Well, this picture we think captures an awful lot about trout fishing in Alaska. Angler Guide Big net Beautiful spots Deep red stripe Big tail Clear water Flesh fly What else? Tosh Brown took this picture. More on Trout Fishing in Alaska Rainbow Trout in Alaska Favorite Trout Rods Spey Fishing for Trout: Tactics
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Our Best Customers Know Enough to Know the Difference
A recent look through our bookings for the upcoming year revealed something about our best customers. Guests who fish with us a lot – joining us year after year, often at more than one of our lodges – have seen enough other fishing lodges that they really appreciate what we do. They know enough to…
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New Hats in the Deneki Store
Alert! The Cool Hat Truck has just dropped off a shipment of headwear at the Deneki World Headquarters! Get ’em while they’re hot. These are just a few of the new additions – be sure to browse the store to see what else is available. Deneki guest note: If you have a trip booked with…
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Flats Fishing and Humility
Conversations About First-Time Flats Fishing When we talk to guests about their first flats fishing trip to Andros South, we always get a lot of questions about angling skill. “Is it really that hard to see bonefish?” “How far do I have to cast?” “What about casting in the wind?” So we explain that the…
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13 Habits of Unaccomplished Anglers
Last week we ran an article called 13 Habits of Highly Effective Anglers. It somehow wound up pretty popular – thanks to the 4,882 of you who have checked it out so far! Our good friend Kirk Werner has a fantastic blog called the Unaccomplished Angler. We were thrilled when Kirk agreed to put together…
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Fishing Reports on Facebook
Folks who have been following us online for a while know that in the past we’ve posted fishing reports from our lodges on our main web site, underneath the tabs for each lodge. We’ve moved our fishing reports to our Facebook page. Why? Simple – timeliness is the most important feature of a fishing report,…
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Loaner Gear – It’s Free!
Today we’re back with another edition of “Questions We Get Asked A Lot”. We’ll paraphrase an email we received this week from an angler in Michigan who’s thinking about joining us at Andros South. “I’m thinking about a bonefishing trip. All my fishing so far has been in fresh water. Do you have saltwater fly…
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Warming Up the Outboard
If you’re a guide at a quality lodge in Alaska, here’s how the morning routine works. Wake up. Eat breakfast. Get your gear ready. Head down to your boat. Get things nice and tidy, maybe pump a little water out of the sled, and [if you want your motor to last a long time] warm…
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Smoked Fish
Many of our guests know this, but we have a great smoked fish program at Alaska West. We believe it is a combination of multiple things – the chrome bright fish we catch, the combination of hardwoods we use for smoking, the perfect combination of sweet and salty brine we use, and getting those fresh…
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New Essential Gear for Fishing Trips
Fresh from the river at Alaska West, Brian Niska checks in today some recommendations on gear that you’ve probably never heard of! New Additions to my Alaska West Fishing Gear Essentials I recently returned from two weeks of King Salmon fishing at Alaska West. This is my sixth season fishing the Kanektok in July and…
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