September 2012

The Power of Positivity

September 29, 2012

Adam Kryder was a fantastic addition to our guide staff at Alaska West this year. He noticed something pretty profound about angling and attitudes and was kind enough to write it up for us. Thanks, Adam! The Power of Positivity Guiding at Alaska West has given me a great gift. As a guide I am [...]

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Making Loops on Sinktips

September 28, 2012

A second installation in our sinktip strategies novella, here’s a looping method that began as what Alaska West guide Jeff Hickman dubbed a ‘bush fix,’ and has since become one of the two main ways we’re custom building on-the-river sinktips to suit the current conditions. First off, get yourself about 40 feet of Rio’s T-whatever. [...]

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Andros South Photo Gallery

September 27, 2012

In three weeks we’ll be open at Andros South, so we just thought we show you a few pictures of what it’s like down there. Hint, hint.

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Art.

September 26, 2012

They’re just such cool looking fish. They’re colored up like this during July and August at Alaska West. More on Dolly-Char Slideshow Wildest Fish Ever 4 Reasons to Chase Them

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Skagit Casting – Keep Your Hands Close

September 25, 2012

When you’re making spey casts in the Skagit style, try to keep your hands as close to your body as possible! Ed Ward, long-time guide at Alaska West and one of the fathers of Skagit-style spey casting, has been called “the man who can spey cast inside a phone booth”. That’s a bit of an [...]

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This Should Work.

September 24, 2012

More on Bonefish Flies 5 Favorites for South Andros Readers’ Favorite Bonefish Flies Your Approach to Tying

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Our Fly Fishing Gear Page

September 22, 2012

Did you know that this page on our web site neatly categorizes the posts about fly fishing gear on our web site – 168 of them so far? Reviews, expert rigs, gear-related tips, favorite flies…it’s all there. Our favorite lens for the flats? Check. How to rig tube flies? Got it. Dana Sturn’s steelhead rig? [...]

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Pacific Salmon Feeding in Fresh Water?

September 21, 2012

Pacific salmon don’t feed in fresh water – everybody knows that, right? Wrong. Brian Morrison, fisheries biologist and author of several recent posts on fish lifecycles in Western Alaska, is back today to tell us about some recent research findings that prove conventional wisdom wrong. Read on. Salmon Feeding in Fresh Water? Many anglers have [...]

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Keep Your Hooks Sharp

September 20, 2012

Spencer Dixon was a first-year guide at Alaska West this year, and everybody who met him was blown away by his skill, his work ethic, his enthusiasm and his fishiness. Turns out Spencer can write too! Here’s the first what we hope will be a long series of posts from him. Thanks, Spencer! The Importance [...]

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