For those of you who have been following the Deneki family for years, you are probably familiar with Rick Sissler. Rick has been an important member of the Deneki team since he started guiding at Alaska West in 1998. After guiding the Kanektok for almost a decade, he became the Operations Manager at AK West…
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Rainbow Trout
Dan Herrig’s Naknek Swinging Rig
Dan Herrig is the Head Guide at Rapids Camp Lodge, our fly out operation in Bristol Bay. Rapids Camp is located on the Naknek River, home to some giant rainbow trout. In the late season at Rapids Camp, there’s a phenomenal swing fishery for these rainbows. If Dan was to step into a run on…
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Kyle Shea’s Nymphing Rig
Have you noticed lately that a bunch of the posts on our blog have been tagged ‘Kyle Shea‘? That’s because Kyle has been writing a bunch of posts lately! Kyle cut his teeth fishing and guiding for trout and salmon in his home waters of Maine. He now spends his summers guiding on the Kanektok…
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Jordan Sly’s Early Season ‘Low Bow’ Rig
Time for more trout rigging detail! Here’s how Jordan Sly chases the big boys at Alaska West. Jordan Sly’s Early Season Lower River Trout Rig I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the dilemma “upriver for quantity, or downriver for quality” here at Alaska West, but it is a common one. This question is…
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Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig
Jordan Sly is back today, this time with another information-packed post for our Expert Rig series. Jordan Sly’s Trout Swinging Rig Here at Alaska West our river is just asking to have a fly swung through the water column. Swinging flies for trout is not only fun, but it is also often very effective and…
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Michael White’s Flesh Rig
Last week you got to hear about how Michael White chases rainbow trout at Alaska West with a switch rod. Today we bring you the rig he uses to imitate everyone’s favorite food source – nasty, decomposing chunks of salmon flesh! The Summary Sage 691-4 ONE Ross Evolution LT #3 Rio Coldwater Clouser Line, 6…
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Michael White’s Trout Switch Rig
Michael White is one heck of an angler and he’s our buddy too. Here’s the rig that he uses to chase Alaskan rainbow trout his favorite way – with two hands! There’s a heck of a lot of information in this one – read on. The Summary G.Loomis Roaring River GLX 11′ 5 weight switch rod…
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Rainbow Trout Rig Roundup
We’ve added quite a few expert rainbow trout rigs to our blog over the past couple of months, so we figured it was time to round ’em up. Our expert rig roundups are some of the most popular pages on our web site. Basically, we give you a handy way to look through the approaches…
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Kevin Price’s Trout Rig
And once again you get to learn about how the experts rig themselves to fish for trout in Alaska! Today’s rig is a little different from your more common “target and land giant rainbows in big water” setup, and it comes courtesy of Kevin Price. Kevin is one of the finer guides in Northern California,…
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Jeff Hickman’s Trout Rig
Jeff Hickman, as you probably know by now, is a long-time veteran of fishing in the Northwest. He’s spent a whole bunch of years guiding at Alaska West, and he knows his way around Oregon pretty good too. Oh yeah, the Ross and Idylwilde Pro Staffs somehow let him in the door. Want to know…
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