February 2011

Loaded

February 28, 2011

Jim Palmersheim is one of our rock solid guides at Alaska West. He also knows his way around a spey rod, as evidenced by the massive amount of load being generated by Jim’s very relaxed stroke above. We talk a lot about our guest spey instructors, and Ed Ward‘s long history guiding with us, but [...]

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Tube Flies – Two Methods for Rigging

February 27, 2011

Eric Neufeld is back today with the second in our series of four short videos about tube flies and how to rig them. Part 2 covers the two basic methods for rigging tube flies. Attaching a straight-eye hook with a clinch knot Attaching an up-eye hook with a loop knot Sorry the focus is a little [...]

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Trout in Low Water

February 26, 2011

Summertime in Southern Chile means hot weather and that can mean low water and higher water temperatures. Places that hold fish in higher water can be void of fish. When water temperatures are high, fish will seek out cooler, more oxygenated water – typically the faster water. Riffles and pocket water are good places to find fish during [...]

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The White Rabbit

February 25, 2011

See that little frothy bit of water over there on the right? That’s called The White Rabbit. He’s a pretty important part of spey casting. See that guy over there on the left? His name’s Charles St. Pierre. He’s part of our ridiculous lineup of spey instructors at Alaska West. He’ll be teaching our guests [...]

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Get Your Copy – Bonefishing 101

February 24, 2011

Today we’re releasing our free, 10 page electronic Bonefishing 101 guide, and we think you should grab yourself a copy. What is Bonefishing 101? It’s a .pdf file that you can download to your computer, and it covers the fundamentals of bonefishing. The Ready Position Casting on the Flats Spotting Bonefish Setting the Hook Fighting [...]

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Tube Flies – Introduction

February 23, 2011

Today we’re starting a little mini-series of posts featuring Eric Neufeld, in video format, talking about tube flies and how to rig them. Who’s Eric Neufeld? He’s an alumnus of Alaska West, and he’s the the Pacific Northwest rep for Idylwilde, Simms and Ross, and he’s a smart dude who likes futzing around with his fly [...]

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Setting Up for the Sweep

February 22, 2011

It’s time for the next in our series of spey casting tips from Brian Niska. Any time we need to run something about spey casting, we call Brian and he just rattles this stuff off – just think how much you could learn if you joined him for a week of instruction at Alaska West. [...]

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Nice Fish, Al.

February 21, 2011

Al Conklin is part of Wayne Walts’ great group of anglers that visits Andros South a couple of times a year. Al got a nice bonefish on his last trip down, and was kind enough to send us this photo, along with a story. “Sparkles spotted the fish on the edge of the mangroves and [...]

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Endless Water

February 20, 2011

Trevor Covich is back today, telling us a bit about the never-ending job of exploring new water in Southern Chile. Endless Water Here at Chile West we are constantly exploring new water for future anglers. When we say endless we mean it! There is more water here than you can shake a fly rod at [...]

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