Finally, a solution to traveling with spey and switch rods. We’ve carted our share of two handers around airports, and one thing we know is that traveling with spey and switch rods can be a pain. We’ve tried ski/snowboard bags, taping tubes together, and big bazooka style multi rod tubes. All have worked out to…
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When Guides Get (Too) Excited
What does a fishing guide do during their time off? The best ones go fishing. And, regardless of how many days a year they spend staring at the water, great guides never quite lose that same level of excitement they felt the first time they caught a fish on a fly rod. There just may be…
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Ready Position – Point Your Rod Tip to the Leeward Side
A sound ready position is key to presenting the fly quickly on the flats. We generally subscribe to the ‘simple is best’ philosophy when it comes to the ready position – Excess line stripped on the floor of the skiff (or trailing behind you if wading), fly in hand, and enough fly line out the…
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Help the People Who Help Our Potcakes
Potcake (pɒt-keɪk): noun. Mixed breed of dogs indigenous to the Bahamas, officially recognized as the Royal Bahamian Potcake. No fishing lodge is complete without a camp dog, and those who have joined us at Andros South have surely been aquainted with a few of the local potcakes who frequent our grounds on a regular basis. In fact,…
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Nice Fish, Logan!
Deneki guest, Logan Lewis, joined us this fall for our 2016 bonefish school at Andros South. He stuck this beauty. Good work, Logan! More on Big Bonefish An Honest Hero Shot Big Flies for Big Bonefish Land Your Fly Close to Big Bonefish
Jerry French Launches Fly Fishing Website
Attention all Skagit junkies – Alaska West alum and Skagit mastermind, Jerry French, has launched his new website, and we think you should check it out! Earlier this month, Jerry shared with us the details behind the design of his new Renegade series of fly rods from Pieroway. Before that, we let you know that Jerry’s…
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Don’t Cast a Shadow
There’s no doubt about it, bonefish are finicky. Sometimes they appear to take a fly without any persuasion whatsover, while other others times they require nothing short of perfection. Anyone who has spent time on the flats have certainly spooked their share of fish, it’s just part of the game. Whether the fly landed loudly on the…
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Backhand Casting – Adjust Your Trajectory
Presenting the fly on your backcast is one of the most useful casts on the flats. Being able to effectively deliver the fly on both the forward and backcast allows you to present the fly in virtually any direction without hooking yourself, the guide, or ever needing to reposition the boat – all good things. In…
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Alaska West Mini Gallery – Greg Houska Edition
When Alaska West guide, Greg Houska’s not kickin’ tail on the Kanektok, odds are he’s behind the lens taking some pretty stunning photos.. He just finished editing an impressive batch from this past summer, and today we share a few of his photos with you. Enjoy! More Pretty Pictures from Alaska West Why They’re Called…
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Super Moon
Last Monday the moon was closer to the earth than its been in nearly 68 years. Wow. Needless to say, it looked pretty darn cool hanging over the Slack Tide Bar at Andros South. We snapped a photo, and today we decided to share that photo with you. More from South Andros Blue Holes Dominos…
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