School’s in session. Class, note the V-loop. Photo: Cameron Miller George Cook invented swinging for kings. Well, maybe not, but George Cook has spent more time than anybody swinging for kings on the most productive river on the planet for kings on swung flies. George has a long and storied career in the world of…
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Deneki Blog
Andros South Welcomes the Sislers!
We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of Rick, Vilma and Elias Sisler at Andros South. Rick is taking over as Operations Manager at the lodge and will work with our Bahamian team to deliver a fantastic experience to our guests on South Andros. Rick is a long-time member of the Deneki Outdoors team, having started…
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Deneki Outdoors in The Angling Report
Garrett Sullivan and Chilean Co-Worker We’re big fans of The Angling Report, the best source we know of for angling news and reviews of lodges written by the guests themselves. Our operations have been covered in The Angling Report a few times– here are articles that have run about our lodges. Introductory News Piece on…
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Dean River Spey Week
Brian Niska, chasing the white mouse. Photo: Cameron Miller We run a very popular program at Alaska West in which we combine early season king salmon fishing with spey instruction from the best in the business. We’ve decided to expand our spey instruction program to the chinook fishery at BC West on the Dean River….
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Today’s Update from Andros South
The home flats are even beautiful on a cloudy day. [Karen Wilken is part of the Sage/Rio/Redington crew at Andros South this week. She’s got one more day on South Andros before heading home to the snow in Seattle. Here’s her report from yesterday.] The knock on the door came at 6:00am as usual. After…
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Swinging for Kings
Big Andy, you remember Mr. Kingsley? Mr. Kingsley – Big Andy. Photo: Cameron Miller Our front yard at Alaska West is the Kanektok River. The Kanektok is, like other rivers in Alaska, an amazingly consistent, productive, varied fishery. However, unlike any other river in Alaska that we know of, the Kanektok provides a unique opportunity…
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Podcasting with Matt Hynes
“Damn it, another chromer!” Matt Hynes at his office on the Kanektok Photo: Cameron Miller Matt Hynes. Alaska West guide in summer. Chagrin River Outfitters guide in fall, winter and spring. Fly tier extraordinaire. Matt’s one of the most technical guides you’ll have the opportunity to fish with, and oh by the way, he’s not…
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Simon Gawesworth on Andros South
Just another FarBank/Andros South dolphin rescue. [Simon Gawesworth is representing the Rio side of the equation in this week’s FarBank equipment testing / photo shoot at Andros South. Here’s his report from Wednesday. It’s a good one and not your average fishing report – read on.] I am not sure if the Weather God felt…
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Paul Johnson’s News from South Andros
Paul Johnson and friend [Paul Johnson is part of the Sage/Redington/Rio team doing some product testing at Andros South this week. Here’s his report from yesterday.]Andros South…..Day 3… Today was different from yesterday in a couple of ways. One, the wind was back…not sure what God I didn’t appeal to last night…could have been many, but…
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Karen Wilken’s Top 10 (Invalid) Reasons Not To Go On A Guided Trip
Pictured: Ellie – Half Cop / Half Guide / Half Master Joke Teller A day with him in South Andros is a whole bunch of good fishing….plus, the accent is relaxing….. [Karen Wilken from Redington is at Andros South this week with Paul Johnson from Sage and Simon Gawesworth from Rio, doing some product testing. Here…
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