There are many great organizations doing great conservation work related to fisheries. We’re grateful to the conservation community as a whole – and you should be too. Three organizations that we support actively are Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, Trout Unlimited and the Native Fish Society. They’re all working on big issues, they all base their…
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Archives for March 2012
Top Casting Tips
So far we have 45 posts about casting on our blog. Here are the 10 most popular. NOTE: all these posts are about single-handed casting. If you want spey casting posts, you need to head on over here. Top 10 Casting Tips Casting Advice from Torrie Bevans Bruce Chard on Casting in the Wind Casting…
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Quigley’s Bonefish Tickler
Here’s another fly we think you should add to your box for South Andros Island – Quigley’s Bonefish Tickler by Idylwilde. Why We Like It It works in a range of water depths. It’s on the smaller side for South Andros (#4), but its small lead eyes sink it quickly. It’s very sparsely dressed, which…
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Join Me at Andros South
Who Am I? My name is Andrew Bennett. I’m the president of Deneki Outdoors (we own and operate Andros South, Alaska West and BC West). I’m also the man behind the curtain here at the Deneki blog and newsletter – I’m the editor, and if you see an article with no author listed, I probably…
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Juicy.
Whitey fishes some tasty, greasy, bouldery water just below the Dean River canyon. Looks good, doesn’t it? It was good. More on the Dean River Very Nice Fish Sage Rods for the Dean Chinook Flies for the Dean
Lots of Wading on South Andros
At Andros South we recently hosted an angler who has spent lots of time over many years fishing literally all over the world. It was his first trip to South Andros. After his second day of non-stop wading, he let the comment slip – “I always thought you guys did almost all your fishing from…
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It Won’t Be Long Now
Wow, it’s hard to believe it, but our setup crew will be on site at Alaska West in 3 months. Silvers and kings and rainbow and dollies and good, good times are all right around the corner. We still have some prime weeks with availability for 2012, but this is the time of year that…
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Shark Tooth Leader Control System
This past week at Andros South we had the opportunity to try out a very cool little gadget made by Loon Outdoors – the Shark Tooth ‘Leader Control System’. What is the Shark Tooth? The Shark Tooth is pretty simple. It’s an elastic band that replaces the stock band on your tippet spool. Attached to…
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Casting Tip – Accelerate Your Haul
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting Tim Rajeff at Andros South. As many of you know, Tim is the man behind Airflo Fly Lines in North America, and Echo Fly Rods everywhere. He’s also a very successful competitive caster – he’s got the chops to back it all up. Anyhow, Tim was kind…
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All the Important Questions
Kyle Perkins was one of our attendees at FIBFest at Andros South last spring. That trip was Kyle’s first experience on the saltwater flats, and he put together today’s really insightful article about getting ready and making the trip. We think you’re going to like it – especially the end. Thanks, Kyle! All the Important…
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