If you like to fish, you should support the organizations that fight for the fish you love. Today is just a friendly reminder…when was the last time you kicked in and helped out? Three of our favorite fishing-related conservation organizations are Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, Trout Unlimited and the Native Fish Society. We’re providing links…
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9 Questions About Spey Fishing You Were Afraid to Ask
We love spey fishing. We also know that spey fishing can be a little intimidating when you first dip your toe in. It shouldn’t be! Spey fishing is just another fun way to fish. It’s not better or worse or harder or easier or simpler or more complicated than ‘normal’ fly fishing. Today we present…
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Top Gear Reviews
We like writing about fishing gear, and you apparently like reading about fishing gear, because our gear reviews are consistently some of the most popular posts on our site. Here are our 10 most popular gear reviews ever (we skipped gear that’s no longer available). Top 10 Fly Fishing Gear Reviews Reef Sandals – Best…
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3 Good Articles
You like to fly fish? Oh, cool – then we think you’ll like These three articles Three Good Articles About Fly Fishing The Homemade Yeti Cooler. Very pragmatic beverage-cooling-on-the-go advice from Gink and Gasoline. A Year With the Click and Pawl. Michael Gracie admits that he’s cool with not having a disc drag. How to…
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Camaraderie and Friends
Yeah, the fishing is great at Alaska West. Chrome bright kings on the swing. Chums that will fight until you break your rod, or bloody your knuckles on a free-spinning reel. Silver after silver on the surface. Rainbows that put some steelhead to shame. Pinks, dollies, grayling too… But one thing that is often overlooked…
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Golf Tee Popper
One of the things that attracts people to fly fishing is the creative aspect of it. This is seen in fly presentation, line modification, rod building and more, but the most common sign of creativity shows up in someone’s flies – or sometimes lack of flies. One of our long time friends here at Alaska…
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Shrimpy!
Now that is a very tasty looking fly, from an equally great looking fly box. Yeah mon, fish it! More on Flies for Bonefish Bonefish Fly Selection 5 Favorite Flies for South Andros 7 Reasons This Fly Works for Bonefish
RIO Skagit Max Review
RIO has just started shipping the Skagit Max, their newest Skagit-style shooting head. The Skagit Max replaces the Skagit Flight as RIO’s go-to floating head for most two-handed rods. We fished the Skagit Max for a week at BC West last month, so we’ll tell you what we thought about it on the Dean. We…
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5 Ways to Avoid Tangles in Your Running Line
One of the most frustrating things about fishing with any kind of shooting head system (spey casting Skagit heads comes to mind) is the tangling that inevitably, occasionally, happens in your running line. You make what was otherwise a beautiful cast, it stops suddenly way short of its target, you say some bad words, and…
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Fishing Limerick Contest
It’s contest time again on the Deneki blog! Here’s how you can claim fame, and a pair of Abel nippers. Think up a limerick about fishing. Type it into a comment below (if you’re reading this in a newsletter click here to enter a comment on our web site). On Saturday, September 21st we’ll pick…
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