Today we continue our monthly tradition of a few good fly fishing articles from other fly fishing websites that we found interesting, and think you will too. Enjoy! Three Good Articles How to Cast 2o Feet. John Juracek of Hatch Magazine with some truth on making the most difficult cast in fly fishing – the short…
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Deneki Blog
Clearing Line – Watch Your Line, Not the Fish
Anyone who has cast a fly to bonefish, permit, tarpon, or any other flats species is well aware of the endless things a fly line can tangle on during the fragile period of time between setting the hook and getting your fish on the reel. Many fish are lost during the rapid exchange of fly…
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Learning to Cast With Your Opposite Hand – 3 Drills
Ever thought to yourself, “gee, it’d sure be nice to be able to cast both right AND left handed?” If so, you’re not alone. The ability to cast competently with both hands is an extremely valuable skill that very few anglers posses. However, most folks don’t believe us when we tell them that learning to cast with…
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Simms Wading Koozy
Warning: This is not a hyper-technical review of a groundbreaking piece of fly fishing gear designed to make you cast farther, look cooler, or catch more fish. Instead, this is a review of a product that has left many of us scratching our heads wondering, “why didn’t we think of that?” Enter, the Simms Wading…
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Choosing a Fillet Knife
At Alaska West, the well being of our fishery is of our utmost concern, and when fishing for fragile species like trout, dolly varden, and king salmon we strive to use the most fish friendly methods as possible in hopes of a safe release. However, we’re also extremely fortunate to witness staggering numbers of species such as…
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Spotting Bonefish – Learn from ‘Cuda
Today’s tid bit of bonefishing wisdom is inspired by a recent day with Andros South guide, Philip Knowles. While polling along the ocean-side flats of the infamous west-side of South Andros, your humble editor was strainging his eyes in hopes of spotting the first bonefish of the day. “There, see the fish at 11 o’clock,…
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Prime Bonefishing Spots Available at Andros South
Just a reminder that we still have some prime bonefishing spots available during our 2017 season at Andros South from mid January through mid February, and we want you to join us! Why? Due to slightly cooler water temperatures, some of the largest bonefish each season are caught during the winter months. In mid January,…
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Repairing a Broken Rod Tip
Broken rods are a bummer, but the worst time and place to break a fly rod is on a fishing trip in the middle of nowhere.. Something we know a little bit about. Of all the ways a rod can break (and trust us, we’ve seen a lot), one of the most common ways we…
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Triple
Because if the election didn’t quite go your way, what better way to cheer up than a photo of not one, not two, but three fish hooked and landed at the same time at Alaska West. More Pick-Me-Up Posts The Most Mellow Place on Earth Nice Fish, Steve Gully Wash, The Unofficial Drink of the…
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Bat Moth
First time visitors to the Carribean are likely too see a few critters they’ve never seen before. If you’re lucky, one of those critters might be the Bat Moth, a nocturnal moth, that’s right, about the same size and shape of a bat. Being primarily nocturnal, our guests tend to spot them only once in…
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