Choosing the best fly line for your angling pursuits is the most important consideration of any fly rod setup. Contrary to popular belief, the fly line is the most ‘technically driven’ piece of equipment. Yes, more so than your high modulus graphite or sealed carbon fiber disc drags. There are a wide range of fly lines available today…
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Tips
Universal Fly Fishing Tip – Soak Your Fly
Today we present you with a common sense, yet not so commonly practiced tip courtesy of Alaska West guide, Grant Turner. If you’ve ever spent a day in Grant’s boat, odds are after tying on a fresh new fly you’ve heard him say, “tea-bag your fly!” In other words, soak your fly until it is…
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How to Spend This ‘Off-Season’ – 5 Posts
We’re in between seasons here at Deneki Outdoors, and for us, that’s as close as we get to an ‘off-season.’ However, as we get closer and closer to winter, for many of us that means the off-season, and time to figure out how to feed the fishing addiction until the next season or trip. After…
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The Reach Mend
Manipulating the fly line so that your fly behaves correctly in the current is one of the most important skills an angler can master. Its called mending, and its one of the many techniques perfected by that 10% of anglers that catch 90% of the fish. Most of us understand the importance of mending line when fishing moving water (if not, click…
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Bonefish Flies – Try Orange!
We’re pretty lucky at Andros South in that our bonefish aren’t all that picky when it comes to fly selection. Even during the height of our season, the bonefish population on South Andros receives very little pressure, and we’ve seen a number of patterns and colors get the job done over the years. However, there…
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Tying Intruders with Trevor Covich
About a year ago, we shared a step by step video of Alaska West alum, Trevor Covich, tying one of his go-to sculpin patterns, along with the handy camera work of another Deneki alum, Ben Paull. The video was a big hit, and many of you expressed how much you enjoyed it! Therefore, we were…
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All About Switch Rods – Interview with George Cook
We love fishing switch rods at our lodges in Alaska and British Columbia. For the most part, we think of them as ‘mini-spey rods,’ and use them when swinging flies for everything thing from dolly varden to king salmon. We get a lot of questions from our guests and readers about the use and practicality of…
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2014 Bonefish and Tarpon Trust Symposium
Its almost that time of year for the annual Bonefish and Tarpon Trust (BTT) Symposium. BTT will be holding their 5th annual International Bonefish and Tarpon Symposium on November 7-8, 2014 at the IGFA museum in Dania Beach, Florida. According to BTT, the symposium will include numerous presentations from today’s top bonefish, tarpon, and permit…
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Holding Fish for Better Photos
In the past, we’ve ran a few posts on taking better fish photos, some of which have become our more popular posts of all time. After all, who doesn’t love a good hero shot. For the most part, these posts have touched on areas like composing a quality fish photo or taking photos with the fish’s best interest in…
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Fishing From a Boat – Cast Downstream!
At our Alaskan operations, we’re really lucky to have access to some extremely diverse trout fisheries. At any point during the season at Alaska West, we target trout by sight fishing for rainbows in side channels, fishing the main river on foot, or fishing from our jet boats ‘drift boat style.’ The beauty of our river is that trout can…
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