One sometimes wonders, if we, as anglers, often fish ‘under’ the fish. This is to say, fish too deep, use to much tip, too big a fly. In summer-run steelhead pursuits in clear water, this can indeed be the case, and so found the 9th group of the season at BC West. Veteran river soldiers…
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Archives for August 2011
National Fishing in Schools Program
One of the coolest things that we learned about at IFTD last week was the National Fishing in Schools Program. The NFSP teaches kids in public schools how to cast fly rods! We think this is really important because… Most kids need to get outside more, and Extra-curricular activities in public schools are getting killed…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 12 – 19
Week 10 at Alaska West saw the return of quite a few long time guests. Mac and Greg Miller joined us again and as always brought a cooler full of duck and geese to add to our menu for the week. Jebb Curelop returned to put his late father’s great collection of fly reels to…
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Just a Friendly Reminder
Just a friendly reminder of how good it feels to walk a flat in the Bahamas, with warm water lapping at your ankles, a deep blue sky over your head, and a nice light breeze at your back. We open at Andros South in the middle of October. Drop us a line if you want…
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Traveling with Spey Rods
Tom Larimer just got back from hosting a week at BC West on the Dean River. Since spey rods and travel were at the top of his mind, he put together some tips for us those two topics. Thanks Tom. Spey Rods and Bazuka Tubes Traveling with two-handed rods and fishing gear from the “Lower…
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We’re at the Fly Tackle Dealer Show
The International Fly Tackle Dealer show starts today in New Orleans, and we’re there! IFTD is our industry’s one major trade show each year that includes equipment manufacturers, reps, fly shops and more all under one roof. It’s a great chance for us to spend quality time with the quality folks in our industry…and we…
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Smile!
This is just a picture that one person took of other people taking pictures of a fish. Somehow we just thought it was kind of funny… More Fish Pictures Big Chrome Slab Big Bonefish Anadromous Nirvana
Bonefishing Gear Roundup
Judging by the number of folks we’re hearing from recently, an awful lot of you are in the middle of planning your bonefishing trips for the upcoming season. One very important part of trip planning is getting your gear ready to go, so we figured it was a good time for a roundup of some…
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BC West Fishing Report: August 6 – 13
You know things generally turn out well for a trip when you get a fish within the first 20 minutes on the water, and even better when you get three! So thinks Cam Groner, as he and the rest of Tom Larimer’s Dean excursion crew of 2011, including Tom, Pete Laskier, Cam, Cal Knight, Jim…
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5 Surprises from Alaska West
Kellsey Perkins runs the numbers for us here at Deneki Outdoors. We recently let her out of the office long enough for her to take her first trip to Alaska West, and she was pretty blown away by the whole experience. We thought a first-timer’s perspective would be interesting, so we asked her to put…
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