Blog: King Salmon Fishing Tips and Techniques
Its common knowledge with Salmon anglers just how hard King Salmon fight once hooked, making them a target for many travelling anglers to try catching the king of the Salmon species. With this in mind, I thought it would...
Blog: Chinook Flies (King Salmon) – Our Top Patterns and Colours
The best Chinook flies are highly contested and changes from country to country and season to season. In many peoples opinion, the actual fly pattern is not important, it is far more important to choose your fly on its...
Blog: Alaskan Pacific Salmon fishing tips
Fishing for Pacific Salmon has over the last few years become increasingly popular with the British Salmon Angler. With the sad demise of our own home Atlantic Salmon fishing, many anglers have decided to travel further abroad to get...
Blog: Top Destinations To Catch the 5 Types of Pacific Salmon
We here at Sportquest Holidays offer a range of breathtaking fishing experiences for types of Salmon, we have created this wonderful list of our top destinations to target the 5 types of Pacific Salmon for you to look at...
Blog: Species Spotlight: Chum Salmon
Name: Chum Salmon Also known as: Dog Salmon, Keta Salmon and Silverbrite Salmon. Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus keta Description Being one of the five Pacific Salmon Species, this big bruising Salmon is renowned for its dog-like battles on the end...
Blog: Species Spotlight: Chinook Salmon
Species: Chinook Salmon Also known as: King Salmon, Quinnat Salmon, Spring Salmon, Chrome Hog, and Tyee Salmon Latin Name: Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha CHINOOK SALMON Description Like many Pacific Salmon, Chinook will change in appearance and colour as they travel from...
Blog: Species Spotlight: Atlantic Salmon
Species: Atlantic Salmon Scientific Name: Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar Also known as: Bay Salmon, Black Salmon, Caplin-Scull Salmon, Sebago Salmon, Silver Salmon, Fiddler, or Outside Salmon. At different points in their maturation and life cycle, they are known as Parr, Smolt, Grilse, Grilt,...
Blog: Swinging Flies for Chinook Salmon – The Broadside Presentation
Swinging flies for Chinook Salmon is often an underused tactic with anglers sticking with what they know and avoiding trying new things. How many times have you heard the saying, "a thinking angler catches more fish?" It's a saying...
Blog: Fishing Methods When Using Arctic Char Flies
Arctic Char are one of those fish that often get regarded as a ‘nice bycatch’ when anglers are targeting bigger Trout or Salmon species. This is mainly because waters that hold trophy Sea run Char are not as plentiful...
Blog: Top 10 Fishing Rivers in Alaska
If you ask a fly fisherman about the places they would love to fish, you will find Alaska is always at the top of their list. It’s no wonder as the state of Alaska has over 12,000 rivers. However,...
