When stripping streamers from a boat, I have received some confused looks when people see that I have my rod tip completely submerged in the water. I do this for 3 different reasons. Keep the fly deep while retrieving. When stripping your fly back to you, if you have your rod tip high, the retrieval…
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Tying the Christmas Island Juan
NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. Our friend Jack Reis is back and gives us a modern twist on a classic bonefish fly. Take it away Jack! “Unfortunately if you’ve spent time stalking bonefish on the flats, you know that skinny,…
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The Fly Fishing Film Tour Preview
Our friends over at the Fly Fishing Film Tour just released their “2019 Stoke Reel” full of highlights from the upcoming tour and we all agree that this is non optional viewing. The Tour will premier Jan 19th in Bozeman Montana but has stops throughout the US and some international cities as well. Click HERE…
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If we had to pick One Sun Glass Lens Color…
At Deneki, we clearly need plenty of fishing diversity in our lives. From walking the flats of Andros, to swinging flies in BC, to casting rodents at Leopard Rainbows, we love it all. Unfortunately for our bank accounts, each different fishery seems to require its own set of gear. Your bonefish line won’t work in…
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Timeless Tips Tuesday // Tying the San Diego Knot
Here is a stronger alternative to the improved clinch knot. Very similar, but the wraps on a San Diego Knot are around a double line as opposed to the single line of a clinch knot. When learning to tie this knot, it helped me to think about it as an upside-down clinch. The knot can…
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Gear You Need // Stocking Stuffer Edition: Fishpond’s Pio Pod
Need a last minute holiday gift for the angler in your life? Here is an affordable accessory that I don’t see many people using but one that is very practical and helps keep our waterways trash free! Fishpond’s PIO Pod Microtrash Container is a personal favorite product of mine. The acronym PIO stands for “Pack…
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Brown Trout Variation
For those who have spent much time targeting Brown Trout, consider yourself lucky as they are a prized gamefish by anglers worldwide. Their beauty, attitude, and downright fussiness will leave you craving more the second after you release one. Today we leave you with photos of two very different looking brown trout, caught in the…
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Fly Tying Friday – The Spawning Shrimp
Deneki friend Jack Reis is back for another edition of Fly Tying Friday. Today he goes over the popular Spawning Shrimp a pattern that has caught bonefish and triggerfish on flats throughout the world. Take it away Jack! “If there is one thing a bonefish cannot resist, it’s a shrimp. The truth is that shrimp…
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Get to Know Liz Fincher and Max Pushak
At Deneki, we are lucky to have some incredible staff members in place that help make our lodges among the best in the world. Two of these team members, Liz Fincher and Max Pushak, are our new Andros South and Rapids Camp Lodge Operations Managers. They even double as fishing guides at Rapids Camp as…
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Timeless Tip Tuesday: What is the Best Dry Fly Floatant, Gink or Shake?
Both! I promise I am not just trying to make you buy more unnecessary gear here. Use the strengths of both gink and shake to keep your flies riding high all day. Gink (gel based floatant) is best applied when the fly is completely dry. Here we are trying to get the material of the…
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