Jeff Hickman is back on our blog today with a very simple but incredibly important spey fishing tip. Don’t Cast Too Far. For some reason, people equate spey rods to long casts. Sure you can cast a spey rod far but that is not the main advantage of using one. Much of the time if…
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Casting for Recovery Donation
We try hard to support good causes. Since our resources are fairly limited, we’ve made the decision to focus our support and donations on organizations related to fisheries conservation. Casting for Recovery is such a great cause, though, that we bent our rules and donated a trip for 2 to Andros South to the Casting for…
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Andros South Video Slideshow
We put together a little video slideshow showing the fun at Andros South, and we thought you’d like to check it out. It’ll take less than 2 minutes of your day – have a look! NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our web…
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Permit Fly Presentation – Setting the Hook
It’s time for part four in our five part series from Bruce Chard on presenting flies to permit. At this point you’ve done a good enough job that a permit is interested in your fly…here’s when and how to bury it home. Like everything else associated with permit fishing, this stuff is often not simple!…
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3 Good Articles
We’ve got an All-Conservation Edition in our 3 Good Articles series today… Condit Dam Removal. More good news on the Pacific Northwest Dam Removal front – in the Seattle Times. Infectious Salmon Anemia. More bad news on the salmon farming front – on the Osprey Steelhead blog. The Adipose Fin Might Matter. Some interesting news…
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We Like Them Bright
Yeah, we’re a little snobby about chrome steelhead. At BC West, the farthest point that we fish from salt water is 5 miles. We get a lot of fish in condition similar to the one Tom Larimer and Scott Baker-McGarva encountered in the photo above – chrome as can be, sea lice attached. Dean steelhead…
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Any Trip You Want at Andros South
In the past at Andros South we’ve run most of our trips on a weekly changeover schedule, Saturday to Saturday. We’ve also offered 4 night / 3 day trips on the front or back half of any week. But we know how busy many of you are, and we know that scheduling can be the…
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Wildest Fish Ever
There are a lot of cool looking fish on the planet, but we really think that a ‘clowned up’ dolly varden from Western Alaska has got to be one of the coolest, wildest looking fish ever. We catch these psychedelic critters in August at Alaska West. More Cool Fish Shark! Mouse Fly Rainbow Trout Dry…
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All About Bonefishing Reminder
Now that bonefishing season is upon is, we figured it was time for a reminder that we maintain a giant page on our web site with links to all kinds of articles we’ve written about bonefishing! It’s located right here. It’s better than it sounds. Have a look if you haven’t recently. As of today…
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Permit Fly Presentation – Cruising Fish
Last week Bruce Chard told us how to present flies to feeding permit. This week our series on permit fly presentation continues, with some wisdom on what to do when you see cruising fish. Cruising Permit – How to Present a Fly If the fish is cruising, he’s not actively looking for food. The drop…
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