Archives for February 2018

Happy Valentines Day
Chums need love too. Photo: Lucas Horm Young. Today is February 14th (ahem, aka Valentines Day), the day to celebrate the ones you love. Whether that's...

‘Cuda Camo
'Cuda camo. Photo: Peter Viau. One look at a barracuda in its natural environment reveals what makes it such a successful predator on the flats. Aside...

Swinging Flies: How to Set the Hook – OPST Video
Result of a good hook set. Photo: Kyle Shea. When swinging flies for king salmon and steelhead, we'd argue that more fish are lost due to...

With Bad Weather Comes Big Bonefish
Nice fish, not nice weather. Photo: Dick Von Zuilen. Waking up to a day of cloudy skies, heavy winds, and a chance of rain is disheartening...

Alaska West in Swing the Fly Magazine
Home sweet home. Photo: Swing the Fly/Gregory Houska. The latest issue of Swing the Fly Magazine (volume 1, 2018) is now available, and we think you should...

Nice Mutton, Jerry!
Pow! Photo: Josie Sands. Today we interrupt your scheduled Deneki programming to congratulate our good friend, Jerry Roth, for landing this impressive mutton snapper on a...

Simms Dry Creek Backpack – Review
Simms' Dry Creek Backpack. Photo: Kyle Dodson. We pride ourselves on having an expansive network of insanely fishy individuals who spend the majority of their life...

Jerry French’s ‘Ultra Squid’ Coming to a Fly Shop Near You
Jerry French's 'Ultra Shrimp.' Photo: Aqua Flies screenshot. The good folks at Aqua Flies have teemed up once again with our good friend and Alaska West...