Today we’re coming at you with another installment of ‘Three Good Articles” – Articles about fly fishing from other websites that we enjoyed and think you will too. Today’s edition even has a theme – Tips to help you catch more trout! Enjoy! Three Good Articles – Trout Tips Edition Getting Into the Swing of Things. Some…
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Selecting King Salmon Flies
In just over a month we kick off our summer seasons at our Alaska operations. That means it won’t be long before we’re swinging flies for big, bright, king salmon.. Heck, we’re getting antsy just writing about it! When selecting flies for king salmon, most of the time exact fly pattern is not overly important….
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RIO General Purpose Tropical Fly Line
We get asked all the time what our favorite fly line for bonefish is. That’s because the right fly line can make all the difference on the flats – arguably more so than in any other fisheries. There are a lot of great fly lines out there for bonefish – and these days odds are…
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‘Cuda ‘Cuda
We have a lot of barracuda prowling our flats at Andros South. They’re extremely fun to catch – they’re big, fast, and sometimes jump straight out of the water like tarpon. Yes, really. However, some anglers are reluctant to fish for them in fear of taking their eye away from bonefish. But, the beauty of…
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Spey-O-Rama Fundraiser – A Success!
A while back we told you about a great fundraiser taking place at this year’s Spey-O-Rama International Spey Casting Tournament. In case you missed it, our own Whitney Gould teamed up with fellow spey casting guru, Mia Sheppard, to help raise money for the good folks at Casting for Recovery by encouraging donors to pledge…
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Improving Your Double Haul – Video
At Andros South, we work with a lot of casters on a day to day basis looking to improve their cast. One of the areas many of our guests are most interested in improving is their double haul, and for good reason.. It’s a game changer on the flats! Like most casting faults, we tend…
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Eric Robbin’s Nymphing Rig
Last week, we presented you a clever way to rig up when digging deep for western Alaska rainbows shown to us by Alaska West guide Eric Robbins (in case you missed it, check it out here!). In fact, we liked it so much that we asked him to give us all the nitty gritty details of…
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Congrats Josie!
If you’ve spent any time with us in the past at Andros South, odds are you’re familiar with veteran bonefishing guide, Josie Sands. He’s one heck of a bonefish captain, but what many don’t know is that he’s one heck of a sailor too! In fact, if you’ve been following our blog for some time, you…
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Repairing a Broken Fly Line Loop
For many anglers, nail knots are a thing of the past. Most fly lines available today come with a welded loop on the leader end of the line to connect your leader via loop to loop connections. However, no fly line lasts forever, and over time welded loops can crack, split, or sometimes break completely! Odds…
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Orvis Andros Flats Hiker Boots
One of our favorite ways to target bonefish (and we have a feeling, your’s too) is on foot. There’s something about stalking fish on foot that gets an angler’s blood pumping, and we’re really lucky to do a lot of it at Andros South. In fisheries like ours, there are a whole bunch of huge…
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