This just in.. Not only is our run of silver salmon aggressive, acrobatic, and extremely plentiful, they also eat poppers, and we think that’s pretty awesome. More on Popper Fishing for Silvers Popper Fishing for Salmon – 5 Tips Cohos on Poppers Pink Pollywogs and Poppers
Nymphing Without an Indicator
Nymphing can be tough, but considering a large majority of a trout’s diet is found sub-surface, it’s an important tool to have in your arsenal. Strike indicators are all the rage these days, and many anglers find them extremely helpful in detecting the subtle strikes that can be had while dead drifting sub-surface flies. It’s hard to…
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Practice Makes Better
Perfect is an awfully big word when it comes to fly fishing.. We’ve yet to meet a perfect caster, but we all want to be better anglers right? We always recommend our guests spend some time practicing their casting before a trip, but we also understand that life can get in the way of our…
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BTT Needs Your Help!
Last week the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust announced that a mangrove die-off first sighted on The Marls of Abaco appears to be spreading. Healthy mangroves are critical for the well being of flats fish, and therefore is of great concern. According to BTT, the cause of the die-off is unknown, but a team from North Carolina State…
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Three Good Articles
Every month or so we like to share a few articles from other websites that we really enjoyed. The internet is full of great fly fishing articles, but here a three articles that particularly caught our attention. Enjoy! Goodbye Grip-n-Grins. A righteous New Year’s resolution all anglers should consider courtesy of Kirk Deeter from Field and Stream. So…
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Now You See it.. Now You Don’t
Bonefish can be tough to see. How tough? We’ll show you. See the bonefish out of water in the photo above? Good. See the same bonefish when put back in the water in the photo below? Exactly. Tips on Spotting Bonefish Spotting Bonefish – 4 Tips Stages of Spotting Bonefish Look for Moving Shapes
Get Bent
Alaska West guest, Gary Silverberg, putting the steam on a chrome bright chum salmon. Big, bright, aggressive fish that bend an 8-weight deep into the cork.. That’s why we love chum salmon. Other Posts Relevant to This Photo Fighting Fish From a Boat Fighting Big Fish – Put the Wood to ‘Em! A Lesson From…
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Spey Casting in Tight Quarters – Part 3: Less Overhang
It’s time for part 3 of our mini-series of tips on spey casting in tight quarters. Today we offer you a simple but often forgotten tip among many two handed anglers. The next time you find yourself short of casting room, try casting with less overhang. Most modern spey lines (we’re talking mostly skagit and scandi heads here)…
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Dry Out Your Flies
Today, you’re humble editor is throwing away not one, not two, but roughly ten dozen marabou tube flies. Why exactly? Because he failed to practice the universal fly fishing tip of drying out your gear, leaving a season’s worth of flies matted, smelly, and a vibrant uniform color of grayish-brown. Waterproof fly boxes do a…
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Boat It
Today we present you with a photo of our buddy, Gabe Nyblad, landing a bonefish from Andros South. Not only is it a cool photo, it’s also a pretty spot on demonstration on how to successfully land a bonefish from a skiff. More on Fighting Bonefish Fighting Bonefish in the Mangroves 5 Tips for Fighting Bonefish…
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