Spey Fishing

The Kanektok River lends itself perfectly to fishing flies with two-handed rods.  We do a lot of spey fishing!

We run very popular spey instruction programs during the first half of our season each year.  Guest instructors join us in camp and provide both group instruction and one-on-one lessons on the river during our fishing day.

Spey fishing for king salmon at Alaska West has been very popular for years.  Recently guests have been fishing two-handed rods for our resident rainbow trout as well – anyone who’s done it will tell you it’s a heck of a lot of fun!

Blog Posts on Spey Fishing

We’ve written a lot of posts related to spey fishing on our blog.

Tips and Advice

• 10 Tips – Swinging Flies For Kings
• Making T-14 Tips
• Dean River Steelhead Flies – 5 Favorites
• 5 Flies For Kings On The Kanektok
• Managing Running Line – 3 Simple Tips
• The Honorable Foot
• Why We Like Spey Casting
• Spey Instruction at Alaska West
• Steelhead In Low Water – 5 Tips
• Steelhead In High Water – 5 Tips
• Switch Rods – Why You Should Try One

Gear Reviews

• Sage 7126-4 TCX
• Rio Skagit Flight Review
• Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis
• Sage 5126-4 Z-Axis
• Sage 8134-4 Z-Axis
• Running Line Roundup

Expert Advice

• Sinktip Selection Through A King Season – George Cook
• Skagit Master – Ed Ward
• Talking Salmon To A Steelheader – Jason Koertge

Expert Rigs for Steelhead

• Dana Sturn’s Steelhead Rig
• John Hazel’s Steelhead Rig
• Adam Tavender’s Steelhead Rig
• Tom Larimer’s Steelhead Rig

Expert Rigs for Kings

• Tom Larimer’s King Rig
• Ed Ward’s King Rig
• Dec Hogan’s King Rig
• Brian Niska’s King Rig
• Michael White’s King Rig
• Charles St. Pierre’s King Rig
• George Cook’s King Rig
• George Cook’s King Quiver

Trout Spey

• Trout Spey – Why
• Trout Spey – Gear
• Trout Spey – Tactics

Other Guest Posts

• Dec Hogan – When It All Comes Together
• Greg Thomas On Fresh Fish
• Jeff Hickman’s First On The Dean
• Charles St. Pierre On The Kanektok, Reels And A Big One