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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Family Time in Alaska
At Alaska West, our motto has always been; “Alaska West – For the Serious Angler.” However, while we love catering to the hardcore angler, we really love taking families fishing too! In fact, we’re really lucky to fish with many returning families each season at our lodges. Fishing with family is a pretty special thing,…
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Fighting Fish – Avoid Angle Changes
Across the board, one of the most misunderstood aspects of fly fishing that we see at our lodges is how to effectively fight big fish. Rightfully so, there are all kinds of variables that can come into play when you’re hooked up to Hog Johnson – Far more than we could ever fit into a…
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Bonefish Scampi – Tying Instructions
At Andros South, we generally subscribe to the ‘big fish like big flies’ theory. Just ask long time Andros South guide, Josie Sands, what he likes in a bonefish fly.. “More meat” is likely what you’ll hear. So, today we’re coming at you with a step by step for a popular bonefish pattern of the…
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Casting Sidearm to Bonefish – 3 Benefits
The mark of a good fly caster is the ability to adapt to the situation at hand. There is no one ‘perfect’ casting style for the infinite situations one could encounter on the water. Therefore, it is helpful to learn more than one casting style in order to be as versatile as possible. One such…
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Always Pack the Puffy
If you’ve been to our lodges before, you probably recognize that the photo above was taken on location at Andros South, our gig on South Andros Island in the Bahamas. You might even notice the young fellow in the photo as well – That’s Mike Sanders, our general manager of Deneki Outdoors. And, if you’re…
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Fly Tying Step by Steps – Roundup
It’s the weekend, and what better way to spend your Saturday or Sunday morning than sitting down at the vise with a big cup of coffee and cranking out some flies! We’ve put out quite a few fly tying step by steps over the past couple years for your tying pleasure, and odds are you haven’t…
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