RIO’s Skagit MOW Tips have been hugely successful since they launched three years ago, and for good reason. By combining floating and sinking sections of various lengths in sets of 10 foot tips, they allow anglers to fish at different depths, while maintaining the same overall length in their head/tip system. This has simplified things…
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Kyle Shea’s King Rig
As a guide at Alaska West, Kyle Shea gets to swing flies for king salmon in during his downtime. Here’s his rig of choice! The Summary Echo King 9130-4 Ross CLA # 7 Airflo Skagit Compact 660 The Detail 250 yards of 30 lb. Dacron backing, wrapped 4-5 times around the spool and tied with…
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Travel Tips for Anglers
With fishing lodges around the world, we receive a lot of questions from our guests about traveling with fishing gear. If you’re an experienced traveler, you understand that there are hardly any guarantees or set rules among competing airlines, and unfortunately this is out of our control. However, what we can do is share a…
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Fish On
Over 5 years of blogging and 1,733 posts, we’ve never before run a post entitled ‘Fish On’. Today, we right that wrong. More Cool Pictures from Andros Bonefishing Lunch Break Sunrise
5 Reasons to Fish for Early Season Bonefish
With the season well underway at Andros South, we have seen our share of great weather and plenty of bonefish. We have also had the opportunity to witness many of our guests catch their first bonefish! We run a long season and for those looking to book their first bonefishing trip, choosing the best time…
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Our Wishes for You in 2014
Bent rods Screaming reels Big smiles Quality time with friends and family Many, many great memories Have fun out there – and thanks for reading our blog! Memories from 2013 13 Habits of Highly Effective Anglers Spey Casting Videos Alaska West Sunset
Andros Island Photo Gallery – Groups
We’ve got a mini photo gallery from Andros Island for you today, and it’s even got a theme. Groups of stuff! Thanks to Kyle Shea for another great batch of shots. More Pictures from Andros Island Another Mini Gallery Pretty Sunrise Signs
Better Mono Eyes
Adding mono eyes to your bonefish flies is a simple way to increase the realism of your patterns. Mono eyes are very simple to make and offer a good imitation of the beady eyes of most shrimp. Sure, we could debate on whether the fish notice such details or not, but it sure doesn’t seem…
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Bonefish and Tarpon Trust – Great Progess
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is the non-profit at the forefront of efforts to learn about and protect the species that anglers love chasing on the flats. We have two pieces of BTT news to report today. BTT Tags Bonefish at Andros South We hosted a team from BTT at Andros South this fall to conduct…
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Double Up Your Loop to Loop Connections
Earlier this month we had the pleasure of fishing the flats with Andros South guest Harrison Perrin. While rigging up, he offered this simple tip when making the loop to loop connection between your fly line and leader to prolong the life of the coating on your factory loop. Check it out – we think…
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