Kanektok River

Nice Fish, Fraser

October 19, 2011
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Here’s Alaska West’s good friend Fraser with a beautiful king salmon of the purple-backed variety. Nice fish, Fraser. More on Alaska West King Salmon Ed Ward’s King Rig Just A Big Chrome Slab. 5 Ways to Catch More King Salmon

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Just Another Slab of a Trout

July 23, 2011
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More on Alaskan Rainbow Trout Spey Fishing for Trout – Why 5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows Mr. Hankey Produces

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Nice Fish, Dave.

June 25, 2011
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Yeah, we’ve posted a few ‘nice fish’ pictures lately, but you’ve gotta agree – this one deserves some airtime. Dave Victor got this dandy of a king salmon at Alaska West this past week.  As we usually do, he was swinging flies with his spey rod, and the measurements told us the fish was just [...]

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Trout, Man, Woman, Boat.

May 25, 2011
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Guide Whitney presents angler Kevin’s good looking rainbow trout.  Their trusty steed provides the backdrop. More Pictures from Alaska West Big Chrome Slab Little Water, Big Bend Just Another Chrome Silver

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Boondoggin’ for Rainbows – 4 Tips

May 19, 2011
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Bryan Burke works in our Anchorage office now, but he earned his stripes guiding guests at Alaska West on the Kanektok.  In a recent conversation about favorite fishing techniques, Bryan declared boondogging (huh? read on…) to be at the top of his list.  We asked him for some tips, and he obliged. Four Tips to [...]

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Early Season Kings

May 17, 2011
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Jeff Hickman is a mainstay at Deneki Outdoors, with a bunch of years under his belt working at Alaska West and Andros South.  His main gig now is guiding folks around Oregon, but he also hosts a group of anglers during the first week of our season at Alaska West.  Today’s he’s here to tell [...]

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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 Ways to Catch More King Salmon

April 27, 2011
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We’re already getting excited about the king salmon we’re going to be catching at Alaska West and BC West starting the second week of June.  These are not your normal king fisheries – we’re swinging flies for hot chrome fish just a few miles for the salt, and that really turns our crank! Anyhow, we’ve [...]

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Here’s Lookin’ At You

April 16, 2011
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We just thought this was a really cool closeup shot of a rainbow trout! More on Rainbow Trout 5 Reasons We Love Arolik Rainbows Everybody Likes Cotton Candy Flesh Flies and Snags

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