Last month we spent some time fishing a Sage 790-4 VXP at Andros South. Guess what – we liked it! We generally don’t publish reviews of products we don’t like – you can read more about how we review products in our Product Review Policy and FTC Disclosure. Background – Rods for South Andros Our…
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Loaded Up
Somebody did a darned fine job tying flies in preparation for their trip to Andros South. Nice work, Bjorn! More on Bonefish Flies Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp – Bob Veverka Tells Us About It! Big Flies and Rubber Legs Tom Larimer on Tying for South Andros
Aquapac Phone Case Review
Over the past couple of weeks came across a nifty piece of gear that we think you should own if you ever take your cell phone near water. It’s a simple, well-designed waterproof case made by Aquapac. It’s easy to carry around, and using your phone while it’s in the case – especially with a…
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Lake Fishing with Switch Rods
We’ve got our fourth of four videos today in our mini-series of videos on lake fishing. After getting an introduction to fly fishing on lakes, some tips on lake fishing with a tough backcast, and a look at fly selection for lake fishing, now we get to learn about using switch rods on lakes. In…
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Fly Selection for Lakes
We’re back today with more lake fishing video action featuring George Cook! George has already given us an introduction to fly fishing in lakes, and some tips on fishing lakes in spots with a tough backcast. Today’s topic is an overview of the flies you should consider when fishing lakes for trout. In the video,…
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Sage DXL Typhoon Backpack Review
We’ve written reviews in the past of a couple of items from Sage’s DXL Typhoon bag and pack series – the Boat Bag and the Large Waist Pack. Last month we got a chance last month to travel and fish with the Sage DXL Typhoon Backpack, and we liked it a lot. Today we’re here…
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Alaska T Shirt Winner
Wow. When we announced our “complete this sentence” contest for a free Alaska Grand Slam t-shirt, we never would have guessed that we’d get 86 responses. Thanks so much to everyone who participated. It was really, really hard to pick a winner. In the end we had to go with Abe Sorom, who have us…
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Trevor Covich’s Silver Rig
Trevor Covich is one of our go-to guys at Deneki Outdoors, owning key jobs for us in Alaska, the Bahamas and Chile. We asked Trevor to put together his favorite rig for chasing silvers at Alaska West, and he delivered that and a heck of a lot more. If you want to suck up the…
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Bonefish Rods for Different Conditions
Tom Larimer’s back today with some commentary on bonefish rods based on his trip to Andros South last month. We think Tom’s dead on – have a read. Bonefish Rods As conditions change during a day of flats fishing for bonefish, you need to change your tackle to be successful. In the early morning or on…
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Airflo Skagit Switch Review
Back in September we told you about Airflo’s new Skagit Switch Heads – a potential solution to the “nobody makes a modern spey line for my switch rod” problem. Since the early version of the head that we got our hands on at IFTD, Airflo has gone through a couple more iterations. Last month we…
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