Alaska West

Alaska’s most influential and productive multispecies tent camp boats. For those interested in getting a great taste of all that Alaska has to offer without footing the bill for a fly-out lodge, this is a proven crowd-pleaser that keeps anglers coming back year after year. Rate: $6,595 per person for a 7 night/6 day package plus $850 round-trip charter flight L ong considered the gold standard of tent camps, Alaska West offers anglers the best of the Kanektok River: legendary main-stem fishing for sea-bright kings, chum, and silvers and willow-lined side channels teeming with wild leopard bows, char, and grayling. The Kanektok is 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