Everybody loves fishing dry flies. There’s just nothing that beats the excitement of a surface take. In Western Alaska we fish dry flies quite a lot, but the vast majority of the time they’re about as far as you can get from a traditional “match the hatching insect” dry fly program. Here are 4 ways…
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Bougle Contest Winner – Tom Ehrhard’s Steelhead Rig
We’re thrilled to present to you the winner of a brand new Hardy Bougle, courtesy of our ‘Tell Us About Your Steelhead Rig’ contest. Tom Ehrhard took this one home with his entry that appears in its entirety below. Before we get to Tom’s rig though, we need to say a few things. You folks…
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It’s Big Out There
The close up, wide angle shots of anglers landing bonefish show you a lot of detail and that’s cool, but they can make it easy to lose track of how big the landscape is on the flats of South Andros. That’s why we like this Tosh Brown shot of a tiny weeny little sliver of…
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Deneki in the Drake
Whoa, we’re in the Drake! On page 34 of the just-released winter 2013 issue of the Drake Magazine, you can find a profile piece on none other than your humble editor. Thanks so much for Jesse Robbins for the words, Ed Sozinho for the photo, and Tom Bie at the Drake for the real estate!…
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Rainbows and Silvers, Living Together
A recent conversation with a very experienced Alaska booking agent reminded us of a really unique aspect of our fishery at Alaska West that we sometimes take for granted – we have world class fishing for silver salmon and rainbow trout, at the same time, on the same stretch of river. Silvers and Rainbows –…
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Best Steelhead Fishing Posts of 2012
…and our end-of-year/beginning-of-year series of our top posts of 2012 continues! Today it’s all about steelhead fishing. If you were out for the holidays – over the past couple of weeks we’ve already given you our top gear posts and our top bonefishing posts. Best Steelhead Fishing Posts of 2012 Sage 8136-4 ONE Spey Rod…
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Nice Dolly, Brian
Here’s Brian Pitser from the Northern Angler with a nice fat Dolly Varden he caught at Alaska West. Nice Dolly, Brian! More on Dolly Varden 4 Reasons to Chase Dollies Dolly the Clown Late August Alaska Photo Gallery
Some Resource Pages You Should Check Out
Happy New Year! The team at Deneki Outdoors hopes you have a fantastic 2013. It’s really common that we hear from folks who say something like “Hey, I just noticed that page on your site with all your posts about rainbow trout – it’s great!” We love hearing that, but we thought we’d take today…
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3 Things Bonefish Hate
Sometimes catching bonefish is more about not doing anything wrong than it is about doing anything incredibly well. Don’t do things bonefish hate! Bonefish Hate… Seeing a fly moving towards them. Almost all predatory fish hate it when flies come towards them. Just like sculpins don’t attack big rainbow trout, shrimp don’t attack bonefish –…
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Get Loused
A subtle reminder of what those little critters above the anal fin of a Western Alaska or Dean salmon and steelhead really mean – you’re holding a mega-fresh fish that exited saltwater very, very recently. That’s both flat-out awesome and probably a good reason the battle was so epic. But, since we’ve honestly got the…
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