The fish will be here next year. Today we send home our last guests of the season at Andros South. Our guides will be here next year. Our fourth year of operation was our best by far and we’re really grateful to all of our guests and other friends that made it happen. Our fishing…
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Archives for May 2009
Favorite Bonefish Rod Roundup
My, what a fast-action rod you have. Our ‘favorite trout rod‘ poll a couple of weeks ago delivered some pretty interesting results, and when we asked for votes on folks’ favorite bonefish rods, we got some great input once again. Which Brand? Brand loyalty is strong in fly fishing. As was the case in the…
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6 Ways to Catch More Silver Salmon
Got one. Photo: Cameron Miller On the Kanektok River where we operate Alaska West, and on other rivers like it in Western Alaska, the classic method for catching silver salmon on flies involves targeting them in slow-moving water, casting a floating line, and stripping back a weighted fly. Here are 6 ways to make the most of this…
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Chrome Kings Right Around the Corner
My brothers and sisters are headed for the Kanektok… Photo: Cameron Miller This is a pretty exciting time of year for us at Deneki Outdoors. We’re in the final week of our season at Andros South, and our setup crews are on their way to Alaska West and BC West. This is when we get…
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Rio Tropical Clouser
The Tropical Clouser makes us happy. Need to turn over big flies fast in warm saltwater? At Andros South we do, and for that job we like the Rio Tropical Clouser. Many of our bonefish flies are #2 or bigger. Getting the fly in front of the fish quickly, with minimal false casting, greatly increases…
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Favorite Trout Rod Roundup
Catching me required neither a laser loop nor an 80′ cast into the wind. Photo: Chris Price Thanks to the folks who weighed in on our “What’s Your Favorite Trout Rod?” post last week, we’ve got some somewhat interesting, statistically sort-of-significant, semi-scientific data to present today! Actually we got some great input across the board….
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Fishing with Kids
Seriously, kids are fishy. Photo: Mike Duffy One of the best parts about being in the fishing lodge business is having the opportunity to host family groups at our lodges. We absolutely love having kids around, and watching the experiences that family groups have together couldn’t be more gratifying. Fathers, daughters, sons, mothers, uncles, grandparents…
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5 Flies for Kings on the Kanektok
There are a bunch of anglers out there who are pretty darned excited these days, because they’re headed to the Kanektok River this summer to swing flies for kings. The ice is out on the Kanektok, our setup crew heads in just a couple of weeks from now, and fly boxes are starting to get…
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Maxima Ultragreen – Why We Like It
The old standard, for a reason. 5 reasons, actually. There are a lot of high-tech leader materials out there, but if you visit one of our lodges in Alaska, British Columbia, the Bahamas or Chile, the material that we’re most likely to suggest you knot to your fly is Maxima Ultragreen. Why is that? It…
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What’s Your Favorite Trout Rod?
Hmmm, my mouth hurt like that was a 690-4 Z-Axis with G5 technology. Photo: Cameron Miller We spend a lot of time on our blog telling you which gear the experts use. Today it’s your turn. What’s your favorite rod to use when you’re fly fishing for trout? Yes, we know that it could be…
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