Runoff can be a four letter word to some trout fishermen. That muddy water period between spring and summer that many deem “unfishable” is actually extremely important to the overall health of the fishery. Runoff is when the river gets its annual cleaning, and despite the increase in river flow and color, fish can still…
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Tips
4 Tips On Spring Trout Fishing
Depending on what part of the country you live in, spring offers some of the best fishing opportunities of the year. Trout are cold blooded so as the water temps warm, their metabolism gets going and they need to pack on some weight after a long winter. This is a great time for fishermen to…
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How to Pack and Plan for your Rapids Camp Lodge Vacation
Fly out fishing in Bristol Bay is the epitome of fly fishing adventure. My incurable addiction to it started many years ago. It starts with the sound of DeHavilland radial engines warming up in the morning and the romance of not really knowing exactly where you are flying too. All you know is that no…
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Timeless Tips// Benefits Of Short Tag Ends
When tying flies, start with a short tag end so that you do not need to go back and trim the excess thread. This won’t save you a ton of time at first but think of all the flies you have tied in your life and the extra couple of seconds you have taken on…
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Spring Cleaning // Fly Fishing Edition
With the COVID-19 crisis causing many of us to be stuck at home, we figured we would go over some prep work you can do to allow you to spend as much time as possible on the water once the various stay at home orders are no longer in effect. Spring cleaning is not just…
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Fly Fishing Lakes and Reservoirs
It is that time of year where lakes have iced off and the large trout that inhabit them are starting to cruise the shorelines looking to put on some weight. I will be the first to admit I am not the biggest fan of fishing stillwaters, I liken it to the game of baseball, a…
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Target Species // Trigger Fish
One of the more popular fish to target right now are the subjectively beautiful trigger fish. While not a species we get to chase at any of our lodges, we know our guests and readers fish worldwide so we figured we would discuss anyways. There are over 40 species of trigger fish, most of…
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Timeless Tips // Water Hauling
I will start of by admitting this cast is not especially graceful looking but it does a great job of loading the rod without needing a false cast. It is surprisingly useful so it should be something you a familiar with, especially if you fish deep or heavy indicator rigs. A water haul is basically…
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Why We Use Tube Flies
At Deneki Outdoors, we love tube flies. If you have swung flies with us at Alaska West or late season Rapids Camp, odds are you have seen first hand why we are big fans of tube flies. Here are 4 reasons why we love them! Easier to cast. Being made out of a tube, this…
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Rigging // The Hopper Dropper
We have put up a few posts over the past month going over different ways to set up a nymph rig. Today I wanted to share with you my personal favorite way to fish a nymph and that is one where it is hung below a dry fly. The Hopper Dropper set up is not…
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