We’ve got some more gear available on our online store, and this time it’s not all hats and t-shirts! How about a cozy Simms / Alaska West WaderWick Fleece Top? Need a new beverage retention device? Our Nalgene / Deneki flask will treat you right. OK, this one’s a hat, but we think a Simms…
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Gear
Sage ONE Spey Rod Review – 10130-4
It’s the second of our four king salmon spey rod reviews that came out of our first week at BC West this season! Here’s the introduction to this batch of king rods and here’s our review of the ECHO King rod from last week. Today we’re giving you our impressions of the Sage 10130-4 ONE,…
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ECHO King Spey Rod Review
During the first week of our season at BC West this year, we got a hold of a quiver of spey rods designed for king salmon fishing – you can read our introduction to king rods here. Today we kick off the first of our individual rod reviews with the ECHO K-10130 King. Design The…
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Tube Flies – Why We Like ‘Em
Any guest of either Alaska West or BC West in recent years has to have seen this one coming: We’re loving tube flies more and more, and we love ‘em for a few key reasons: They’re super easy to cast. Flat out, one of the best reasons to give them a shot. They’re stackable, and…
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Spey Rods for King Salmon
One of our specialties at Deneki Outdoors is spey fishing for king salmon. Alaska West and BC West are located on two of the very few rivers in the world that provide consistent, productive fishing for kings (call ’em chinooks when you’re in Canada) on swung flies, and spey rods are the preferred tool for…
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Deneki Store Additions
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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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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