Jordan Sly is back with another segment of our ‘expert rig’ series of posts, where we give the skinny on how the experts rig up, all the way down to the bitter details. Jordan is our operation’s manager at Andros South and spends a substantial amount of time stalking the flats for hungry bonefish. Here’s his…
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Nice Fish, Benny
Congrats to Alaska West guide, Ben Beatty, for landing this double-digit bonefish alongside Andros South guide Josie Sands. Nice work guys! More on Bonefishing The Advanced Ready Position How Far Do You Have to Cast Selecting Bonefish Flies
Don’t be a Creeper
A while back we ran a post on creep, a common fly casting error, most often the culprit of tailing loops. However, creep isn’t only a single hand casting error, it wreaks havoc while spey casting as well! Alaska West guide, Jason Whiting reminded us of this fact while critiquing his own cast. Although if…
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Three Good Articles – Holiday Gift Guide Edition
We’re back today with our roughly mid-month rundown of some good articles from other fly fishing websites around the web. With the holidays upon us, the pressure is on to find the perfect gift for the fly fisher people in our lives. So, today’s “Three Good Posts” is nothing but holiday gift guides, all featuring…
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Bonefishing – Don’t Strip Off More Line Than You Have To
When fishing for bonefish from a flats skiff, it’s common practice to strip a generous amount of fly line off of your reel onto either the deck, or better yet, the floor behind you as you hold the fly in your non-casting hand. We call it the ready position, but in case you’re not sure…
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Sculpin
Sculpins are an important food source for our resident rainbow trout at Alaska West. We spend a great deal of time at the tying bench trying to imitate the appearance of these fat headed bait fish as closely as possible. Why? Because the trout love ’em! Particularly during the beginning and end of the season….
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The Spawning Mantis Shrimp
A great thing about our fishery at Andros South is that the bonefish aren’t overly picky. It’s a great place to get creative with your flies.. A true fly tyer’s paradise! After all, if its the right size, and some shade of tan, odds are there’s a fish out there that will eat it! With…
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Spotting Bonefish Roundup
Spotting bonefish on the flats can be tough, even for experienced anglers. Therefore, we’ve posted quite a few articles on our blog over the years about spotting bonefish, and odds are you haven’t read them all. So, today we thought we’d give you a little roundup of a bunch of posts we’ve run in the…
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Skagit Master – Now Available Online
We like skagit casting, and we love swinging flies for salmon and steelhead. So naturally, we’re big fans of the Skagit Master DVD series. Not to mention they’re full of long time members of the Deneki family! Roughly five years ago, New Water Media released the very first Skagit Master DVD featuring the Master himself, Ed…
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Keep Your Hands on the Cork
Most modern fly rods are well engineered pieces of equipment, and contrary to popular belief, they rarely break on their own. Often times an errant fly or a slight nick from the gunwale of a boat is actually the culprit of a rod that surprisingly ‘breaks for no reason.’ With that said, we’d be lying if…
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