Our series of links to good articles about fly fishing marches on! Here are three good, quick, recent articles from around the internet. Have a look. Savlen Paints Some FIBFest Goodness. Bonefish on the Brain passes some actual fishing fine art. Don’t Walk Through The Fish! Tom Larimer talks trout and stoneflies and advises us…
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Archives for May 2011
Andros South Trip Report by Capt. Rick Grassett
Tony Johnson caught and released this nice one. Photo: Rick Grassett We really appreciate the fact that Captain Rick Grassett brings great groups of folks to fish with us at Andros South each year. It’s a bonus that he puts together excellent reports afterwards. Here’s the annual report. Thanks, Rick! Capt. Rick Grassett’s Andros South…
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Boondoggin’ for Rainbows – 4 Tips
Bryan Burke works in our Anchorage office now, but he earned his stripes guiding guests at Alaska West on the Kanektok. In a recent conversation about favorite fishing techniques, Bryan declared boondogging (huh? read on…) to be at the top of his list. We asked him for some tips, and he obliged. Four Tips to…
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Another Reason to Fish Offshore
Our offshore fishing program at Andros South is popular for a few reasons. The productive fishing is close, the fishery is super-consistent…and nothing pulls like a pelagic fish. Hours-hold tuna sashimi adds a very nice culinary benefit! More on Offshore Fishing Top 7 Tips – Fly Fishing for Dorado Our Bluewater Program Offshore Fly Fishing…
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Early Season Kings
Jeff Hickman is a mainstay at Deneki Outdoors, with a bunch of years under his belt working at Alaska West and Andros South. His main gig now is guiding folks around Oregon, but he also hosts a group of anglers during the first week of our season at Alaska West. Today’s he’s here to tell…
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Sage DXL Typhoon Backpack Review
We’ve written reviews in the past of a couple of items from Sage’s DXL Typhoon bag and pack series – the Boat Bag and the Large Waist Pack. Last month we got a chance last month to travel and fish with the Sage DXL Typhoon Backpack, and we liked it a lot. Today we’re here…
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Blue Skies and Palm Trees
South Andros bonefish are pretty awesome critters. Our guides are incredible. The lodge is nice too. But there’s also something to be said for the simple beauty of blue skies and palm trees. More Reason to Go to Andros South Offshore Fishing! 5 Non-Bonefish to Chase at Andros South Our Ridiculously Great Island
Lake Fishing with a Tough Backcast
George Cook is back today with some more video commentary on fly fishing lakes. The topic de jour is some techniques for dealing with a difficult backcast. In this video, George talks about The fact that some of the best spots in lakes, like bays, can have very tough backcast conditions How basic rollcasting can…
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Alaska T Shirt Winner
Wow. When we announced our “complete this sentence” contest for a free Alaska Grand Slam t-shirt, we never would have guessed that we’d get 86 responses. Thanks so much to everyone who participated. It was really, really hard to pick a winner. In the end we had to go with Abe Sorom, who have us…
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Slack is the Enemy
We’re happy to return to Brian Niska‘s series of tips on spey casting. For those of you new to our blog, over the past few months Brian has been taking us through some step-by-step tips on the spey cast. Topics to date have included Wade Shallow and Relax, Start with a Lift, Setting up for the…
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