A good friend and longtime reader of our blog got in touch this week with a question. We’re paraphrasing, but it was basically… “I keep reading on your blog that you should keep your rod tip low when you fight fish. I’ve always been told to keep my rod tip high when I fight fish….
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Fly Tying Tip: Taming Your Flash
Here’s a super simple tip for you fly tyers out there. The next time you are working with Krystal Flash, Flashabou, or any other synthetic flash material, leave it in the package! Then, cut a small triangle near the base of package. Now, with your tying scissors reach into the package and pick out the…
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Soupy.
Fishing through some tidal water on the Dean, on a grey, soupy, very steelheady day. More from BC West on the Dean River Intermediate Heads on the Dean The Upper Dean River Nice Chinook, Dake!
Carabiners for Flats Boots
Good wading boots are a must-have when stomping around our flats at Andros South. Even if you’re planning on fishing from the boat most of the day, you never know when you might need to strap on the flats boots and go for a walk. However, boat space fills up quickly and it’s easy to…
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9 Questions About King Salmon You Were Afraid to Ask
Today we’re coming at you with another addition of a series of posts addressing some basic questions on the topics we cover most. We’ve already covered some of the basic questions involving Alaskan trout, bonefish, and even spey fishing. Now its time to address the biggest and baddest of them all, the king salmon. 9…
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Tying Nail Knots Without a Tool: Video
Recently, we posted an article explaining how to tie a nail knot without using a knot tool, tube, or nail. However, we received a few suggestions that a video would aid best in explaining this method. We couldn’t agree more! Here’s a quick video on how to tie a nail knot using nothing but your…
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Redington Vapen Red Review
Redington’s Vapen Red fast-action rod has gotten quite a bit of press over the past year. We had the chance to fish one last week at Andros South, and we really liked it. Here’s the review! Intro and Specs We fished the Vapen 890-4V – a 9 foot 8 weight. Redington has another line of…
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Rainbow Trout
Just another super-pretty leopard rainbow trout from Alaska West! More on Rainbow Trout All About Rainbow Trout Reference Page Questions About Alaska Rainbows You Were Afraid to Ask 5 Ways to Catch More of Them
Seal Line Dry Cases
Most of the stuff you taking fishing doesn’t need to stay dry – after all, fishing gear darned well better be OK getting wet. So rather than using a fully waterproof bag – with either a hard-to-pull submersible zipper or a sorta-cumbersome rolltop – why not use a normal gear bag and then put your…
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Flat Water
Now this is what you want to see on the quick ride to the boat launch at Andros South. More Pretty Days on South Andros Bonefishing is Fun. Sunrise Anticipating a Fun Day