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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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Dean Steelhead Fly Roundup
Ah yes, it’s that time of year. Spring is in the air. The birds are chirping, the snow is melting…and we’re getting lots of questions from eager anglers headed to BC West on the Dean this summer about what flies they should bring, how they should tie them, what hooks they should use, and more!…
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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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More in the Store
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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