One of our most popular post series to date, is our ‘Expert Rig Series,’ where we give the details of how some of the industry’s best anglers rig up for their respective fisheries. We are fortunate to get to fish with many world class anglers on a day to day basis, many of which are…
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Four Reasons We Love Fishing the West Side
At Andros South we spend lots of time fishing the West Side of Andros Island – the vast coast and creek systems on the side of the island opposite the ‘civilization’. The past few years we’ve ramped up our time in the West to the point where maybe 75% of our days one or more…
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Battle.
Angler and salmonid do battle at Alaska West. More on Fighting Fish Stand Your Ground How to Land a Bonefish High vs. Low Rod Tip
Stripping for Bonefish – Lock Your Elbow
Strip set, strip set, strip set! We’ve set it before, but to consistently land bonefish, it is important to set the hook with a long stripping motion, with the rod pointed at the fish, as opposed to raising the rod in a ‘trout setting’ motion. We’d be lying if we said we didn’t let our…
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Good Morning
Good morning from Andros South, where we’re on the home stretch of our spring season. Mornings like this feel awfully nice down here… More on Andros South Frequently Asked Questions The Crazy Fishery on South Andros All About Bonefishing
Whitney Gould’s Competition Rig
Last week, we ran a post congratulating our own Whitney Gould as she won the women’s division of this year’s Spey-O-Rama world spey casting competition.. again! Whitney won her fourth Spey-O-Rama title placing in six years after taking last year off to fish in Montana (the test of a true fish bum). We’re super proud…
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Spotting Bonefish – Look for Moving Shapes
A conversation at Andros South last week with an experienced anger – but on the flats for the first time – reminded us of the importance of one of the fundamentals of spotting bonefish – you need to look for moving shapes. Moving Shapes “You can’t look for heads or fin tips.” That was one…
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No Pebble Packs from Vedavoo
The folks at Vedavoo make high quality fishing packs right here in the USA. The folks at the Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska have been battling against the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay. Now they’ve teamed up – Vedavoo has released a line of limited ‘No Pebble’ packs to help raise funds for the No Pebble campaign….
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Casting Down Wind
We’ve run many posts in the past about casting in the wind, and for good reason- it’s tough! Most of the time we’ve concentrated on how to cast directly into the wind, or when the wind is on your casting side. These are the most difficult wind directions to cast into and cause the most trouble…
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