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Oliver Ancans

Beautiful Bycatch
West Coast

Beautiful Bycatch

by Oliver Ancans

Often a dirty word, Ancans rethinks the undesirables.

August 8, 2024 by Oliver AncansTagged alaska, Steelhead
Alaskan Trout Spey
Trout Spey

Alaskan Trout Spey

by Oliver Ancans

Alaska-based contributor Oliver Ancans walks us through why spey may be the way for (almost) year-round fun in the 49th state.

June 24, 2024 by Oliver Ancans
The Ten Seven Switch
Gear & Travel, Spey Rods

The Ten Seven Switch

by Oliver Ancans

Many of my favorite steelhead rivers in Alaska are no place for a full-sized spey rod or even an eleven-foot switch. I needed something that I could spey cast with either one or two hands. I needed a quick, short rod for these overgrown streams capable of casting large flies with no backcast whatsoever and […]

July 31, 2023 by Oliver Ancans
Swinging for Grayling
Trout Spey

Swinging for Grayling

by Oliver Ancans

Casting a light skagit head made the fishing methodical – swinging the riffles and dropping my fly into seams produced a dozen or so fish, and before I knew it, the sun was setting and it was time to head home.

October 31, 2022 by Oliver Ancans

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