Early in our Research and Development program in Southern Chile, one of our guides, Garrett Sullivan, caught this exceptional fish. We took some shots and released it, thinking “man, that was an awesome brown”. When we got home, we sent some pictures around to a bunch of folks, and maybe half of them responded saying…
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A Fish Story from Chile
You might have heard that your fearless editor has just returned from a real good trip to Chile West. Today’s post is one of a bunch that we’ll run as a result of that trip, and it’s a fish story, plain and simple. The second-to-last day of our trip we did some walk and wade…
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Awesome Brown Trout
Your fearless editor has just returned from a super-great trip to Chile West. We’ve encountered some pretty cool fish in Southern Chile, but this one caught outside La Junta last week pretty much takes the cake. It’s not near our biggest Chilean brown, but man, check out those spots. If you follow us on Facebook,…
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He Can Fish Too
Over the past couple of weeks you’ve seen some of Louis Cahill‘s handiwork with the camera – a result of his trip in early January to Andros South. Guess what – the guy can fish too! Louis poses proudly above with a nice West Side pig. More Fish Pictures Brightsides – A Really Unusual Alaskan…
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Slab.
In the world of angling, there are lots of different words that translate roughly to ‘big fish’. This past July at BC West on the Dean, Steven Nelson got a fish in Tony’s that’s definitely best described as a ‘slab’. Nice fish, Steven. More on the Dean River Speypages Week on the Dean What it’s…
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Not Your Typical Bonefish Hero Shot
Louis Cahill joined us at Andros South earlier this month and he got a whole bunch of super cool photos. This one jumped out of the first batch – a hero shot that’s so much more than a hero shot. More Cool Pictures It’s Really Pretty on South Andros It’s Really Pretty on the Kanektok…
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Nice Fish, Kerry
Kerry Kilpatrick joined us at BC West during the third week of July in 2009. On the last day of her trip, she came up with this beauty. Nice fish, Kerry! More Nice Fish Nice Rainbow Trout Nice Chilean Chinooks Nice Dean River Coho
Barracuda Fly Presentation
Barracudas are some mean SOBs. They feed on other fish, including bonefish. They’re super fast and powerful, and they get really aggressive when they think they see prey. When presenting a fly to these guys, you want to key on this predatory response. Here’s one way to do just that! Once you have found your…
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Just a Couple of Bonefish
All photos by Bill Gibbs. Just another mega-school in The South! More on Bonefish How to Pack for Your Day of Bonefishing Fighting Bonefish – 5 Tips Bonefish are Hard to See
Why Pink Salmon Are Cool – 6 Reasons
True, not many anglers head to Alaska specifically to target pink salmon. That’s OK though – we still think they’re pretty awesome fish. Here’s why. Every other year there are billions of them. OK, not billions, but on even-numbered years on the Kanektok, our pink numbers are very, very large. They eat poppers. Find ’em…
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