If you’re not sure why we think this picture is so cool, well, we’ll tell you. That’s a chrome chinook salmon and a big chrome steelhead, caught at the same time swinging flies with two-handed rods within a half mile of the salt on the Dean River. That’s why. P.S. If you follow us on…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 23 – 30
This week marked the return of one of the longest returning guests at BC West and the lower Dean. Greg Vidal and crew were met by continued cool weather continued good fishing. And not only were there Steelhead, but more late Chinooks, including a 43″ x 25″ bruiser that absolutely owned new guest Jason Tonelli…
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Rotate Your Rod – Shooting Line
Last week we passed on a tip related to making longer spey casts with shooting heads – holding your loops in your top hand. For those of you who like to huck, we’re following that up today with another tidbit that helps with easier casts at longer distances. This one comes from the world of…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 22 – 29
Week 7 was met with great anticipation as some wonderful long time guests returned once again for another week of salmon slaying. Steve Ward and Bobbie Brown brought the kids Finn and Wren back for their third trip in as many years. Steve also brought his oldest son Nate, brother-in-law Andy Folsom and niece Hopie Hitchcock to join…
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Three Good Articles
We’re back with another edition of “Three Articles About Fly Fishing That We Enjoyed and Think You Might Too”. Elwha River Reborn. Yes, we’re following the largest dam removal in North American pretty closely – here’s an update from the Seattle Times. “Good Bait”. Kirk Deeter writes on Midcurrent about making your fly act like…
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Reschedule for Any Reason Reminder
Thinking about planning a bonefishing trip but don’t have your schedule 100% locked in yet? Worried about huge cold fronts during the fall and winter (we’re not, but that’s beside the point)? Well this might be a perfect time for a reminder about our ridiculous rescheduling policy at Andros South! It’s pretty unique as far…
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Thanks for All Your Comments
Wow! While working on some upcoming posts, your fearless editor just happened upon this little tidbit – to date we’ve had 1,321 comments on our site. We’re devoting today to thanking all of you who have left comments – we really appreciate it! This whole blogging thing is a lot more interesting when it’s interactive,…
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Simms Headwaters Tackle Wallet – Why We Like It
There seems to be a mini-trend going on these days in the world of tackle storage. Following the lead of our conventional angling brethren, fly anglers are starting to use soft-sided ‘wallets’ of various sizes and configurations. For example, Bill Lenehan wrote a great guest post for us about how he uses ‘worm wallets’ to…
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Nice Fish, John
Angler: John Jarosz Photographer: Louis Cahill Star of the Show: Mr. South Andros Bonefish More on Bonefish How to Catch Them How to Handle Them Bonefishing 101 – Free Download
BC West Fishing Report: July 16 – 23
July’s third group marked the arrival of quite a cast of characters – Andrew Bennett, Michael ‘Whitey’ White, ‘Smilin’ Bill Suggs, Rob Masonis, Jeff Nielsen, Jeff Sebenik, David Tye and Tom Levandoski. Water conditions were still on the drop from last week’s rain storm, and good numbers of steelhead (plus still more Chinooks!) were all over…
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