The first week of March ushered in another fine group put together by Andy Kurkulis of Chicago Fly Fishing Outfitters. Photo: Andros South Staff This year’s group welcomed back Gordon Grey and Josh Freivogel and Andy K of course. Some of the new blood this year like Sue Mathewson and Mary Gilmore were chasing bonefish…
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Rainbow Trout Fishing – Mend Less.
It’s summer, so I have to eat. Photo: Cameron Miller There are trout streams out there where highly educated trout demand perfect presentation. Long, light tippets are key. Pure, drag-free drift is essential, and if your fourth mend falls 3 inches left of where it should have, that fish is not going to eat. The…
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Offshore Fun at Andros South
And you thought bonefish were powerful… Photo: John Toker We had some great offshore fishing at Andros South on Monday. The dorado were abundant, and wahoo and yellowfin tuna rounded out the fun. The ever-present dorado Photo: Rosewell Rahming The bonefishing on South Andros is stellar, but the critters offshore can add to the good…
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South Andros – Easy Access!
Loading up in Fort Lauderdale. One of the great things about visiting Andros South is that it’s really easy to get there. Lynx Air International operates direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to the Congo Town airport on South Andros. The flight takes about an hour, and the Congo Town airport is all of a 20-minute…
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Why a Mobile Program?
In Southern Chile, sometimes it makes sense to hit the road. Deneki Outdoors owns and operates four fly fishing operations. Three of them – Alaska West, BC West and Andros South – are fixed-base lodges. At Chile West, we run a mobile program, in which we stay in several different locations and fish a bunch…
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Weekly Newsletter Signup
Keep yourself informed. Photo: Cameron Miller We’ve added an option to sign up for a newsletter with weekly updates from our blog – previously your options were every day, or not at all. Interested? Just enter your email address in the ‘Weekly Email Newsletter’ section on the right-hand size of this page, click the Submit…
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More Than a Trip Report from Mike Racine
Mike Racine, with just one element of a superlative day Mike Racine is a long-time friend, and in the spirit of full disclosure, an investor in Deneki Outdoors. He contributed the great piece that runs today. We’ll like Mike do the talking. — “Fishing Reference Points” No this isn’t a technical article on targeting fish….
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Adam Tavender’s Steelhead Rig
Adam Tavender with some Dean chome. Photo: David Lambroughton Adam Tavender has been a part of Nakia Lodge on the Dean River since 1993. In early 2007, we at Deneki Outdoors had the good fortune to ‘take the torch’ from Adam and his wife Judy, and we now run the lodge as BC West. Having…
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South Andros Fisheries Part Four – Inland Wading
There’s a lot of water in the middle of this island. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve written about the three most conventional fisheries on South Andros – our east side creeks, The South and The West. Today we cover the most unusual of our fisheries – our inland wading. When you look at…
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Simms Headwaters Backpacks
A good choice for a day on the water. Photo: Simms Fishing Products Simms has come out with a whole bunch of really good new packs this year, and one of our favorites is the Headwaters Day Pack. Like its big brother the Headwaters Backpack, it’s a really well-designed pack, purpose-built for fishing. The feature…
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