One of the most frustrating things about fishing with any kind of shooting head system (spey casting Skagit heads comes to mind) is the tangling that inevitably, occasionally, happens in your running line. You make what was otherwise a beautiful cast, it stops suddenly way short of its target, you say some bad words, and…
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Fishing Limerick Contest
It’s contest time again on the Deneki blog! Here’s how you can claim fame, and a pair of Abel nippers. Think up a limerick about fishing. Type it into a comment below (if you’re reading this in a newsletter click here to enter a comment on our web site). On Saturday, September 21st we’ll pick…
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Tying Sculpins with Trevor Covich
Trevor Covich is a long-time member of the Deneki family. Over the years he’s developed some pretty sweet sculpin patterns, and he’s here today in video form to show you just how to tie ’em! This is 20+ minutes of detail straight from the horse’s mouth – if you like to tie, grab yourself a…
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Thank You!
This past weekend we sent home the last guests of this summer’s seasons at Alaska West and BC West. It was another amazing summer for us, and we wanted to thank all of our friends for joining us. We had a lot of fun times! We know that you’re the reason we’re able to do…
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Nice Fish, James.
When the sun comes out in Alaska, what better to do than chase after rainbow trout? With all of the spawning salmon and other food sources in the river, the rainbow trout at Alaska West get nice and plump in August. First time guest James Nelson shows off another beautifully spotted leopard rainbow. Nice fish,…
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How to Relax
How to Relax – A Step by Step Guide Spend a day fishing on the flats of South Andros Island. Don’t worry about all that stuff back home – it’ll be there when you get back. Hang out with your buddies and a cocktail at the Andros South tiki hut. Tell stories about fishing or…
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Sage 7126-4 METHOD Review – The Lightsaber
We recently spent a week at BC West fishing Sage’s new 7126-4 METHOD spey rod. We loved it, we named it, and now we’ll tell you why. History The Sage 7126-4 TCX has been one of the more popular steelhead rods around the Pacific Northwest over the past few years. Light but incredibly powerful, the…
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Silver Salmon Popper by Chuck Shepard
The silver salmon fishing is hot up at Alaska West this time of the year, and these fish are really aggressive towards the fly. Stripping a fly below the surface creates a jigging action that is hard for a Silver to resist, but one method that is often over looked is targeting them on the…
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Easy to Swap Leaders
If you’re bouncing around a river swinging flies for steelhead or salmon, you’re probably going to need to swap sinktips every once in a while. You’re hopefully not making a change every 20 minutes, but when you move from a ripping boulder garden to a glassy tailout, you need to make a change. Today’s tip…
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Bonefish.
Just a cool picture of a South Andros bonefish underwater, courtesy of our good buddy Louis Cahill. More on Bonefish Giant Page All on Bonefishing 4 Ways to Spook Fewer Bonefish How Far Do You Have to Cast?