Bruce Chard shot line into his backcast, and look how happy it made him. Wherever you’re fishing on the flats, getting your cast out there quickly will greatly improve your chances of hooking that fish. Shooting line not only into your forward cast, but also into your backcast, helps minimize false-casting and enables you to…
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The Arolik River
The Upper Arolik Photo: Cameron Miller Many guests who visit Alaska West like to spend some time on the Arolik River during their stay with us. The Arolik is a costal river that runs roughly parallel to the Kanektok and has about half the flow of the Kanektok. Like the Kanektok, the Arolik is home…
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Simms Dry Creek Boat Bags
We love our Simms Dry Creek Boat Bags. Equally applicable in fresh- and saltwater, they’re easy to get into, totally waterproof, padded and have dividers for keeping your gear straight. We beat the heck out of our gear, so when we say they’re durable we mean it.
Bruce Chard, Home Away From Home
Bruce Chard’s 4,721,314th bonefish. Bruce Chard spends some time at Andros South hosting groups and teaching bonefishing schools, and yesterday he got to indulge in a little South Andros fun. He and Josie railed ’em at the mouth of Dodum Creek, and then moved north where he had this little encounter in Little Creek, all…
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Sage 790-4 TCX
Choose your weapon carefully. For skilled casters, the Sage 790-4 TCXis an excellent all-around choice when chasing bonefish on South Andros Island. Compared to its predecessor the TCR, the TCX loads much easier at short range, which is critical in those many situations here in which you’re making a 30-foot shot. This happens much more…
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Spotting Bonefish
Where are you, Mr. Bonefish? Bonefish are hard to see. Keeping these tips in mind will help. Look For Movement When you first see a bonefish, it’s very unusual that you actually see the clear outline of the fish. Bonefish generally first appear as dark spots, moving slowly and steadily. They’re almost always moving, so…
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Why You Should Be In the Bahamas Right Now
South Andros, January 12th, Forecast: 80 degrees, light breeze What’s the view look like from your house today?
Deneki Outdoors in 2009 Simms Catalog
Photo: Simms Fishing Products Our friends at Simms Fishing Products have just released their new 2009 catalog, and all the imagery in the catalog came from two photo shoots that they ran at Alaska West and Andros South. Garrett Sullivan, Rick Sisler, Matt Hynes, Cameron Miller, Mitch Harris, Ed Ward, and other members of the…
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Michael White’s Report from Andros South
Whitey in hot pursuit. Michael White (owner of Blue Ribbon Sales, representing Simms, and other lines in the Rockies) is on site at Andros South this week with Charlie Craven and a great group of guys. Here’s his report from today on the rigors of South Andros in January. “All is well here at Andros South….
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John Toker’s Bonefish Rig
A large man with a large bonefish. Photo: rustychinnisimages.com John Toker used to work at Andros South, and over the years he’s spent a bunch of time on the flats. Here’s his go-to bonefish rig, with his commentary.”I have had the good fortune of living and fishing on South Andros since 2003 while managing Andros South…
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