The 5 anglers in this picture are all lined up, ready to head out for a day of fishing at Andros South. Notice how they’re all wearing lifejackets? That’s because at Andros South, right before you step into your boat for the day, we hand you a lifejacket. That’s not very common in the Bahamas….
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Gear
Kelly Kettles
Last week we put out the invitation for guests posts on our blog – we love having outside perspectives, and we know our readers do too. The response was fantastic, and we can’t wait to run some of the quality stuff that our readers are sending in. Today we’ve got a great gear writeup from…
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Michael White’s Bonefish Rig
Michael White fishes lots of different places around the world as a manufacturer’s rep for Simms, Ross and Idylwilde. One of the places he visits every year happens to be Andros South. On any given day at Andros South, here’s the rig that you’re likely to find Whitey using to chase bonefish. The Summary Ross…
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Team Carhartt
Our team at Alaska West wears a lot of high-tech outerwear. You can’t throw a rock around our camp without hitting some Gore-Tex or a chunk of new-school soft shell. But the folks on our camp staff – the crew that works really, really hard to give our guests a great home for the week…
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The Essentials
What more could an angler ask for? Good looking flies, a two-handed rod and a few shooting heads – and they all happen to be sitting in the tray of a bad-ass jet sled, and that sled happens to be floating on the most ridiculous steelhead river on the planet. More on Gear for the…
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Switch Rods, Scandi Heads and Polyleaders
In the world of spey fishing there seem to be three types of gear that generate a lot of confusion – switch rods, Scandinavian heads and polyleaders. Here’s our quick-and-dirty, way-oversimplified primer on each of the three. Look down below for a video from an actual expert, with an example of a situation where all…
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Abel Pliers
After quite a few years of hearing good things about Abel’s fly fishing pliers at our lodges, we decided to buy a pair and try them out. We liked them a lot. Abel’s pliers aren’t cheap. We got the least-expensive option – Model #2, the smaller size, in black. They’ll cost you $130. You can…
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Toyota Hilux – Why We Love You
Our vehicle of choice at Chile West is the Toyota Hilux. Oh Toyota Hilux, here’s why we love you. You’ve got 4 wheel drive, and you go pretty much anywhere. You’ve got a turbo diesel engine that runs forever. You’re not huge but you’ve still got 4 real doors and a back seat that actually…
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Switch Rods and Heads – Sage TCX and Rio Steelhead Scandi
Last weekend at IFTD we told you a little bit about two new products in the world of spey – TCX switch rods from Sage, and Steelhead Scandi heads from Rio. We thought they were both pretty interesting, so we asked George Cook, Pacific Northwest angling stalwart, to make a few casts at the spey…
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Airflo Skagit Switch Heads
We’ve told you in the past about how to cut back Skagit heads to match your switch rods – something we’ve had to do to get a good casting setup for rods like the Scott Fiberhammer or the Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis. Modern Skagit heads (with a real front taper) just weren’t available in lengths that worked well…
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