Fall is officially upon us. The temperature is beginning to drop quickly in our neck of the woods, and if it hasn’t near your home waters yet, we’re willing to bet it won’t me long. For many anglers, the cool temps of fall and winter bring some of the most enjoyable days on the water….
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Archives for September 2017
Andros South Open for Business
Our bonefishing season at Andros South is only a few weeks away and we wanted to reassure all that we will indeed be open for the opening day of our 2017/2018 season! Many of you have reached out to us regarding the status of our lodge from Hurricane Irma, and we’re happy to report that…
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Help Florida Keys Guides Recover from Hurricane Irma
As we’re sure you’re well aware, Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc throughout the Caribbean and Southeastern United states earlier this month as the largest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic. While we consider ourselves fortunate to have experienced less damage on South Andros than was initially anticipated, many of our friends in the Florida Keys, particularly…
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Timeless Tip Tuesday: Bonefish and Tides
Aaron Adams is one of the leading authorities on bonefish science. He works for the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, one of the organizations out there at the forefront of research on bonefish. Even better, Aaron’s an angler himself, and that means he’s written some great science pieces that can also help you catch fish! Thanks very…
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Nice Fish, Bo!
While flipping through photos from our summer season, we couldn’t help but shed light on this specimen of a trout caught on foot by our good friend, and long time Deneki guest, Bo Brines. Bo has been joining us for years at Andros South. We finally convinced him to spend a week with us at…
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Alaska West Mini Gallery – Matt Vaughn Edition
Our pal, Matt Vaughn, joined us this year for the first time during the last week of our season at Alaska West. Aside from putting a hurt on his share of leopard rainbows (trust us on this one, he crushed!), he also found time in between to take some great photos as well. Today we…
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Fly Casting – Don’t Creep on the Back Cast
One of the most common fly casting faults of all time, the number one cause of those pesky ‘wind’ knots, is known as “creep.” Most simply put, creep occurs most commonly by starting the forward cast too early, before the fly line is able to straighten on the back cast. The result? Too abrupt of…
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Listen While You Walk
Ask nine out of ten saltwater anglers their favorite thing about bonefish (or other flats species for that matter) and odds are you’ll get a response somehow related to the parallel between fishing and hunting. Stalking your quarry, only ever making a cast once you (or your guide of course) has spotted a fish, is…
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Updated Reference Pages
We’ve written an awful lot of posts about fly fishing since we started our blog back in 2008. Seriously, we’re closing in on nearly 3,000 posts.. That’s a lot of articles about fly fishing, and we’d be willing to bet you haven’t read them all! That’s why we’ve organized many of our posts into ‘reference…
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Trout Fishing: Hold On To Your Hook Set
Today we present you with a simple tip that we’ve seen learned the hard way on, not one, but many heartbreaking occasions. When fishing for trout, particularly when fishing sub-surface flies from a drifting boat, most successful anglers agree that the most effective method of hooking fish on flies you can’t see is by setting…
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