Spey Instruction You may have heard that we run a really popular spey instruction program during the heart of our king salmon season at Alaska West. Some of the best spey instructors in the world – this year the lineup includes Charles St. Pierre, Tom Larimer and Brian Niska – join us on the river…
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News
Dean Steelhead Dates for 2012
You may have heard that the Dean River fished really well in 2010 and 2011. Honestly, it was pretty awesome. Anadromous returns in rivers like the Dean tend to be cyclical, so hopes are high that the trend continues into 2012. We fish primarily for steelhead during 8 weeks of our season at BC West…
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3 Good Articles
Our 3 Good Articles today are all about a topic near and dear to our hearts – Fly Fishing Gear! Four Ways to Improve Your Flies with a Sharpie. Pretty self-explanatory post from the Field and Stream FlyTalk blog. Ross F1 Reel – Start to Finish. Cool step-by-step photos from The Fiberglass Manifesto. Tandem Rigs…
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Casting for Recovery Donation
We try hard to support good causes. Since our resources are fairly limited, we’ve made the decision to focus our support and donations on organizations related to fisheries conservation. Casting for Recovery is such a great cause, though, that we bent our rules and donated a trip for 2 to Andros South to the Casting for…
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3 Good Articles
We’ve got an All-Conservation Edition in our 3 Good Articles series today… Condit Dam Removal. More good news on the Pacific Northwest Dam Removal front – in the Seattle Times. Infectious Salmon Anemia. More bad news on the salmon farming front – on the Osprey Steelhead blog. The Adipose Fin Might Matter. Some interesting news…
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Any Trip You Want at Andros South
In the past at Andros South we’ve run most of our trips on a weekly changeover schedule, Saturday to Saturday. We’ve also offered 4 night / 3 day trips on the front or back half of any week. But we know how busy many of you are, and we know that scheduling can be the…
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We’re Open at Andros South
It’s bonefishing season! The first guests of our season arrive at Andros South today, and boy are we ready. Fall is a fantastic time to fish on South Andros, with larger than normal bonefish, tons of great weather and even less angling pressure than the almost zero that we have in the spring. Our pricing…
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IWFF Festival Report
Last month Kellsey Perkins, the financial mastermind at Deneki Outdoors, joined a bunch of like-minded women at the International Women Fly Fishers’ annual festival. Here’s her report on the highlights. IWFF Festival Report I just returned from the International Women Fly Fishers Festival near Bozeman, MT along the Gallatin River. Amazing women, incredible experience. What…
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Save Bristol Bay Road Show
You’ve read here before that we’re big supporters of Trout Unlimited and their program to Save Bristol Bay from the risks associated with the Pebble Mine. Today we’re helping to get the word out on the Save Bristol Bay Road Show that’s taking place over the next couple of weeks. In Seattle, San Francisco, Portland,…
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Three Good Articles
Tips for Catching Trout in a Recessed Target Area. It’s a bit of a mouthful but it’s a great article – from Kirk Deeter at Field and Stream. Using Big Beads as Attractors. Another good tip from Kent at Gink and Gasoline. Chard’s Choker Permit Fly. Bruce Chard tell us about one of his favorite…
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