Archives for August 2015

Spooling Fly Line Correctly
Bottom to bottom. Photos: Jordan Sly. One of the more frustrating things in fly fishing is a twisted fly line or running line. There are many ways...

Jumper!
Look out! Photo: Finn Ward. Long-time Deneki guest, Finn Ward, and Alaska West guide, Ben West, putting the wood to a Kanektok silver salmon. Nice work guys!...

OPST Lazar Line Running Line
OPST Lazar Line. Photo: Kyle Shea. When it comes to skagit casting, we've long been fans of mono running lines, particularly when fishing light weight spey...

Nice Fish, Ben!
We're not sure, but we think Ben might still be in shock.. Photo: Jason Whiting. Deneki alum and Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics general Manager, Ben Paull, recently...

Finishing Intruders – 9 Styles
Stu's pink intruder, 'plain edition.' Photos: Stuart Foxall, Deneki pal and professional fly designer, Stuart Foxall, is back today with another great post for all of...

Bonefish – Up Close
The object of our desires.. Photo: Peter Viau, For some reason we really like close up shots of bonefish.. Maybe it's because we spend so much of...

Opportunism
Piggy ate a mouse.. Photo: Ben West. This year at Alaska West, our run of chum salmon came in a bit later than normal (don't worry,...

TB Peggz – Why We Like Them
Trout Beads Peggz. Photos: Kyle Shea. Last week we ran a post on three methods of rigging beads, where we highlighted three of the most common...