Kanektok River

Nice Fish, Mark

April 10, 2011
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If pictures of anglers and nice fish are cool, pictures of anglers and their friends and nice fish are even cooler! Nice fish, Mark. More on Kings at Alaska West Early Season Kings Jeff Hickman’s King Rig Another Group Hero Shot

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Just Another Chrome Silver

March 28, 2011
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We catch an awful lot of silver salmon at Alaska West.  We don’t count fish too much, but we like to call our silver fishery ‘numbers-oriented’.  There are tons of them, and they love eating flies. One of the great things about having a camp 6 miles from the mouth of a 90 mile river [...]

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Great Trout

March 16, 2011
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This is just a picture of a great fishing guide with a great looking trout. More on Alaska West Rainbow Trout Mike Mercer Fatty Looks Like a Steelhead, But It’s a Trout Get It Down!

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Even Spey Casting Looks Cool

March 4, 2011
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You’ve seen quite a few pictures from Louis Cahill around these parts. We like working with Louis.  He’s a great guy, and he tells a good story, and he makes even dorky things like spey casting look cool. More Cool Stuff from Louis Little Water, Big Bend Bonefish Magazine A Little Overcast

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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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Mr. Hankey Produces

February 19, 2011
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If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you already know about Mr. Hankey, the Jeff Hickman-created mouse fly that works real good on big carnivorous rainbows. Today, straight from Alaska West on the Kanektok River, we present a further bit of evidence.  We like Mr. Hankey! More on Rainbow Trout Catch Them on [...]

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Lettin’ One Fly

February 16, 2011
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Just a cool perspective on spey casting, courtesy of Cameron Miller and Charles St. Pierre. More on Spey Casting Charles’ King Rig Cast, Then Step Sage 8134-4 Z-Axis

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Pull Hard.

February 1, 2011
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We’ve told you in the past about one of the biggest mistakes we see anglers make when fighting big fish – simply not exerting enough pressure on the fish, either by bending the tip of the rod or by not pulling hard enough. We stumbled across a little video that illustrates just how hard you [...]

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Nice Drivin’, Tex

January 29, 2011
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Our guides at Alaska West are great teachers.  They’re fun people and excellent casters.  They’re helpful and courteous and really, really fishy. They’re also great boat drivers. More on Alaska West King Salmon in Week 1 Our Facility Leopard Trout

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