What can we say about Jerry French…pioneer, innovator, inventor, creative…all adverbs to describe Jerry. You can add up the years of experience like dog years…they are exponential. Through trial and error, collaboration and many years on the water, Jerry French is a purveyor of all things fly fishing. From flies, to rods, and reels, Jerry’s…
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Deneki Blog
The Short Fly Casting Game: Fresh & Saltwater Fish
One of the hardest things in fly fishing is being able to make short, accurate and controlled casts at close distances to your quarry. These days you will find most lines range from 80′-100′ which makes it nearly impossible to make casts less than 30′ without a lot of skill and effort. At Alaska West…
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Food: Salmon Sashimi
For anyone that is tired of the same old cooked salmon recipe, we have something a bit different for you today. Salmon Sashimi is a great way to enjoy your salmon. For anyone that doesn’t know, Sashimi is generally made with fresh, saltwater fish or seafood in raw form. In the past salmon was not…
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Bristol Bay’s Rapids Camp Lodge: NOW OPEN
We’re excited to announce that our fishing program in Bristol Bay, Rapids Camp Lodge is operational and we will be receiving our first guest this Friday! Our staff has been hard at work prepping, stocking, building a new ‘outcamp’ (more to come) and testing the waters – all in the name of providing a remarkable…
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5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Swung Fly Chinook Game by Frank Day
There is nothing more exciting to me at this point in my life than swinging flies to chrome bright Chinooks within a stone’s throw of the salt. Chinook are some of the finest anadromous quarry to be found in our west coast waters. They are the largest of the pacific salmon and have an attitude…
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Father’s Day 2020 Gift Ideas
Tis the season to be a father. If you’re a father and want fly fishing gear for Father’s Day, leave this website open on every computer, tablet and any other electronic device in your house to drop your hints. Below, are some our favorite products for Father’s Day 2020. A hearty salute to all the…
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2020/21 Andros South Bonefish Schools
Once again we are pleased to offer two bonefish schools at Andros South Lodge during the 2020/21 season. This coming season there will be two week long schools to help anglers of all abilities enhance their understanding and skill of saltwater flats fishing. Our Fall school in November will be hosted by Jeremy Inman. Jeremy is a…
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Fly Line: Care & Maintenance
Taking care of those expensive fly lines that you did or did not get to use this year! All of us in the fly fishing world know that the cost for us to “do our business” is pretty high. Just getting to where you can fly fish can cost a bunch of cash, everything down…
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The New Deneki.com Website
We are excited to announce the launching of a new website for Deneki Outdoors and it’s respective fishing lodges – Alaska West, Andors South and Rapids Camp Lodge. After several months of hard work and dedication, the new sites will be up and running on June 15, 2020. Our goal is for the new websites…
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Fly Rods: Alaska Salmon
Salmon season is upon us here in Alaska, but as we all know, it won’t last long so you’ll want to make sure all your tackle is up for the challenge. Making sure you have the right rod and reel is important whether you are planning on keeping fish or releasing them. In general, an…
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