Finally, a solution to traveling with spey and switch rods. We’ve carted our share of two handers around airports, and one thing we know is that traveling with spey and switch rods can be a pain. We’ve tried ski/snowboard bags, taping tubes together, and big bazooka style multi rod tubes. All have worked out to…
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reviews
Simms Wading Koozy
Warning: This is not a hyper-technical review of a groundbreaking piece of fly fishing gear designed to make you cast farther, look cooler, or catch more fish. Instead, this is a review of a product that has left many of us scratching our heads wondering, “why didn’t we think of that?” Enter, the Simms Wading…
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Plan D Articulated Fly Boxes
From swinging flies for anadramous fish, to banging the banks with streamers, to skating mouse flies for trout, we fish a lot of articulated and stinger-style flies over the course of the year. However, until now we’ve yet to find a great way to store them. We’ve long been fans of simple Plano Boxes for housing…
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Airflo Skagit F.I.S.T. Line Review
One thing we really dig about swinging flies for species like king and chum salmon in our neck of the woods is we tend to learn pretty quickly what gear works and what gear just doesn’t quite cut it. Plenty of willing fish stacked up in ideal ‘swing’ water allows us to cut out enough variables to…
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Measure Nets – Why We Like Them
Not all nets are created equal. A quality landing net is a guide’s most important tool, and when it comes to trout, we’re really particular about the nets we use. We recently outfitted our guide staff with measure nets for our trout population and we can honestly say they’re one of the better landing nets we’ve…
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Simms BackSaver Wading Belt
We fish hard at our lodges. At Alaska West, our fishing program consists of six consecutive ten hour days. That’s 60 hours straight of continuous casting, wading, hiking, and not mention fighting a whole bunch of heavy fish. It might not seem like much to the uninitiated, but that much activity can leave even the most…
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Clear Cure Goo Hydro – Why We Like It
While our summer seasons have officially begun, for the past few months our guides have been busy preparing for the season, organizing gear, and primarily tying flies.. A lot of flies! Over the past few years, we’ve noticed one thing has become a staple in many of our guide’s fly tying kits, and that is Clear Cure…
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Einarsson Plus Reels – Review
If you’ve spent any time of late cruising the internet for fly fishing fodder (heck, you’re doing it right now!), you may have noticed one reel company in particular making waves in the freshwater world – Einarsson reels. Over the last few years, Einarsson reels have been growing increasingly popular, particularly in the spey realm….
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Patagonia Stormfront Sling Pack – Why We Like It
Like most anglers, we’re constantly looking around for the best way to carry around our gear. In search of a solution for our gear addiction, we recently picked up the Patagonia Stormfront Sling Pack. We think its pretty slick and today we thought we’d tell you why. What’s a Sling Pack? Aptly named, sling packs are packs…
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Scott Meridian 908/4 Rod Review
You may have noticed that over the past year there’s been one rod in particular making waves (pun intended) in the saltwater world – Scott Fly Rod’s new Meridian series of salt specific fly rods. We’ve heard a lot of good things about the Meridian series over the past year which is why we were…
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