Good times with the family. Photo: Cameron Miller We continue our series from Bryan Whiting on planning a family fishing trip to Alaska. For 3 of the past 5 years, Bryan has brought various members of his family to Alaska West to fish for silvers and kings. Today we learn about getting ‘over the hump’…
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Archives for February 2009
Silver Salmon Like to Jump
Fishing for silver salmon at Alaska West on the Kanektok River is a lot of fun for a bunch of reasons. They’re super-aggressive towards flies, they fight really well, they like surface flies, and…they like to jump. All photos by Cameron Miller. Now, you want to catch Silver Salmon don’t you. We sure do. Email…
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Pink Pollywogs and Poppers
They’re a lot more excited than they look. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West, we fish for all five species of Pacific salmon right next to the salt. Much of the water that we cover has actual tidal influence, and whether we’re 1 mile from the salt or 10, the salmon that we’re presenting flies…
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Bruce Chard on Casting in the Wind
It’s not always this calm. Bruce Chard, FFF Master Casting Instructor, veteran Florida Keys guide and instructor of bonefishing schools at Andros South, offers some tips today for casting in heavy winds. “Casting in a heavy wind always presents fly line management issues, accuracy challenges and distance limitations for even the best casters in the…
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Where Bonefish Eat
More from Bruce Chard on bonefishing in the Bahamas… “On cloudy days in the Bahamas, bonefish love to tail in inches of water deep into the mangrove jungles. This picture gives you an idea of the many leader-breaking mangrove shrubs that bonefish love to feed around. These mangrove areas are favorites places for snails, crabs,…
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Big Bonefish
On some flats at Andros South, there are big groups of moderate-sized bonefish. On other flats, there are some big boys. That’s a pretty good-sized bonefish. Mike Sanders with another nice one. More On South Andros Big Schools Of Bonefish South Andros Fisheries Roundup Bahamas Guidespeak Glossary
Big Schools of Bonefish
There are some big schools of bonefish on South Andros Island. When we say big, we mean it. Every one of those dark spots? That’s a bonefish. Sometimes they all like to fin and tail. The technical term for how these bones are behaving is “happy”. Sometimes they swim around in circles. Just chuck it…
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Fun in the Clouds
Bruce Chard is checking in with some updates to our blog. Where Bruce goes, the fun goes along… “Here’s full-time Florida Keys fly fishing guide, and host of the popular Ultimate Bonefish School held at Andros South in the Bahamas, Capt Bruce Chard on left and Andrew Bennett, owner of Deneki Outdoors and Andros South…
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