When it comes to bonefish lines, there are a lot of options these days to choose from. Some lines work really well to load the rod quickly and turn over heavy flies with minimal backcasts, while others do a better job at presenting the fly as softly as possible at longer distances. Both have their advantages,…
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Spey TV Episode 7: Situational Casts in Tight Quarters
Our good friends from Spey TV are back today with the seventh episode of their online video series featuring tips and techniques for all things spey. Episode seven focuses on some effective casts when spey casting in tight quarters. Enjoy! Note: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or reader, click here to view the video on our…
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Three Good Articles
Today we’re back with our monthly edition of three good fly fishing articles from other fly fishing websites that we really liked and think you will too. Enjoy! Three Good Articles Mending – A Guide’s Perspective. A great take on the art of mending from Matt Heron via Sage. 5 Fishing-Trip Packing Rules. Some great traveling tips…
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Trout and Steelhead Art by Ben West
Those of you who have visited us at Alaska West in recent years likely recognize the name Ben West (also known as ‘Big Country’ in our neck of the woods). Not only is Ben a great guide (and shore-lunch connoisseur), but he’s also one heck of an artist as well.. Just check out his latest work…
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Simms Currents Shoes – Review
We’re lucky at Andros South to have an incredibly diverse bonefish fishery. One in which allows for anglers to wade and/or fish from the boat depending on the conditions. For years we’ve recommended that our guests invest in a sturdy pair of flats boots for our flats. However if you’ve followed our blog long enough,…
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Shea’s Bonefish Buttah – Tying Instructions
For the last couple seasons, we’ve been fishing one of our favorite bonefish patterns at Andros South – A pattern we’ve dubbed the Bonefish Buttah (Yep, we had a little fun with the name). Well, we’re pleased to announce that the good folks at Solitude Fly Company have started producing it and it is now…
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The Flyfish Journal at Andros South – Photo Feature and Video
A couple weeks ago we were joined by our good friends from The Flyfish Journal for their annual ‘Bahamacon’ pilgrimage to Andros South. They put together a pretty awesome photo feature together of their trip featuring some killer photos and great writing, and if you haven’t stumbled across it yet, be sure to check it…
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2,500 Posts!
We’re excited to report our humble little fly fishing blog has hit a pretty big milestone. Today is the 2,500th post here on the Deneki Outoors blog. Wow. We couldn’t have done it without all of you, so today we wanted to dedicate a post to thanking each and every one of you. Thanks for…
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Rod Gloves – Great for Flats Skiffs
A while back we told you about Rod Gloves – woven plastic sheaths designed to protect fully rigged rods. Although originally designed for conventional rods, they work great on fly rods too. We’ve seen them in action in our boats at Alaska West in the past, but had yet to try them in our flats skiffs…
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The Templedog – Tying Instructions
If you’ve been following our blog for some time, odds are you recognize the name Stuart Foxall. That’s because Stu has put together a bunch of great fly tying posts for our humble little blog. Today he’s back with another great step by step on how to tie an extremely effective salmon/steelhead pattern – The Templedog….
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