We at Deneki Outdoors are fans of Classic Fly Patterns. The sheer beauty of a fully dressed classic fly is a sight to look at. If These flies are not the easiest flies patterns to tie. They are complicated but even tiers with basic skills can achieve this fly. It’s best to tackle this fly…
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Archives for January 2022
Deneki Chronicles: Leading Bonefish – Know Your Fly’s Sink Rate
When presenting a fly to a bonefish, your primary focus should always be getting the fly within their field of view as quickly as possible. After all, a fish can’t eat what it doesn’t see, right? For bonefish, that field of view is generally on, or near, the bottom. Sure, bonefish will certainly feed throughout…
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Four Reasons to Go To a Fly Fishing Lodge Alone
For many of us, doing things alone is unfathomable – going out to eat dinner, seeing movies, going bowling, or even going to Disneyland. For a lot of us, the idea of doing things alone seems depressing and sad, fishing experiences included. Many of us are self-conscious about being alone. Here’s the thing, doing things…
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Fly Tying: Jumbo John
The Jumbo John originated on the vise of Mr. John Barr, the mind behind the world-famous Copper John nymph. It didn’t take long for creative steelheaders to succeed with the Copper John. With steelhead in mind, Mr. Barr got creative and design a Copper John Style fly that was bigger and heavier, and that brings…
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Deneki Chronicles: The Importance of the ‘Engagement Range’ When Swinging Flies
This week’s Deneki Chronicles features a friend of Deneki Outdoors, George Cook. In this post, George gives us some quality insight into the importance of the ‘Engagement Range.’ We like the “time on the water” portion of the post. Our good friend and legendary rep for some of the most respected brands in the biz,…
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Gear You Need: Fly Tying Organization
Many fly anglers naturally end up becoming fly tyers, and you end up with a collection of feathers, furs, thread, tools, hooks, shanks, I could go on. Your collection keeps getting bigger and bigger, and if you’re like many tyers out there, unless you own a fly shop or are a professional fly tyer, you…
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Andros South Lodge Availability
It’s that time of the year when you wish you could snap your fingers and fast forward two or three months. But until someone invents time travel… we’ll have to get through these cold days together one fly-tying session at a time. In the meantime, if you have a hankering for some sun, fun, and…
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Recipe: 907 Hot Halibut Sandwich
Fish sandwiches are great. We really like Halibut and have found brining and deep-frying it up makes for a great fish sandwich. We use the Meat Church Holy Voodoo Cajun seasoning and a chicken-based recipe from Meat Church for our halibut sandwich. Of course, you can use alternative Cajun seasonings in lieu of the Meat…
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Fly Tying: Tubey Mantis Shrimp
If you’re a regular reader of the Deneki Blog you know we love to fish shrimp patterns at Andros South Lodge. For today’s tie we’re whipping up a Mantis Shrimp on a tube. Tube flies are fun to tie, they do require specific attachments to your vice but they allow you to change hooks out…
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Deneki Chronicles: Bonefish Flies – Weight Matters
In this week’s Deneki Chronicles we help you decide how much weight you need for your bonefish flies while at Andros South Lodge. Remember, these are general tips. We’re all different. We’ve said it many before, but when it comes to selecting bonefish flies for South Andros, our fish aren’t overly picky. Many, many different fly…
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