Food

Things To Look Forward To

June 30, 2011
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Dana Sturn is hosting a group of anglers at BC West next week.  He’s looking forward to the trip, and he put together some reasons that…he’s looking forward to the trip. Things To Look Forward To Each year at this time I’m running around like crazy doing all the last minute things I always plan [...]

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Another Reason to Fish Offshore

May 18, 2011
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Our offshore fishing program at Andros South is popular for a few reasons.  The productive fishing is close, the fishery is super-consistent…and nothing pulls like a pelagic fish. Hours-hold tuna sashimi adds a very nice culinary benefit! More on Offshore Fishing Top 7 Tips – Fly Fishing for Dorado Our Bluewater Program Offshore Fly Fishing [...]

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Dining Room at Andros South

January 13, 2011
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This is our dining room at Andros South. It’s really clean and very comfortable, we think.  Fishing pictures hang on the walls, and there are bonefish on our curtains and our table cloth – we really like fishing, after all. We serve a lot of great food here – fresh crawfish, beef ribs, mahi mahi, [...]

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Chow Time

July 21, 2010
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Your fearless editor is on site at BC West this week (taking part in some of the best steelhead fishing on the Dean in years, at more than 4 times our catch rate from last year, but I digress).  Our chef Belinda whipped up another amazing mid-day meal yesterday, and you get to hear all [...]

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Yum.

May 2, 2010
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At BC West, our top priority is chasing the hottest, most supercharged steelhead and salmon on the planet.  Period. However…we eat really, really well!  Our chef and manager Belinda puts out such good food that on more than one occasion, we’ve found ourselves standing in the middle of a beautiful run on the Dean…looking forward [...]

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Escudo Beer

November 16, 2009

Photo: Trevor Covich If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you know that we think an important part of experiencing local cultures is drinking the local beer. In Chile there are many beers to choose from, but at Chile West we prefer to serve Escudo. Escudo is the Portuguese and Spanish word for [...]

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Pisco Sour

September 22, 2009

Yum. Photo: atonde at flickr After a day of fishing at Chile West, along with appetizers we like to introduce our guests to a very popular drink called the “Pisco Sour”. So what the heck is Pisco? Well… Pisco is liquor made from grapes. It’s not wine, more like a brandy. If you ask any [...]

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Shore Lunch

September 9, 2009

Yum – farm-raised Atlantic Salmon flown in from Chile…actually, no. Photo: Cameron Miller One of your options during your week at Alaska West is to request a shore lunch. What’s a shore lunch? It’s pretty simple. Your guide brings a grill, side dishes and extra ingredients out on the river. You catch a fresh, bright [...]

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Making the Perfect Fishing Sandwich

July 25, 2009

A little enthusiasm in the morning… Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West and Andros South, we lay out a spread during breakfast and our guests make themselves a lunch for the day. Sandwiches are assembled, cookies chosen, fruit selected and a few candy bars often make it into the bag too. Mike Racine has contributed [...]

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