Are you a DIY saltwater angler, looking for the silver ghost and not getting many shots? How high is the tide? If it is to the point where the mangroves lining the flats are filled with water, you need to find another flat. Fish will follow the tide up into the mangroves and use them…
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Tips
A Sticky Situation, Unsticking Ferrules…
The more time you spend on the water, the more likely it is that you are going to encounter some of the slightly annoying issues that can happen when fly fishing. One of these issues that almost seems like a rite of passage that a fly angler will eventually have to face is when 2…
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Timeless Tips // Fishing for Warm Weather Kings
We have been experiencing some near recording break temperatures so far this year in Alaska. While this may good for our sunglass tans and Vitamin D intake, it does make for some tough King fishing. For those of you who have chased the mighty King Salmon before know, hot and sunny conditions are not ideal….
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Timeless Tips // Clean your Hydration Bladder
You have got to stay hydrated out there and with various manufacturers incorporating hydration bladders into their backpacks, this is easy to do. One thing that commonly gets ignored with the hydration bladders however is the need to clean them. Even if you are only filling your hydration reservoir with clean water, the bladder itself…
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Timeless Tips // The Strip Set
Saltwater guides worldwide know they are in for a frustrating day when they have a trout fisherman on the bow of their boat. The process of going from setting the hook with the rod tip (aka, the trout set) to strip setting is a right of passage every saltwater angler must pass. Unfortunately, the best…
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Benefits of Using a Tippet Ring
The purists of the sport may not enjoy reading this but I will be the first to admit, I am all on board the tippet ring train. Companies like Rio have been selling tippet rings for years but it seems like they have really taken off recently as more and more people became aware of…
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Timeless Tips // Snell Your Bead Hooks
If you want to catch a lot of fish in Alaska, bead fishing is a great way to achieve that goal. Fishing beads was developed in the streams of Bristol Bay as a cheap yet effective way to imitate salmon eggs. Over the years, small improvements have been made to the bead fishing game to…
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Advice on Handling a Fish
Just a little friendly reminder to take care of our friends, the fish, when holding it for a photo. Those are our business associates out there so we want to make sure they survive after we release them. A general rule of thumb, when holding a fish, the harder you squeeze the more they squirm. …
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Tips on Learning How to Row
Covering water from a raft or a drift boat is one of my favorite ways to fly fish. If you have ever heard the expression “you don’t row, you don’t go” odds are you desperately want to learn to row as your buddies are not inviting you on their float trips. The best way to…
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Solve the Riddle of Fishing Riffles
Throughout most Western trout streams, the water temperature is starting to warm up and the water levels are coming back down. As this happens, you will find the residents of your local river will start to move into my favorite spot to target them, the riffles. Here are 7 points to help you solve the…
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