We’re slowly ramping up our selection of cool Deneki gear you can pick up at our new online store. Lots of our readers have asked for gear with our ‘Fish Hard Rest Easy’ motto on it, and today’s addition should be right up that alley. It displays Fish Hard Rest Easy proudly, it’s tagged tastefully…
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Spey and Switch Fishing for Trout – An Update
Way back in the almost prehistoric year of 2009, we wrote a series of posts on our blog about spey fishing for trout – why you should do it, what gear you should consider, and some tactics you should use. Those posts have turned into classics – they’re really popular with our readers, which always…
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Barracuda Rigging with Irving and O’Keefe
We love it when our readers get in touch to share great tips! Loren Irving was kind enough to pass along this quick way to rig up for barracuda, shown to him by the legendary Brian O’Keefe. Thanks, Loren! Loren’s Bonefish/Barracuda Rig Sometimes when out there on the flats wading, the only rod you have…
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Deneki Gear Store
We’re thrilled to announce that the Deneki Gear Store is open for business – we now have logo gear from our lodges available to you online! We’re getting started with t-shirts, as well as hats and visors. Those cool Salmon Grand Slam and Bonefish t-shirts we’ve given away a few times on our site? You…
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Alaska Fly Fishing Gear
Since spring is in the air, lots of folks are tinkering around with gear that they’re going to fish with in Alaska this summer. With that in mind, we present to you our most popular posts about fly fishing gear for Alaska. Top 10 Alaska Fly Fishing Gear Posts King Rig Roundup. Expert spey anglers…
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Simms SunSleeves – Why We Like Them
Don’t laugh – just a few years ago a lot of us were making fun of Buffs, too. Simms just came out with their SunSleeves, pictured above. What’s a SunSleeve? It’s basically a stretchy UPF 50+ synthetic tube that you slide onto your arm to help keep the sun off. It comes up to the…
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Sage Kanektok Wool Pro – Why We Like It
Here’s why we like the new Sage Kanektok Wool Pro pullover. It’s a comfortable, versatile wool-polyester blend insulating layer that looks good, feels good and works in a really wide range of temperatures. It’s named after our home at Alaska West – the beautiful, remote, biomass-filled, amazing Kanektok River. More Gear We Like Simms Headwaters…
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Quigley’s Bonefish Tickler
Here’s another fly we think you should add to your box for South Andros Island – Quigley’s Bonefish Tickler by Idylwilde. Why We Like It It works in a range of water depths. It’s on the smaller side for South Andros (#4), but its small lead eyes sink it quickly. It’s very sparsely dressed, which…
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Shark Tooth Leader Control System
This past week at Andros South we had the opportunity to try out a very cool little gadget made by Loon Outdoors – the Shark Tooth ‘Leader Control System’. What is the Shark Tooth? The Shark Tooth is pretty simple. It’s an elastic band that replaces the stock band on your tippet spool. Attached to…
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Airflo Skagit Intermediate
Spey tech alert! Airflo has just released a new head called the Skagit Intermediate. It combines a floating section on the back of the head with an intermediate section on the front of the head. Word is it fishes quite a bit differently than a typical full-floating Skagit head. We haven’t fished this head yet….
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