Our little community on the internet continues to grow far beyond anything we expected. That’s awesome – and that means there are a lot of new folks around!
We really value the input that we get from you and we haven’t asked in a while, so we’re dedicating today to a simple question.
What do you want us to write about?
We’d love your input along any of these lines.
- Specific articles you’d like to see written
- Specific pieces of gear you’d like to see reviewed
- Tips on certain kinds of fishing
- Guest authors you’d like to hear more from
- Any general kinds of posts you think we don’t do enough of
Those are just some ideas. We want any input you have on what you’d like to see here at the friendly Deneki Outdoors (mostly) fly fishing blog. Leave us a comment with your ideas!
Thanks so much for being a part of our family.
Well, I think you clearly need another FIBFest. 😉
I like stories, really… people, places… I think you could tell more of the stories about the people who work at your places. I’d love to hear their take on the fish, the fishery, etc.
Alaska West is a “bucket list” destination for me, consequently to keep the dream alive (sic), I agree with Bjorn, lets keep it real with more stories about the people & places of Deneki including guides, pilots, cooks, swampers and clients. Speaking of Alaska West, I would like to learn more about The Arolik.
More details on color and size of flies to use for kings, on sunny versus cloudy days. More details on length and type of sink tip and depth of fly depending on water clarity, temperature and light conditions. Maybe a rundown of fly choices as the king season progresses, from early, high,cold water to later in July, when things should warm up.
Yes, another FIBfest. I echo Bjorn’s sentiments. ahahahahahhah
I’d love to see follow ups on your reviews- After a season or two of use, what you like about a product, and what didn’t like about them after a some use. I realize that products change pretty quickly in this industry, and that a follow up review might be out of date quickly, but I think that it could be of some value to your readers.
Also as said above, more stories about the people and places would be cool to read.
I think it would be interesting to have stories about:
-guides funniest occurances, unexpected happenings etc.
-how BC West is different from AWest experience
-the history of AWest, BCWest even way back
-logistical hassles, lag times, planning about getting items to AWest
-states and even country of origin of anglers
-review of 8 wt Red Truck fly rod (happen to try one visiting son in Northern CA and liked it better than my Sage and Winston
-difference between the $200-300 reel and the $500-600 reel
Thanks for all the great input so far. Some topics we’ve been working on and some are brand new – that’s why we ask.
Much appreciated!
I like Joe’s ideas about flies for Kings. Lets expand it to the other species, too. Steelheads, native Rainbows, Silvers, and so on. I know you’ve done the “best 5 flies for Kings” type features before, but asking the different guides to all contribute something would be awesome.
I have always liked the rig specials. They’re some of the most informative, most helpful articles possible.
Now, would you be so kind as to ask April Vokey for her steelhead rig and her King Salmon rig? Please!!!!
Flies for kings, how to pick the right sink tip for a particular piece of water and why you choose a particular section of water to swing e.g. what do you look for in a particular stretch of water.
Thanks for all the info!
Hola, me gustaria por favor tener algun concepto sobre la One Switch 11,6 pies para linea 6- sus caraceristicas, casteos, lineas etc. Desde ya muchisimas gracias por sus valederas opiniones.
I know this is out of your wheelhouse but how about some tips for warm-water summer rivers for all us folks who can’t get to AK or Andros?! Would love to see some more anglers swinging flies on rivers in the heartland of the lower 48. Cheers!
If your guides fish sculpting and leeches in the spring, I would enjoy seeing their patterns and hear about their strategy for fishing theses. Thanks for doing the fly pattern article in Fish Alaska magazine. I look forward to it each month.
Andrew: When purchasing gear (eg fly rods) I would like to see reviews on all rods in a series. For example with Sage ONE and TCX switches, it would be nice to see reviews on all rods in the series; what they will do, what they can’t, etc. Also, an honest assessment on which rods in a series that your staff likes the best would be nice.
The other thing that is rarely covered in any North American reviews that I read are a rods ability to deal with Overhead casting! Many folks (west coast and east coast) do a lot of overhead casting on the beaches (and lakes?). Even one of the fellows at Sage admitted that he didn’t really know which rod(s) performed best for OH casting. We can, and did, make educated guesses but to me, a review is not complete without covering this important topic.
All the best, Frank
I would like to see you write about fishing for trout in lakes and streams/rivers using soft plastic baits on jigs and under floats.
I have read many articles about casting, and relatively few about presentation. I would love to hear from your steelhead experts about the nuances of presenting a fly in different kinds of water, different conditions, getting the fly in front of the fish, keeping it in the seam, how to respond when a steelhead grabs your fly, etc. To use a golfing metaphor, this kind of information will help us improve our “short game” when fishing for steelhead. Thanks.
I’ve read a few of Lefty Kreh’s articles. He’s a fabulous writer and has so much we can learn from him. Perhaps including some of his articles would be nice.
I would not mind seeing something on fishing “in closer” for kings, in those “hard to reach” places with stuff like clousers. Your article on “thunderdoming” was a good start….;>)