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Oct 28 2020

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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Oct 27 2020

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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Oct 21 2020

Timeless Tip: Remove a Wind Knot in your Leader

It’s inevitable. If you do any sort of casting your leader or tippet will eventually fall victim to a wind knot that will weaken your line. If you’ve ever lost a fish because your leader snapped at a wind knot, we know the feeling. Now, if you’re lucky enough to find a wind knot near…
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Oct 17 2020

Fall Naknek River Rainbows: The Varsity Game

Fishing for and landing big rainbow trout is a goal for a lot of fly anglers across the world and especially here in Alaska. The Naknek River is a great fishery for rainbow trout in the season from beginning to end. During the month of June, the smolt bust is an exhilarating game where you…
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Oct 14 2020

Gear Review: Tornado Anchor

It’s been a while since we have seen much innovation or thought go into new anchoring systems for small freshwater craft. We are talking primarily about jet boats under 20’, drift boats, rafts and catarafts. Well, now there is the Tornado Anchor and it’s a pretty interesting take on an anchor. First off, this anchor…
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Oct 13 2020

3 Simple Tips to Improve your Double Spey Cast

The Double Spey cast is a nice, fluid, and fundamental Spey casting technique. It is also one of the most popular casts in the Spey cast arsenal. Here are a few tips to help with correct anchor placement and effectively loading the rod. Tip 1: Place the connection between the head and the tip in front of you. – While…
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Sep 30 2020

Advanced Bead Fishing for Trout: Matching Bead to Hook Size

Naknek trout at Rapids Camp Lodge

With it being mega rainbow season here in Alaska, specifically at Rapids Camp Lodge on the Naknek River, this is the second post this week on advanced bead fishing tips. You can find the post on advanced bead fishing for rainbow trout about matching the egg-hatch here. Both of these posts are courtesy of Rapids…
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Sep 29 2020

Advanced Bead Fishing for Trout: Matching the Hatch

Rapids Camp Lodge rainbow trout

Tis this season for BIG rainbows in Alaska, especially on the Naknek river here at Rapids Camp Lodge, where the rainbow trout are particularly mega. Salmon eggs make up a huge portion of the diet for our Alaskan rainbow trout, which is why bead fishing is arguably one of the most effective means of targeting…
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Sep 23 2020

Dads & Rainbows

When I left Alaska three weeks ago to go back to Texas for a few weeks, I couldn’t help but dread leaving the early Alaska fall with the cooler temps and beautiful leaf changes and going back to beyond uncomfortable heat and humidity.  I didn’t have to be dreadful for too long though, because I…
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Sep 19 2020

Deneki Outdoors: Rapids Camp

It has been a tough year for all of us. Regardless of the situation and circumstances, we here at Deneki Outdoors refuse to not have some fun. With Rapids Camp being the only Alaska lodge, within our family of lodges operating this year, we still have managed to operate with awesome staff and a great…
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