Yep, it’s that time of year! Get a jump on your holiday shopping with our handy list of gifts for the fly angler. Holiday Gifts for Fly Anglers ECHO Gecko Kids’ Rod. You should buy a young relative their first fly rod! Abel Nippers. We still say these are a great gift, because everybody wants…
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Archives for November 2012
One Last Chance
Several years of great times and incredible fishing at BC West have made our schedule at the lodge pretty darned tight. For our 2013 season we’re down to one opening for a single angler – are you going to be the lucky one who gets in? The spot is from June 22 – 29, 2013….
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At the Ready
When you’re hooked up to a big king, it’s always nice to know your guide’s right behind you, at the ready. More on Guides at Alaska West Doing the Little Things Daily Guide Rotations Alaska Guidespeak Glossary
Sage 7126-4 ONE Steelhead Spey Rod Review
We recently got the chance to spend some time fishing another one of Sage’s new ONE spey rods – the 7126-4. Today you get to hear what we thought about it. We’ve written up two other ONE spey rods – here are our reviews of the 8136-4 ONE and the 10130-4 ONE. Design The 7126-4…
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The Conch Shell House
At Andros South, most of our guests stay in our main lodge building, with 9 single occupancy rooms set just back from our tiki hut and white sand beach. Two of our guest rooms, though, are in a very cool little building with an awful lot of character – the Conch Shell House! It’s a…
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Fresh Steelhead
As in, yards from the mouth of the Dean River. Gotta love it! More on Dean Steelhead Jeff Hickman’s Steelhead Rig Dean Steelhead Fly Roundup Nice Fish, Rob
What Not to Do
In our never-ending quest to provide you with useful fishing tips, we’ve tried a whole bunch of different formats to communicate ways you can fish better and have more fun doing it. Bulleted lists, eloquent prose (ahem), videos, photo illustrations – we’ve tried it all. We’ve also told you what to do by telling you…
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Alpaca Wool Socks – Why We Like Them
We try our best to give our readers quality recommendations on fishing gear and techniques, and there’s nothing better than when our readers do the same right back! Longtime newsletter subscriber Loren Irving got in touch a couple of months back with a recommendation on some socks that he discovered. We got ourselves a pair…
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Bonefish Haiku Contest – Win Abel Nippers
We haven’t run a contest in a while. We have some extra Abel nippers floating around. It’s bonefishing season. We love haiku. Hey, let’s run a bonefish haiku contest and send the winner a free set of Abel nippers! Contest Rules Submit a haiku about bonefish or bonefishing via a comment on this blog post….
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Fighting Fish from a Boat
Alaska West guide Spencer Dixon is back today with some more tips based on his time guiding in Alaska. If you ever fish from a boat, today’s post is for you. Fighting Fish from a Boat Our guides at Alaska West are known for their ability to adapt to every fishing situation, keeping our anglers…
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