When it comes to fishing, particularly fly fishing, one of the biggest issues is fish handling. Fish mortality is a sensitive topic. We didn’t use the word “controversial” intentionally as it’s not so much a controversy but more of a matter of polarizing perspective and context. As fly anglers, we should assume all fly fishing…
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Fly Tying: Metal Detector
Hello! It’s November, and you know what that means… It’s the holiday season. Lights are going up, Christmas shopping, and the Hallmark Channel Movie Marathons have begun. All That said, Here is another fly instruction provided to us by Friend of Deneki Outdoors Stuart Foxall to help us all keep calm and tie on. Enjoy….
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Deneki Chronicles: Casting Short for Bonefish – 3 Tips
We say it all the time, but at Andros South you don’t need to cast very far to catch bonefish. Most of our shots are within the 30-40 foot range, with many creeping in even closer. We know, we know, everybody wants to know how to cast further, but contrary to popular belief, some of…
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Gear Review: Loon Outdoors Ergo Knot Tool
The Nail knot is arguably one of the most famous ( or infamous) knots in the world of fishing. Per its namesake, the nail knot was initially tied with an actual nail. Over the years, the nail has been replaced with a modified and designed into a convenient, compact, and versatile tool, making it much…
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Andros South Lodge: Opening Week
For a lot of us, it’s Halloween this weekend. For a fortunate few, instead of seeing bones on skeletons, ghosts, and goblins, the only bones they’ll be seeing are the ones in the flats and mangroves around Andros South Island in The Bahamas. Andros South Lodge is ready. The staff and crew are ready to…
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It’s Time to Fight for Wild Steelhead
The Wild Steelhead Coalition has kicked off the NOW or Never campaign to bring to light an in-depth look at the current state of wild Steelhead and the challenges these precious fish have had to endure over the last several decades in the Pacific Northwest. Click Below to Learn More about the NOW or NEVER…
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Fly Tying: Incognito Wooly Bugger
With Halloween just coming up this week, we thought we’d tie a golden oldie fly pattern and dress it up. From our friend Stuart Foxall, comes a variant of the Wooly Bugger. Combining a classic fly pattern with modern materials makes for a quick, colorful, and most importantly, effective fly. Cheers! It’s funny how patterns…
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Deneki Chronicles: Swinging Flies – Don’t Block Your Hookset
In any avenue of fly fishing, one thing that separates successful anglers from not-so-successful anglers is complete, undivided, fully engaged, focus whenever your fly is in the water. Many fish are lost (or perhaps never hooked at all) from anglers who’s minds were wandering or whom were not expecting a fish to eat the fly in…
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Spey Casts You Need to Learn
When it comes to Spey casting, everyone has their “go-to” cast. Your go-to cast is probably the first Spey cast you learned, and since you got good at it, you’ve built confidence, you stuck with it. We get it. We’ve been there too. The reality is mother nature, and the river itself can put you…
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Join Us in The Bahamas: Andros South Lodge 2022 Opener
This week at Andros South Lodge, we’ve been putting boats in the water, making schedules, fluffing towels, fitting linens, preparing countertops & dressers, sweeping floors, building rods, organizing flies, raking the yard, and stocking refrigerators & freezers. This Sunday is our opener and we couldn’t be more excited! Our team in The Bahamas has been…
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