We’re working hard to give you information about how to be a better angler – so far we’ve got 88 Fishing ‘Tip’ posts on our blog. We’ve got a really long list of topics that we’re going to be writing Tip posts about over the next few months – during Deneki FIBFest at Andros South,…
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Cover of Bonefish Magazine
OK, maybe there’s no such thing as Bonefish Magazine, but if there was a Bonefish Magazine, this could be the cover shot, right? Bruce Chard and Louis Cahill get ‘er done, on the West Side at Andros South, again. More Pictures of Anglers Holding Fish A Rainbow Trout Named Brightsides A Fat Kanektok King A…
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Johnny Spillane – Skier, Angler
Johnny Spillane, as you know, won 3 silver medals at the Vancouver Olympics earlier this year in nordic combined, an event combining ski jumping and cross-country skiing. As if being a 3-time medalist isn’t enough, Johnny’s first medal was the U.S.A.’s first ever in nordic combined. The icing on the cake? Johnny’s a fly fishing…
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Future Spey Anglers
Looking for the next generation of fly anglers? Here you go – they’re in Quinhagak, Alaska. And you know what? They probably know more about salmon than you do! More on Culture at Alaska West Job Requirements: Facial Hair Native Crafts The Arolik Bus
Spring Creeks in Chile
One of the great things about fishing in Southern Chile is that productive fisheries and close-to-zero pressure often add up to fishing that’s not so technical. On the other hand, it can be fun to have to work at it a bit! If you like tiny water with super challenging casting conditions, ‘Spring Creek Y’…
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Deneki FIBFest
It’s May 15 – 22 on South Andros Island. It’s an unholy matrimony of bonefish and blogs, fins and Facebook, tails and Twitter. It’s Deneki FIBFest! Huh? It’s pretty simple actually – we think there are some folks writing really high-quality stuff online about fly fishing these days, and we wanted to get a few…
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We Like a Little Wind
Anglers on saltwater flats have a love/hate relationship with the wind. Actually it’s mostly a hate relationship. If you’re not used to it, casting in the wind in a time-sensitive, accuracy-sensitive, sometimes-high-pressure format like flats fishing can be a pretty frustrating experience. It’s nothing a little practice can’t overcome, but that’s a topic we’ve covered…
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Yum.
At BC West, our top priority is chasing the hottest, most supercharged steelhead and salmon on the planet. Period. However…we eat really, really well! Our chef and manager Belinda puts out such good food that on more than one occasion, we’ve found ourselves standing in the middle of a beautiful run on the Dean…looking forward…
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Andros South Fishing Report – April 2010
April at Andros South is right up at the top of the list for the most popular time to join us -though we all know the fishing depends more on the weather than time of year in these parts. This season the weather held out nicely and for the most part we made it through without any…
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Alaska Felt Sole Ban
Last month in Juneau the State of Alaska Board of Fisheries decided in a unanimous 6-0 vote to ban anglers from wearing felt soled boots in all Alaskan streams and rivers starting in 2012. Why Ban Felt Soles? Trout Unlimited and other conservation-oriented organizations have for some time now espoused that anglers do in fact…
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