Alaska West we started offering a charter flight from Anchorage direct to Quinhagak – the Yupik village at the mouth of the Kanektok River, 6 miles from our camp. Our guests loved it because it provided much more direct access to our operation and just made the travel a [...]

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The Difference Between a Good Fisherman and a Great One? A BB

June 28, 2010

Today we continue our series of weekly posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book - read on! Our [...]

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Shoulders.

June 27, 2010

There’s some brown trout in Southern Chile that’s got some shoulders to ‘em. More Fish from Chile West Grandpappy Trout? Salmon? Speyalicious Chilean ‘Nookie

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Fun in Week 1

June 26, 2010

Pardon the back-t0-back king salmon hero shots. We love fishing for kings and we’re catching them at two lodges now, so we just had to share. Brian Gambini came to Alaska West during the first week of our season this year with Ken Morrish from Flywater Travel. They wanted to chase some big, hot, bright [...]

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Nice Fish, Brian.

June 25, 2010

Dean River Chinook Salmon are pretty awesome critters. At BC West we catch them mostly in the bottom mile and a half of river, so they’re hot and bright, and just like their steelhead cousins, they’re as powerful as they come. We hook quite a few of them and we land lots of smaller ones, [...]

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5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows

June 24, 2010

At Alaska West we have the incredible opportunity to host a handful of guests each day on the Arolik River – a pristine, totally undeveloped river a few miles from our camp that was tailor made for rainbow trout fishing. Arolik rainbows are like no others. Here’s why we love ‘em. Each one is different. [...]

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Finding Louis’ Good Side

June 23, 2010

It’s gotta be in here somewhere! More Pictures from Andros South Not Your Typical Hero Shot Fun in the Sun Cover of Bonefish Magazine

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Seen Us On Facebook Lately?

June 22, 2010

Have you checked out our Facebook page lately? There’s quite a bit going on over there. Very important note to start: you don’t need to have a Facebook account to have a look at our Facebook page. Why not check out the link? We’ve had 50 updates in the past week! Here’s the kind of [...]

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