We’re happy to announce some new arrivals at our online Deneki Gear Store! The first arrival isn’t exactly new. Our bonefish t-shirts sold like wildfire, leaving us out of stock on some sizes for a few weeks. We now have all sizes available – now’s your chance to grab one. The Arolik River is an…
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Gear
New-Skin – Patch Your Hands Up With It
Your hands can get really dinged up when you’re fishing (or even worse, guiding). Leaders and fly lines cut them up. Hooks poke them. Days with lots of rain (and/or fish releases) make them chapped and cracked. Stiff waterproof zippers, sandy anchor ropes, ratchet straps, fillet knives…yeah, your hands can get really dinged up when…
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Sage ONE Spey Rod Review – 8136-4
Between now and July, Sage is shipping their brand-spanking new ONE spey and switch rods. We were lucky enough to spend some time with one of the standouts in the line, the 8136-4. Today you get to hear what we think about it. Background Sage’s ONE two-handers have been highly anticipated for good reason. The…
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King Flies – Size Does Matter
Jeff Hickman is a two-handed rod steelhead guide from Oregon who owns Fish The Swing LLC. He is a signature Idylwilde flies tier and Deneki veteran who will be joining us again this season to guide kings at Alaska West. Here is a quick little tip from Jeff about fly selection when targeting Chinook salmon. Size Matters It seems…
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Sage ONE Rod Review – Bonefishing
Introduction Sage introduced the ONE rod series last year as a replacement for their venerable Z-Axis series. We’ve spent a bunch of time fishing ONE rods on South Andros, from pre-production 7 weights to the right-up-the-middle 890-4, to the borderline-for-bonefishing 691-4. We’ve had a ton of fun fishing these rods on the flats, so we…
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Trout Snacks.
If our rainbow trout didn’t snack so much, they wouldn’t be so darned fat. More on Trout at Alaska West All About Alaskan Trout J.E.B. Hall’s Sculpin Rig When to Go Trout Fishing in Alaska
International Shipping at the Deneki Store
We’re happy to announce that we’ve added international shipping options at our online Deneki Gear store. To all of our friends overseas, thanks for your patience! We’re now shipping to the UK, Australia and South Africa (in addition to the U.S. and Canada). If you live in a country that’s not on that list, please…
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Try a Lanyard
After years of digging around for the nearest set of pliers any time a piece of tippet needed cutting, your humble editor recently discovered the incredible convenience that is the simplest piece of fishing gear on the planet – the lanyard. You use your nippers more than any piece of gear besides your rod. Why…
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What’s Your Favorite King Salmon Rod?
We’ve gotten some really interesting input from all of you when we’ve asked you about your favorite fly rods for steelhead, trout and bonefish. Since we’ll catching king salmon at Alaska West and chinook salmon at BC West (local terminology!) in just a few weeks, we figured it’s a great time to ask you about…
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Maybe the Best Sandals Ever Made
Trevor Covich is one of our key guys on the ground at Alaska West and Andros South. Andros South provides an excellent sandal research facility; Trevor’s conducted some extensive studies recently and was kind enough to write up his findings. To pick up a pair of these sandals, click right here. Maybe the Best Sandals…
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