During the majority of our season at BC West on the Dean River, we operate on a split shift fishing program – we get up early, fish until noon, head back to the lodge for a nice meal and some down time, and then hit the river again for a late afternoon-evening fish. The mid-day…
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Reinforcing Welded Loops
When targeting strong fish such as king salmon, tarpon, permit, or even bonefish, any added security in your tackle is a good thing. These fish have the ability to make runs deep into your backing and test the strength of your entire setup from your drag down to your tippet knots. Most of us are…
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Tailing Bonefish – Take Your Time
There is nothing more exciting when bonefishing than seeing that first flash of a tail as it breaks the surface. Many of us have learned that tailing fish are often the most aggressive and because of this fact, we see a lot of anglers rush the shot, including yours truly! We learn quickly that when…
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Retrieving the Mouse Fly
Mousing for trout in western Alaska is about as cool as it gets. We’re not talking about strapping on the headlamp for night time browns or waiting for a “mouse hatch” every seven years (although they both sound awesome as well!), we’re talking about chucking big gnarly mammal imitations day in and day out to…
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Adam Jackson’s King Rigs
Adam Jackson is a long-time guide at Rapids Camp Lodge, our fly-out operation on the Naknek River in Alaska. Want to know how Adam rigs up when he’s chasing the biggest and baddest of the salmon species? Read on! Make sure you read through the Commentary section – there’s a lot of meat in there….
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Three Good Articles
Here are three good articles, on other web sites, about fly fishing, that we think you’ll like. Three Good Articles Suction Dredge Mining and Drift Boat Design. From the guys at The Open Fly Podcast. Google Street View Down the Colorado. Via Yukon Goes Fishing. Columbia Tributaries Designated Steelhead Gene Banks. Great news from Midcurrent….
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Steelheading Simplified
Today we have a few steelheading tips coming at you from our own Kara Knight. Kara is our lodge manager at B.C. West on the Dean River and knows a thing or two about swinging for steelhead. We asked Kara for a few tips she’s picked up from her time on the Dean that might…
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South Andros Mini Gallery – Peter Viau Edition
Peter Viau is a longtime friend and guest of Andros South. He really appreciates the whole experience of spending time on the island, and his photos reflect that – it’s not all about bonefish hero shots. Thanks so much to Peter for a great batch of shots! More Pictures from Andros The Mangrove Shuffle Wouldn’t…
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Wind on Your Right Shoulder?
Casting a fly rod with the wind blowing the line into your body is probably the toughest casting situation you can face. Yes, when you’re new to casting in the wind it can be a challenge to cast directly upwind, but a tight loop, high line speed and the right casting plane can all make…
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10 Popular Posts from 2009
Every once in a while we like to run a ‘Roundup’ post that really hits our archive – with links to articles that we wrote more than a year or two ago. Lots of you have started reading our stuff just in the last couple of years, and we wouldn’t want you to miss out…
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