A While back, we told you why many of our guides actually prefer 7-weight rods when targeting big Alaskan rainbow trout. Today, our own Dan Herrig put together a great write-up on his weapon of choice (that’s right, a 7-weight) when fishing for huge rainbow trout during the annual ‘Smolt Bust’ on the Naknek River,…
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Archives for May 2016
Bonefish on Bamboo?
As many of you are well aware, over the last few years, fiberglass has been making a bit of a comeback in the fly rod world. Why? Because they’re really fun to fish! Heck we’ve already seen folks fish glass for bonefish this season. That got us thinking, we had to take it one step further…..
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Three Good Articles – Trout Tips Edition
Today we’re coming at you with another installment of ‘Three Good Articles” – Articles about fly fishing from other websites that we enjoyed and think you will too. Today’s edition even has a theme – Tips to help you catch more trout! Enjoy! Three Good Articles – Trout Tips Edition Getting Into the Swing of Things. Some…
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Selecting King Salmon Flies
In just over a month we kick off our summer seasons at our Alaska operations. That means it won’t be long before we’re swinging flies for big, bright, king salmon.. Heck, we’re getting antsy just writing about it! When selecting flies for king salmon, most of the time exact fly pattern is not overly important….
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RIO General Purpose Tropical Fly Line
We get asked all the time what our favorite fly line for bonefish is. That’s because the right fly line can make all the difference on the flats – arguably more so than in any other fisheries. There are a lot of great fly lines out there for bonefish – and these days odds are…
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‘Cuda ‘Cuda
We have a lot of barracuda prowling our flats at Andros South. They’re extremely fun to catch – they’re big, fast, and sometimes jump straight out of the water like tarpon. Yes, really. However, some anglers are reluctant to fish for them in fear of taking their eye away from bonefish. But, the beauty of…
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Spey-O-Rama Fundraiser – A Success!
A while back we told you about a great fundraiser taking place at this year’s Spey-O-Rama International Spey Casting Tournament. In case you missed it, our own Whitney Gould teamed up with fellow spey casting guru, Mia Sheppard, to help raise money for the good folks at Casting for Recovery by encouraging donors to pledge…
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Improving Your Double Haul – Video
At Andros South, we work with a lot of casters on a day to day basis looking to improve their cast. One of the areas many of our guests are most interested in improving is their double haul, and for good reason.. It’s a game changer on the flats! Like most casting faults, we tend…
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Eric Robbin’s Nymphing Rig
Last week, we presented you a clever way to rig up when digging deep for western Alaska rainbows shown to us by Alaska West guide Eric Robbins (in case you missed it, check it out here!). In fact, we liked it so much that we asked him to give us all the nitty gritty details of…
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Congrats Josie!
If you’ve spent any time with us in the past at Andros South, odds are you’re familiar with veteran bonefishing guide, Josie Sands. He’s one heck of a bonefish captain, but what many don’t know is that he’s one heck of a sailor too! In fact, if you’ve been following our blog for some time, you…
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