On South Andros Island, land and water interlace with a vast network of mangrove cays, endless sandy flats, and winding creeks and channels that flow throughout the island, like the blood vessels in our bodies. And as the cells in our blood vessels journey throughout our body, bonefish journey through the mangrove cays and flats…
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Archives for April 2022
You’re Running Out of Prime Time at Alaska West Loge 2022
Nope, it’s not about Deion Sanders, but if he had to pick a week at Alaska West Lodge, this week would be it, and so should you. We have limited availability during a prime week in July at Alaska West Lodge- July 3 -10, 2022. Don’t let the sun go down on your opportunity to…
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Mother’s Day 2022: Gifts for the Fly Fishing Mom
I know, Mother’s Day is not for a couple of weeks, but it’s never too early to start thinking about your mom. . Plus, you will give yourself plenty of time in case you need to order something. A fly-angling mom can sometimes be a challenge to shop for so we are trying to make…
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Fly Tying: Flies to Tie for Alaska Fish
The 2022 Alaska fly fishing season is coming upon us, and it’s never too early to start tying flies. If you search our blog, we have a plethora of flies for Salmon and Trout, and they all catch fish, or we wouldn’t feature them. Below is a curated list of flies you should start tying…
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Deneki Chronicles: 5 Ways to Catch More Rainbow Trout
Catching rainbow trout at Alaska West is not all that difficult – in fact, it’s easy to catch ‘some.’ That being said, great anglers catch more, and great anglers catch the bigger ones. Here are five ways you can make yourself into a ‘greater’ trout angler in our part of the world. Mend less. Our…
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Donate to a Good Causes, Maybe Win a Fly Fishing Adventure of a Lifetime.
Today is National Shakespeare Day. A day for Shakesperean fans of the writer to celebrate his literary works and contributions of hundreds of words to the English language. Poetic, ain’t it? We are not sure if the word ‘raffle’ is one of his contributions, but for the sake of argument, we’ll say it might be….
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Earth Day 2022
The Earth is what we all have in common. Wendell Berry, novelist Happy Earth Day to you. Apparently, a good planet is hard to find. Just ask NASA, Elon, and Jeff. By now, you should know all the little things you can do to take care of our planet. If you don’t contact us, we’ll…
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“I want To Bring Only One Fly Rod to Fish Alaska. What should I bring?”
During the summer, Alaska is a hotbed of fly anglers. Many are new to Alaska and have only fished with a five-weight in spring creeks and tailwaters of many incredible streams and rivers in the lower Forty-Eight. One question we get a lot about coming to Alaska for fly fishing is, “if I were only…
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Fly Tying: Llewych (Gleamer)
Recently I was asked to do a magazine article for Trout & Salmon magazine in the UK. I had to write it about a “sea trout” (sea-run brown trout) pattern and I could think of none better to ask than Sean Thomas in Wales. He gave me one of his nighttime patterns that he calls…
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Deneki Chronicles: 3 Random Bonefishing Tips
In this week’s Deneki Chronicles we explore some Bonefishing Tips. Casting short of a fish is better than casting past it. If you see a big fish cruising and you are trying to get your flies in front of it, a shorter cast is often more effective than casting far. If your cast is too…
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