If you’ve been to our lodges before, you probably recognize that the photo above was taken on location at Andros South, our gig on South Andros Island in the Bahamas. You might even notice the young fellow in the photo as well – That’s Mike Sanders, our general manager of Deneki Outdoors. And, if you’re…
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Archives for February 2016
Fly Tying Step by Steps – Roundup
It’s the weekend, and what better way to spend your Saturday or Sunday morning than sitting down at the vise with a big cup of coffee and cranking out some flies! We’ve put out quite a few fly tying step by steps over the past couple years for your tying pleasure, and odds are you haven’t…
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BTT Bonefish Fin Clip Challenge
Calling all South Florida Flats Anglers! The good folks at the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust are looking for more bonefish fin samples, and they need your help. But here’s the catch, they’re offering up some really cool prizes in the process! Starting March 1st and running through March 23rd, BTT is teeming up with Yeti…
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Spey-O-Rama/Casting For Recovery Fundraiser
The 2016 Spey-O-Rama international spey casting tournament is only two months away, and we’re proud to announce that our own Whitney Gould is going to be competing! However, what we’re even more proud about is that during this year’s competition, Whitney is teaming up with fellow Spey-O-Rama winner, Mia Sheppard, to help raise money for a…
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Just How Big Is a Ten Pound Bonefish?
Every fishery has its benchmark fish. The trophy fish. The size fish that everyone’s after. On South Andros, such fish is the ten pound bonefish, and we’re lucky to see quite a few of them over the course of a season. A double digit bonefish is certainly a milestone for any serious flats angler, but when…
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Hoh Bo Spey Tube Fly – Tying Instructions
A while back, Stuart Foxall presented us with step by step tying instructions for Charles St. Pierre’s Hoh Bo Spey – An absolute deadly pattern for steelhead and salmon. Today, Stu’s back again with another great step by step on how to tie the Hoh Bo Spey – This time, on a tube! Enjoy! Hoh…
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‘Those Moments’ Now Available Online
Back in 2014, our good friend and super talented fly fishing film maker, Peter Christensen, spent some time with us at each of our lodges to gather footage for his latest fishing film – ‘Those Moments.’ In fact, the film was actually featured in the 2015 Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T). We were really impressed how…
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Skinny Water Bonefish – Go ‘Blind’
At Andros South, most of the time we like to fish flies that are quite a bit larger than most other bonefishing destinations around the world. Our bonefish aren’t overly picky when in comes to fly pattern, and generally respond better to a bigger meal. Therefore, the majority of the time we prefer flies tied…
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The Double Bimini Twist
When it comes to connecting backing to fly line via loop to loop connections, there’s no doubt that the bimini twist is one the best knots of all time. Generally considered to provide 100% line strength, the twisted construction of the bimini twist actually allows the knot to stretch slightly, thus providing a knot strength…
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Mind Your Line Scraps
While sitting around the camp fire at Andros South, ice cold Kaliks in hand, we got into an interesting discussion.. How long does monofilament actually take to break down? Not just ‘weaken’ mind you, but actually biodegrade completely? Weeks, months, years? Many of you have probably heard that fluorocarbon monofilament takes a lot longer to…
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