Chinese Style Fish is a presentation inspired by a dish out of the Hawaiin Islands. It has been adapted to the cold clean waters of Bristol Bay. This fusion salmon recipe is currently is featured and being served at Deneki’s Rapids Camp lodge. It’s a simple, yet complex dish with an array of flavors that…
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Alaska West
Ed Ward’s Knot-a-Fly
Ed Ward, innovator, creative, and fly fishing icon. When it comes to Spey fishing, Ed Ward has contributed in a myriad of ways when it comes to the design and application of fly lines, heads, and flies. The Knot-a-Fly is creative and simple, so simple, he doesn’t even have to speak during the instruction. It…
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Timeless Tips: 9 Questions About Alaskan Trout You Were Afraid to Ask
Today is another edition of a series of posts where we answer basic questions about some of the topics we normally cover in a lot of detail. No question is too simple! We’ve covered basic questions about bonefishing and spey fishing. On to trout fishing in Alaska… 9 Questions About Alaskan Trout Fishing You Were…
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Pebble Mine FEIS
Undoubtedly we at Deneki Outdoors are very sensitive to the impact of Pebble Mine and what it means to Alaska, the fishing industry as a whole, and the world. The way we see it is, the impact of Pebble Mine will set a precedent that allows the extraction of finite resources and will have no…
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Pebble Mine Update
Pebble mine update from Trout Unlimited Alaska- Summer 2020 Deneki Outdoors has been a long-term partner and advocate in stopping the proposed Pebble mine from being developed in Bristol Bay and devastating southwest Alaska. We’ve worked with Trout Unlimited’s Save Bristol Bay campaign to bring you updates on what’s at stake with the proposed copper…
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Friend of Deneki: Working The Rising Engagement – by Frank Day
When swinging flies most anglers are focused on the down and across presentation and are fishing more of the mid to latter portion of their swing. This may simply be because the steelhead that are classically being targeted by these swung fly anglers are notorious for taking in the latter half of the swing more…
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Deneki Chronicles: Top 6 Spey Casting Videos
We like watching videos, especially about spey casting. The following videos are timeless videos exhibiting various casting techniques. All these tips are relevant, and let’s be honest they’re just fun to watch. Whether a refresher or learning or a first-time spey caster, check out the videos and then go cast some line. Over the past…
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Taking Alaskan Salmon
Fishing is great, but in addition to the exhilaration of the initial tug, fight, and landing fish, one of the best things about fishing with Deneki Lodges in Alaska, is you get to take fish home. Each fish will be cut to your specification, rinsed, professionally vacuum packed, frozen, and placed in a waxed box…
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Deneki Chronicles: Ed Ward’s King Rig
This post is one of our favorites from 2009 about one of our favorite people, Ed Ward and his arsenal for striking kings. This is the first picture ever taken of Ed when he wasn’t casting, or holding a chrome anadromous fish. Photo: Cameron Miller Ed Ward has been called many things. ‘Jedi knight’, ‘Zen…
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The Short Fly Casting Game: Fresh & Saltwater Fish
One of the hardest things in fly fishing is being able to make short, accurate and controlled casts at close distances to your quarry. These days you will find most lines range from 80′-100′ which makes it nearly impossible to make casts less than 30′ without a lot of skill and effort. At Alaska West…
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