Arolik River

Trevor Covich’s Silver Rig

May 11, 2011
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Trevor Covich is one of our go-to guys at Deneki Outdoors, owning key jobs for us in Alaska, the Bahamas and Chile. We asked Trevor to put together his favorite rig for chasing silvers at Alaska West, and he delivered that and a heck of a lot more.  If you want to suck up the [...]

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5 Things You Might Not Know About Alaska West

March 3, 2011
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Of the four operations that we own and operate, Alaska West is probably the best-known.  Even so, we’re often surprised at what some anglers don’t know about our little slice of heaven in Western Alaska. So, today we present you with… 5 Things You Might Not Know About Alaska West It’s a non-stop flight from [...]

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Mouse Water

December 15, 2010
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Any time you’re using your fly to imitate a food source, step #1 is to understand what type of food source lives in the water that you’re fishing and try to imitate it.  Stonefly nymphs are most often found in quick, rocky water, so if you’re  in quick, rocky water you should think about fishing [...]

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Nice Fish, Tyler.

August 28, 2010
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Trevor Covich winds up in a lot of pictures with big trout from Alaska to Chile.  He teamed up with Tyler Cook earlier this month on the Arolik River, and the team won. Nice fish, Tyler. More on the Arolik River Intro to the Arolik 5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows Arolik Silver Fishing is [...]

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Mayhem Alert

July 20, 2010
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Our home river at Alaska West gets a mighty strong run of silver salmon.  Although the heat of the action takes place from the last week of July through the end of August, sometime right around the middle of July we’ll typically catch our first silver. We’re right on schedule.  5 days ago – July [...]

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June’s Best Kept Secret – Trout!

July 6, 2010
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During June at Alaska West, most of our guests are really, really fired up about catching king salmon on swung flies.  That’s with good reason – our king fishery is a pretty darned unique resource. But in all that excitement about catching kings, it’s easy to forget that the trout fishing this time of year [...]

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5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows

June 24, 2010
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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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Don’t Forget About Me

May 29, 2010
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Folks who are headed up to Alaska West in 12 days for the start of our season get pretty fired up about the early season king fishing – it’s all the rage. Don’t forget though – rainbow trout live in the Kanektok and the Arolik too, they’re available all season long, and they’re pretty awesome [...]

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Landing One on the Arolik

February 21, 2010
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Just a cool picture from a guy who can fish pretty good too. More Cool Pictures From Alaska Kanektok Wildlife Rainbow Trout and Giant Flies Salmon Egg

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