Sometimes we think it’s easier to tell you what to do by telling you what not to do. In today’s edition along those lines, we suggest that you don’t do any of these 5 things on your next fishing trip to Alaska. Top 5 Mistakes Made Fly Fishing in Alaska You waded too deep. Tons…
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Tips
An Experience in Bonefish Movement
Last week we shared a bonefishing tip from South Andros veteran Wayne Walts – describing how to loosen your drag so a bonefish on the end of your line can escape a shark. One finer point that Wayne shared at the lodge was to lift your rod as high as you can when you do…
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Worst Fishing Tip Ever – Winner
A couple of weeks ago we asked you to submit the worst fishing tips you’ve ever received – and you folks came up with some dandies! Wow, there’s a lot of bad advice out there. The winner of our contest was Alaska West guest Derek Fritz, who had the misfortune of being told… “Oh my…
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Cleaning Your Thermos
Today we have the hotly anticipated follow up from our post a few weeks ago about pre-heating your thermos. Sometimes the little things make all the difference, right? Thanks to Adam Kryder for this tidbit on ridding your thermos of that not-so-fresh feeling. Cleaning Your Thermos After a bunch of days of using your metal…
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Shark Chasing Your Bonefish? Loosen Up!
Wayne Walts and The Troutfitter Crew from Central New York joined us at Andros South for a couple of weeks this month, and Wayne shared some good knowledge we thought we’d pass on to all of you. In his more than 25 years of fishing on South Andros for bonefish, Wayne’s seen some interesting stuff….
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Leader Length and Fly Weight
Today we continue our Alaska Guide Secrets series, in which you get the inside scoop direct from our guide crew at Alaska West. You’ve decided which fly to fish and maybe even which sinktip to use. Now you need to decide whether your leader should be 2 feet, 6 feet or 12 feet long. Got…
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Worst Fishing Tips Ever – More Free Nippers
What’s the worst fishing tip you’ve ever received? Leave us a comment and let us know – this should be fun! You could win yourself a free pair of Abel nippers too. We’ll start with an example. Your humble editor decided to leave the wife’s first casting lesson to a neutral third party. That was…
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Alaska Fishing Guide Secrets
Today we’re starting up a series of posts on Alaska Guide Secrets. Various members of our guide crew at Alaska West will pass on some tricks of their trade, and you’ll be the ones the benefit. Our first post comes from Adam Kryder. Take it all in! Don’t guess the depth of the run –…
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Pre-Heat Your Thermos
Yes, we’re fishing people, but being fishing people we spend a lot of time outside, and that means that we sometimes have some random tips for you that have more to do with being outside than they have to do with fishing. This is one of those tips. Pre-Heat Your Thermos Before you fill your…
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5 Ways to Simplify Your Fishing Gear
If you’re a fly fishing gearhead like us, you know that no matter what you’re fishing for, you can make your gear just about as complicated as you like. Sometimes playing with gear is fun and adds to the experience. Other times, it’s nice to simplify. We’ll just throw out a few ideas – we’d…
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