May was wonderful this season compared to last with much clearer skies and only a handful of days with thunder and lightning. Only one or two days of the month were bad enough to sit them out. Our guests did fish on those days, just a bit closer to home than usual. Overall the temps were steady…
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5 Non-Fishing Items to Bring on Your Trip
In the run-up to any destination angling trip, lots of attention gets paid to which fishing gear to bring along. Rods, reels, lines, waders, raincoats, pliers…all that stuff is really important of course, but bringing along a few key non-fishing items can make your trip just a little more enjoyable. Here’s our top 5. Disposable…
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Fishing Report from Andros South by Rick Grassett
Captain Rick Grassett has a long-standing hosted trip to Andros South in early May. He wrote up a great report from his trip this year – thanks Rick! Rick’s Report A group of 4 other anglers and I traveled to Andros South bonefish lodge on South Andros in the Bahamas on Saturday, May 1st for…
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You’re Floating Along a River in Chile…
…chasing fat brown trout and rainbow trout. The wind’s been blowing in the ‘pasture’ sections of today’s float, so although the fishing’s been good, you’re looking forward to the ‘canyon’ section. You land a nice brown just as the river makes a hard left turn. The water becomes a lot more protected over the next…
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Don’t Forget About Me
Folks who are headed up to Alaska West in 12 days for the start of our season get pretty fired up about the early season king fishing – it’s all the rage. Don’t forget though – rainbow trout live in the Kanektok and the Arolik too, they’re available all season long, and they’re pretty awesome…
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Free Sage Xi3 Setup, Anyone?
Everyone who is signed up for our weekly newsletter on June 25 has a shot at winning a (very slightly used) Sage 890-4 Xi3 rod, a Sage 6080 reel and a matching Rio Tropical Clouser line. Really? Really. If you’ve been reading our blog over the past few weeks you haven’t been able to get…
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Larimer’s Reverse Marabou Tube Fly
One of Tom Larimer’s go-to flies these days for winter steelhead, summer steelhead and king salmon in Alaska is one of his own designs – the Reverse Marbou Tube. NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to hear Tom talk about his steelhead and salmon fly on YouTube. The…
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Sage DXL Typhoon Boat Bag Review
Sage has recently released a new line of bags and packs they call their ‘DXL Typhoon’ series. We’ve written up their large waist pack in the past – we liked it. The past couple of weeks we’ve gotten a chance to play with the DXL Typhoon Boat Bag, and we think it’s pretty darned cool….
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Not Long Now
We’ve got boots on the ground in Alaska and BC! Over the past few days our setup crews have arrived at Alaska West and BC West, getting things ready for our summer seasons that start on June 11th in Alaska and June 19th in BC. The first couple of weeks of work for the crews…
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Control Your Line When Presenting
Today’s tip for bonefishing also applies to any situation when you’re presenting a fly with a single-handed rod. As you’re false casting and lengthening line, your fly line slips through your fingers on your hauling hand when you shoot line (which you’re doing on both your forward cast and your back cast, right?). When you…
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