Thanks to loyal reader Kevin Kelly for getting in touch with an excellent question. Kevin didn’t recognize the landing nets that he’s seen in a lot of our pictures from Alaska West, so he asked about them, and we put together this post about them. Got any questions we can answer for you about our…
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The Osprey Blog
The Osprey, as many of you know, is the newsletter published by the Steelhead Committee of the Federation of Fly Fishers. It’s long been the definitive source of quality conservation information related to steelhead. The Osprey also has a blog that they update daily, and if you care about steelhead you need to make sure…
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Ready for the Day
Some very unsavory characters, telling stories at Andros South before the day’s even begun. More on Andros South Good Drinks Good Tunes Good Livin’
Scott King Rod
Today we present to you a review of the Scott T2H 12510/4 – a spey rod designed specifically for anglers chasing king salmon. Introduction It’s hard to make spey rods designed to catch big fish! Setting aside more ‘secondary’ factors like taper and grips, the two fundamental variables in rod design are length and weight….
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Bring on the Beetle
Trevor Covich, as you may know, guides at Alaska West and Chile West. Trevor’s in the middle of prime-time fishing in Chile right now, but he was still kind enough to send in a great post on our favorite bug from Southern Chile, the famous Cantaria beetle. Thanks, T. Bring On the Beetle February is…
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Three Good Choices
Here’s Sam and Johnny Spillane out looking for bonefish on South Andros Island in May. Congratulations, Sam and Johnny, on three excellent choices you made on this day. Both of you are wearing Buffs, lessening the chances that you get skin cancer. You’re wearing long pants – not only keeping the sun off but protecting…
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Start With a Lift
Brian Niska’s back today with the next in his series of spey casting tips. Brian owns Whistler Fly Fishing, and he’s teaching spey casting at Alaska West and BC West this summer – drop us a line if you’d like to learn from the best in the business. Start Your Cast With a Lift Want…
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Go Barbless
Why fish barbless flies? The hook does much less damage to the fish’s mouth. You do less damage to the fish overall when you release it – because it’s so much easier to pop the hook out and send him on his way. It’s a bit more ‘sporting’, requiring you to keep pressure on the…
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Skagit Master 2 – It’s Here
If you like spey casting, you probably know about (heck, you probably own) Skagit Master Volume 1, the cutting edge video all about Skagit pioneer and Alaska West Jedi-in-Residence Ed Ward. The good folks at New Water Media, the makers of the series, are now shipping the second video in the series, named quite originally…
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Bonefish.
Warm water. Happy angler. Andros South. More Bonefish from South Andros Learn a Lot from One Picture Cool Weather Bonefish Bruce Chard Caught One