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Alaska’s most influential ong considered the gold standard of boats. For those interested in getting a tent camps, Alaska West offers anglers and productive great taste of all that Alaska has to offer the best of the Kanektok River: legendary without footing the bill for a fly-out lodge, multispecies tent camp main-stem fishing for sea-bright kings, this is a proven crowd-pleaser that keeps chum, and silvers and willow-lined side channels teeming anglers coming back year after year. with wild leopard bows, char, and grayling. The Kanektok is Rate: $6,595 per person for a 7 night/6 day package plus $850 round-trip charter flight a remarkably diverse fishery, perfectly suited to both singlehand and Spey rod anglers. Their early season is dominated by Spey fishing for big kings, then shifts to phenomenal multi-species fishing mid-season, and finishes strong with hordes of fresh silvers. High catch rates, easy wading, and open backcasts are the norm. Alaska West is a large comfortable tent camp set in the heart of the lower river’s finest water. Guests sleep in pairs in comfortable wall tents with carpeted floors, quality mattresses, heat, and lighting. Hot showers, a large dining tent, a recreation tent, and a drying tent complete the scene. Anglers fish two per guide and move about the system in 18-foot jet
Brian Gambini gives a quick hoist to a coveted Kanektok king. Photo: Ken Morrish
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