If you’ve been following along on our blog for some time, you know that every once and a while we like to dedicate a post to a special fish caught by some of our guests at our lodges. After all, who doesn’t love a little quality fish porn, right? Well, recently Andros South guides, Josie…
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Are You Holding Fish Correctly?
Handling fish appropriately to ensure the best chance of survival is important when releasing fish. In fact, we’ll be the first to agree that there’s no better practice for the well being of a released fish than never being taken out of the water in the first place. However, we also understand that fish are going…
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Happy Hump Day
Because every once in a while we like to share a photo of a humpy on hump day.. Mostly for the play on words, but also because we think they just look really cool. More on Pink Salmon Pink Pollywogs and Poppers 6 Reasons Why Pink Salmon are Cool Pink Years
Ooh Barracuda!
It’s been a while since we gave some much deserved love to the second most targeted species here at Andros South – the ever ferocious barracuda. That’s why today we’re presenting you with nothing more than a photo of Deneki guest, Michael Bernhard, hoisting a whole lot of ‘cuda with Andros South guide, Charlie Sweeting. If…
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Nice Fish, Ryan!
Andros South guest, Ryan Durkin, has been joining for the past few seasons now. Ryan’s a really good photographer and usually takes some pretty awesome photos during his trip, which we look forward to seeing each season. He’s not adverse to passing off the camera however, especially when tustling with hogs like this.. Ryan on the…
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Nice Fish, Logan!
Deneki guest, Logan Lewis, joined us this fall for our 2016 bonefish school at Andros South. He stuck this beauty. Good work, Logan! More on Big Bonefish An Honest Hero Shot Big Flies for Big Bonefish Land Your Fly Close to Big Bonefish
Reason Number One to Fish the Naknek in the Fall
Deneki’s own Mike Sanders closes out our 2016 season at Rapids Camp Lodge with a lesson on why it’s a good idea to fish the Naknek River in the fall. Big, we mean BIG wild Alaskan rainbow trout. Wow. Nice fish, Mike! More from Rapids Camp Lodge Smolt Poppin’ for Rainbows Giants of the Naknek…
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Not Your Typical Double
One of the most exhilarating aspects of fly fishing is that each and every time your fly is in the water, you never quite know what could happen next – a perpetual level of faith if you will. Sort of like when you think you’ve doubled up on your umpteenth silver salmon of the day, only to…
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Weekly Fish Story – “Competitive Predators”
As you might expect, we hear a lot of great fish stories over the course of a week. In fact we’d go out on a limb to say there’s not a day that goes by during our season when we’re not swapping stories of a great fight, a killer eat, or just an all around…
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50 Shades of Grayling
Today we present you with a pretty cool photo of what we think is one of the most under appreciated, yet most stunning fish in Alaska, the Arctic grayling. If you thought grayling were nothing more than a drab gray fish with a big dorsal fin, think again! It’s been a while since we showed…
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