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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Tying Sculpins with Trevor Covich
Trevor Covich is a long-time member of the Deneki family. Over the years he’s developed some pretty sweet sculpin patterns, and he’s here today in video form to show you just how to tie ’em! This is 20+ minutes of detail straight from the horse’s mouth – if you like to tie, grab yourself a…
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Thank You!
This past weekend we sent home the last guests of this summer’s seasons at Alaska West and BC West. It was another amazing summer for us, and we wanted to thank all of our friends for joining us. We had a lot of fun times! We know that you’re the reason we’re able to do…
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