Destination fishing for fly anglers is awesome. If you have never fished waters where you have to fly to get there, you should do it. It’s a hoot. For those of us who have done it once, twice, or multiple times, you know packing correctly is a burden. You spend a lot of time debating…
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Veterans Day 2020
To all our Veterans, those who are currently serving and those who have served. We salute you. Thank you and your families for the tremendous sacrifices you have made and continue to make. It is because of you and your service, the rest of us get to do what we do. God bless you and…
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Save Bristol Bay Guide Ambassadors
Save Bristol Bay Guide Ambassadors share season recaps with Trout Unlimited The team at Deneki Outdoors is committed to conservation, especially in the places where we operate and take you fishing. For our lodges in southwest Alaska, that commitment is personal and we’ve consistently partnered with groups like Trout Unlimited who have been working with local businesses and communities to fight the…
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Visualizing Sink Tips
In the world of Spey casting making sure you’re using the right sink tip, let’s be honest is confusing. There are a variety of lengths, sink rates, density, and style of sink tip, and trying to match the right sink tip, to the river your fishing and your own preference can be a daunting task….
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Guide Speak Glossary: Alaska West Edition
In our second edition of Guide Speak we visit Alaska West on the Kanektok. The Kanektok is many a fly fisherman’s mecca, or summit, so to speak. It’s also a place that makes coming up with new fishing oriented words and phrases quite easy due to the intense focus on fishing and lodge life. With…
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Happy Halloween 2020
Let’s face it, the year 2020 has been a scary year. With Halloween 2020 (sounds like a movie title), here and now, we here at Deneki Outdoors welcome the distraction and celebration that Halloween prescribes. Stephen King says ” We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones” and boy can we…
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LAST CHANCE: Fall 2020 Andros South Bonefish School
Hello Friends, the November 2020 Bonefish School at Andros South is rapidly coming up and you don’t have much time to sign up. The Bahamas is opening up and the bonefishing season is slated to start November 1, 2020. This fall session is a week-long school to help anglers of all abilities enhance their understanding…
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Indicate or Not to Indicate, that is the Question.
Regardless of how you feel about strike indicators, there is no doubt that a strike indicator will help a new fly fisher catch more fish by visually learning current speed, reading seams, and gauging the depth of the water. However, if you’re not careful, the strike indicator can develop into a crutch for a new…
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Deep Thoughts on Landing Nets
Landing nets just don’t get the deep thoughts and contemplation that may be given to other parts of a fisher person’s arsenal. That’s unfortunate since you are using that net to either catch and release or catch and harvest fish, and both of those activities should be done with the utmost care and forethought. If…
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Guide Speak Glossary: Andros Edition
‘Guide Speak’ are words that form over time in specific environments to describe things, actions, and/or events (and maybe more). If you’ve fished with us at Andros South or are thinking about it, here are some terms that you’ll probably hear during your time with us. Monster – n. A big fish, a very big…
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