For anglers who like chasing salmon and steelhead, sea lice are a topic of great interest for a couple of reasons. Today Mike Sanders, our General Manager at Deneki Outdoors, gives us the rundown! What Are Sea Lice? Sea Lice are planktonic (adj. – of or relating to plankton) fish parasites that live in sea…
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Archives for March 2010
Let That Bonefish Run
Josie Sands has seen his fair share of battles with bonefish. He’s been guiding on South Andros Island since before Al Gore invented the Internet. Today we get to hear Josie explain why you need to let that bonefish run after you’ve hooked him. Note: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader,…
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Just Another Beautiful Run in Chile
To be totally honest, we’ve got so many pictures of beautiful water from Chile West that it’s a little hard to know where to start. We’ll just post them in a trickle, OK? Today’s installment comes a short drive from Cisnes, the third stop on our trip. More Cool Pictures South Andros from Above Dean…
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Facebook Photo Contest Winner
We’re happy to crown Jason Burgett the winner of our first-ever Facebook photo contest. Jason visited us at Alaska West this past August to chase silvers and rainbows, and he submitted this gem of a picture on our Facebook page. Yes, we did say that hero shots of big fish aren’t necessarily what we’re looking…
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Tube Fly for Barracuda
If you’ve hung around our blog much, you know that lots of different flies work for barracuda on South Andros. Today Matt Hynes walks us through tying instructions for a ‘cuda fly that comes from a slightly different angle – it’s tied on a tube. Barracuda Tube Recipe Hook Stainless saltwater hook, size 2/0 to…
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Simms Headwaters Sling Pack Review
When You Want A Sling Pack If you’re fishing for bonefish or steelhead or salmon, you don’t need to bring 42 different gizmos out on the water. You need a fly box, a few spools of tippet, your pliers and maybe just a few other gadgets. You’re also going to spend most of your time…
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What’s Your Favorite Steelhead Rod?
Way back when we had some great discussion on our blog when we asked folks what their favorite rods were to use when fly fishing for trout and bonefish (err, not at the same time, of course). In fact we felt like we learned enough that we should write up some conclusions for each, which…
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Fish Factory
In just a few short months, this river in Western Alaska will be clogged with fish. Yes, we admit it – we’re already getting a little twitchy. More On What’s Right Around the Corner Silver Salmon Rainbow Trout King Salmon
Bonefishing Advice from a Mediocre Angler
In late February, Ned Desmond and his buddy Larry joined us for a few days of bonefishing at Andros South. It was Ned’s first time chasing bonefish, and guess what – he caught some! We’re really grateful that Ned was willing to write up some advice on bonefishing for those folks out there who maybe…
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Tailing Bonefish
You know how sometimes when people talk about happy feeding bonefish, they claim ‘ their back were out of the water’? On a calm day on South Andros, it happens quite a lot. Have a look – we shot this video two days ago in the midst of a pretty awesome morning session taking shots…
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