Lots and lots and lots of choices. Photo: Cameron Miller So you’re in the market for a fly rod. Here are 5 tips to help you make the right choice. Decide what you’re after. You need to narrow things down a little bit more than ‘I need a 6 weight’. The right 6 weight for…
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Deneki Blog
Ask The Experts: Favorite Leader Material
The panel ruled pretty clearly on this one. Today we continue our Ask The Experts series, in which we pose questions somehow related to fly fishing to our panel of expert anglers. Got a question you’d like to ask our expert panel? Leave a comment on this post, or send us an email at info@denekistaging.wpengine.com….
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Week-Long Trips at Chile West
A big ‘un from Chile West. Due to popular demand, we’ve added a new program to our offerings at Chile West for our 2009/2010 season. In addition to our 10 night/8 fishing day program that covers a wide swath of Chilean Patagonia, we’ve added a 7 night/6 fishing day option for those anglers who have…
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BC West Fishing Report: August 15 – 22
The biggest heat wave the BC Coast had ever seen was behind us and the forest fires in Bella Coola were under control. Photos: Paul Reid Finally we could concentrate on fishing and fishing alone! Scott Hagen and Jim McRoberts returned for another dance with the Dean and brought their friend Jay Deeds to experience…
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TV Shows At Alaska West
Bruce Chard isn’t our only celebrity angler this year. Photo: Cameron Miller We’re going to be famous! We’ve got a crew from InterMedia Outdoors/Barrett Productions at Alaska West this week, shooting two TV shows that will show on the Sportsman Channel in the second quarter of 2010. Breaking the Surface showcases the angling exploits of…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 14 – 21
This week we welcomed back quite a few long-time guests of Alaska West. Photo: Cameron Miller Guys like Mac and Greg Miller, John Amiro, John Carbone, Pete and Craig Durno and Family, Ken Plank, Jeb Curelop, Bud Fogel, Jim Coleman and Bob Carr have been with us many times and hopefully many more to come….
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Dana Sturn on Boat Safety and…Splash!
Please pay attention when exiting the cabin. Photo: Dana Sturn Dana Sturn, founder of speypages.com, fished with us at BC West on the Dean River this summer, and has written a great post for us on the proper way to exit a boat. — Splash I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that over the past…
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Chile West Watercraft
Boat #1: low water and small spaces Photo: Chris Price At Chile West, the mobility of our program allows us to travel to remote locations where the variety of water is pretty much unlimited. We fish big rivers to little streams and after years of experience and exploration, we determined that we need watercraft that…
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Dean River Coho
A Dean River coho and its weary, shaky victim. The Dean River has a reputation for being home to the hottest, strongest steelhead and chinook salmon around. Its steep gradient and legendary canyon section have bred super-races in all its anadromous species – if you’re going to spawn in the Dean, you need to be…
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April Vokey Women’s Bonefishing
April catches bonefish too. Photo: Adam Maris We’re pleased to announce a women’s bonefishing trip to Andros South this spring, hosted by April Vokey. April is a certified casting instructor and fly-fishing columnist, and the West Coast field editor for the Canadian Fly Fisher magazine. She is a lead angler for Fly Max Films where…
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