If you’re new to the Deneki Blog, maybe you heard about us through a friend or found our site during a search because you’re interested in fly fishing. We want to say, ‘welcome’ and we hope our content is helpful on your journey to new fly fishing pursuits. All of the members of our team…
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Alaska West in July is a Fly Fisher’s Dream
It sure is! The mighty Kanektok is incredible all season long, but it’s the month of July that sees the greatest biomass increase of the year. By early July the river literally has fish overrunning every inch of it. Kings, chum, sockeye, pinks, sea-run dollies, resident rainbow trout, and grayling can all be caught consistently…
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Deneki Custom Fly Series: Rapids Camp Smolt
There is a fish phenomenon that happens during the first part of the season at Rapids Camp Lodge during the month of June. The “smolt bust” is where predatory Rainbow Trout swim around the rapids section of the Naknek River and target smolt to eat. You can tell it’s a bust from the smolt and…
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Alaska West: We Can’t Wait
Ah…Alaska West Lodge, oh how we have missed you. We are looking forward to fishing the awesome Kanektok River and having a chance at achieving the Alaskan Salmon Grand Slam. What is the Alaskan Salmon Grand Slam you ask? It is catching all Alaskan Salmon on the same day; King, Chum, Silver Red, and Pink….
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After a Good Days Fishing, Shenanigans
Stuart Foxall, fly tying Jedi Master, fantastic fisherman, and friend of Deneki Outdoors chimes in on some of the most productive, and entertaining practices at Alaska West Lodge. After a good days fishing and a fantastic evening meal in the dining tent what do we do afterwards???? We tie flies, come up with new fly…
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Captains for Clean Water: A Mission That Holds Water
In 2020 Bristol Bay, Alaska overcome a huge threat in Pebble mine. We thank all those who supported the cause. There is still a lot of work to do to establish permanent protection of Bristol Bay, Alaska. With that, we have another current major threat to our aquatic ecosystem in the opposite corner of the…
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Deneki Custom Fly Series: Andros South Shrimp
We recently commissioned Solitude Fly Company to help create a series of flies specific to our fisheries at each of our lodges, Alaska West Lodge, Andros South Lodge, and Rapids Camp Lodge. Each fly was developed with careful consideration, a plethora of experience, and a lot of testing for approval. Our first featured fly is…
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Tribute to Robert “Bob” Veverka
Sadly, on January 3, 2021, the fly fishing community has lost one of the most prolific designers and fly tyers. Bob Veverka, was a creative, strategic, and innovative fly tyer. With two of the most coveted books in the fly tying world, Spey Flies: How to Tie Them and Innovative Saltwater Flies, Bob left a…
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March 2021 Andros South Bonefish School
Once again we are pleased to offer two bonefish schools at Andros South Lodge during the 2020/21 season. This coming season there will be two week long schools to help anglers of all abilities enhance their understanding and skill of saltwater flats fishing. Then in March our long-time friend and fishing guide from Asheville, NC, Walker Parrott will…
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Rapids Camp Lodge: Prime Trout Dates
This Post is courtesy of Rapids Camp Lodge Head Guide Chad Bryson. You could say that I live my entire life just so I can get in a floatplane to guide trout fishing in Bristol Bay, Alaska during August. It’s my favorite. It’s the irreproachable epitome of everything Alaska – bears, floatplanes, and sight casting…
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