A recent conversation with a fellow ‘angling professional’ brought to light the fact that there are lots of different opinions out there when it comes to backing and flats fishing. Some overriding backing philosophies that come to mind are Use whatever you can fit more of on the reel Use whatever is simplest Use whatever…
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Three Reasons to Plan a Bonefishing Trip Today
Bonefishing is really fun. It’s like hunting with a fly rod, in one of the warmest, most beautiful places on the planet. It’s an easy trip. Easy travel to the Bahamas, any length trip, starting any day! Kindly compare Exhibit A above with Exhibit B below. How’s your view today?
Photo Haiku Winner
Congrats to Matt Smythe His barracuda haiku was the best, we think. (It’s a haiku about a haiku.) What? Last week we started our first photo haiku contest – we invited our readers to write in the haiku format about the picture you see above. You folks knocked the cover off the ball – we…
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Photo Haiku Contest
And once again it’s contest time here on the Deneki Outdoors blog! Golly, another chance to win yourself a free t-shirt. Rules Post a comment to this page containing a haiku about the Louis Cahill photo above. You know how to write a haiku, right? First line – 5 syllables. Second line – 7 syllables….
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Nice Fish, Gary
Gary Berenson is a really good friend of ours. Nothing warms our hearts like a really good friend with a really good fish. South Andros produces, again. Nice fish, Gary. More on Andros South Why Andros South? Options for Non-Anglers Bonefishing Video Slideshow
Always Be Ready!
When you’re on the flats fishing for bonefish, your target species is constantly swimming around. Yes, there are certain areas where you’re most likely to see fish, but you really never know when one is going to swim by. Why not maximize your chances by always being ready? Yeah, that’s a really simple point, but…
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Another Reason We Love the Bahamas
It’s really, really mellow. More Reasons You Can Go For Just a Few Days Bonefish Are Fun We Have Our Own Tiki Hut
Andros Trip Report from Gabe Nyblad
Gabe Nyblad is a fantastic guide and a good buddy of ours. We’ve been working on him to join us at Andros South for a few years now, and he finally made it down earlier this month. We always love getting perspective on our operations from other folks in the industry, so we talked Gabe…
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Put Your Rod Tip in the Water
One very common mistake made by first-time flats anglers is to leave the rod tip above the water when presenting the fly to a bonefish. When you’re fishing in rivers, you spend a lot of time with your rod tip high, mending line and waiting for a fish to eat. In fresh water, a ‘low…
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Top Bonefishing Posts of 2011
It’s become a tradition here at the Deneki blog – around the end of each year we run a little series of lists of the most popular posts on our blog during the year. We want to make sure you don’t miss out on the good stuff! Since we’re catching bonefish right now, we figured…
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