It actually matters a lot what’s in here. Today’s post relates to packing and bonefishing, but it’s not about loading your big bag before you leave your house – you already know how to do that. Today we’re talking about your typical day on a bonefishing trip – it’s the first morning of your week…
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Deneki Chronicles: All About Bonefish Leaders
Deneki Chronicles reintroduces past blog post we determined to be applicable, timeless or funny. Here is one about Bonefish leaders with some great video too! Enjoy. We’ve told you a little bit in the past about why you might want to tie your own leaders when you’re fishing in the saltwater. A conversation with Bruce…
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Guide Tip: Don’t Be A Watcher
Today’s post comes from our Head Guide at Rapids Camp Lodge Chad Bryson. Thank you for your contribution Chad! Countless times during my career I have witnessed fly rods break. Occasionally, it is due truly to a manufacturing defect. Occasionally. Most of the time it is complete operator error in some capacity. No matter if…
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Don Leydon’s “Fisherman’s Friend” Tool
Over the years Alaska West has had many memorable guests who have become woven into the fabric of our lodge. Don Leydon is surely one of them. For years his gifts to Alaska West have hung in our lounge and dining tents as reminders of our past. One of the pictures shows “Salmon Camp” in…
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Hooks When Swinging for Kings
When our guides at Alaska West are fishing the Kanektok one thing you will notice is the constant adjustments that they make to an angler’s fishing setup. Most of the time those adjustments are things like switching tips on Spey setups or working on leaders and changing flies. One thing not so obvious is the…
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Deneki Chronicles: Sight Fishing for Trout
We’re really lucky to have an extremely diverse trout fishery at Alaska West. It’s not uncommon during any part of our season to catch trout by swinging flies, stripping streamers, dead drifting sub-surface patterns, or skating mouse flies on top. However, one of our favorite ways to target big leopard rainbows is by sight fishing…
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Deneki Chronicles: Spey Fishing – Finish Your Swing with Some Action
Here’s a scenario that most two-handed anglers can relate to; You’ve made a nice cast to the opposite bank, kicked over a big mend, and stepped down the run setting up your swing to perfection. Your fly tracks through the gut of the run at that magical speed at what you’re confident in the perfect…
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Mousin’ with Stuart Foxall
It’s pretty well known that one of the most exciting and fun ways to catch fish at Alaska West or fly outs from Rapids Camp Lodge is mouse fishing. It really does get the heart racing. One of the issues with mouse fishing is “bumping” fish. Bumping fish is when a fish want’s your mouse…
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Deneki Chronicles: Flats Fishing and Humility
Conversations About First-Time Flats Fishing When we talk to guests about their first flats fishing trip to Andros South, we always get a lot of questions about angling skill. “Is it really that hard to see bonefish?” “How far do I have to cast?” “What about casting in the wind?” So we explain that the…
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Deneki Chronicles: How Far Do You Have to Cast to Catch Bonefish?
File today’s post in the “questions we get asked a lot” category. Lots of new flats anglers worry about whether or not they have the casting skill to catch bonefish, apparently. We’ll answer twice. Answer #1: It Depends Where You’re Fishing Fisheries for bonefish vary widely. In places with a lot of fishing pressure, bonefish…
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