“A River Runs Through It” may be the most famous piece of angling literature produced in the 20th century – and that’s saying something considering books such as “Trout Bum,” “Sex, Death, and Fly Fishing,” “The Longest Silence,” and “In the Ring of the Rise” were written during this time. […]
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Fishwest Spring Fair Gear Swap WHEN: Saturday, April 30th, 2016, 9 am – 3 pm WHERE: Fishwest Fly Shop: 47 West 10600 South, Sandy, UT 84070 WHAT: In conjunction with our Fishwest “Year of the Carp” spring fair we are excited to announce the 2nd annual Fishwest Upgrade Program “Gear Swap.” Bring that old […]
By Spencer Mortensen Following in the theme of “Year of the Carp” provided by the great staff at Fishwest, it seems wise to add my insights on one of the more controversial fish species. People either absolutely hate or love carp. In my interactions people either think I’m crazy for […]
By Richard Lake With Fishwest’s Year of the Carp Fair less than a month away it makes sense to dedicate this month’s fly tying tutorials to these rubber mouthed, hard fighting fish. Our first installment, the Hybrid Carp Worm is a go-to fly in many carp angler’s box and can […]
Hatch Outdoors of Vista California: chances are you have already heard of them by now. These reels seem to be everywhere these days. These reels started gaining massive steam in the industry with their presence in each one of the Confluence films. Since then their reputation continues to grow as […]
ttention Anglers! On April 30th 2016 Fishwest will be celebrating what we like to call the Year of the Carp. After long deliberation we decided to stick with our “Troutside the Box” theme from last year, and the Year of the Carp was born! To some, Carp are viewed as […]
Overview: I’m pretty rough on waders. In the past two years, I’ve blown through four pairs of the things. Two of them have been from the same company, and both pairs failed due to welded seams splitting after less than seven months of use. I finally decided that enough was […]
By JC Weeks A couple years back a friend of mine introduced me to fishing for Carp on the fly. I must say that I have been hooked ever since those days speaking with him about these fish in the shop. Since then, I have transitioned to a full fledged […]
The mercury is rising and my mind has been distracted with thoughts of toothy critters. This has to be one of my favorite times to fish, prespawn pike season, the ice has melted and the fish start moving into the shallows to find a spot to reproduce. At this time […]
By JC Weeks People often ask me why I like to fish for carp. Honestly, the reasons are quite simple. Species of carp can be found just about anywhere. They are strong, extremely fickle and quite smart. Fooling them with a fly proves to be an exciting task. Fly Fishing […]
Recently the Fishwest staff and guests returned from our annual hosted trip to the Andros South Lodge. The trip was highlighted by excellent fishing and great weather. As always we would like to thank the staff at Deneki Outdoors for their excellent hospitality in making this trip an awesome adventure […]
Welcome to the much-anticipate second installment of my list of the best dry flies of all time. Ok, maybe that was a bit hyperbolic. I’d like to pretend for a moment that some folks were actually looking forward to seeing my top five favorite dry flies. Regardless if you were […]
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