In Deneki Chronicles, we look at the Top Ways to Blow your shot at a Bonefish. Do these things, so you DO NOT catch a bonefish. Don’t want to catch a bonefish? Pick one or more of these simple tips and you’ll be not catching fish in no time! Wear wading boots in the boat….
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“I want To Bring Only One Fly Rod to Fish Alaska. What should I bring?”
During the summer, Alaska is a hotbed of fly anglers. Many are new to Alaska and have only fished with a five-weight in spring creeks and tailwaters of many incredible streams and rivers in the lower Forty-Eight. One question we get a lot about coming to Alaska for fly fishing is, “if I were only…
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The Fly Tying Mindset with Alex Belonga
Alex Belonga with Straits On the Fly, Custom Flies, and contributor to Deneki Outdoors gives us some insight and things to consider when tying flies. Alex started tying flies after he received a fly tying vise for his birthday. Since then, he’s been all in. After posting some of his work online, He’s been noticed…
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Guide’s Corner: Tom Schaefer, Alaska West Guide
Alaska West Lodge has featured many bonafide fly fishing personalities who have established themselves and made a mark on the fly fishing industry. Being a guide at Alaska West Lodge is a badge of honor. All our guides at Alaska West Lodge take pride in their work and what they do. Tom Schafer guides at…
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Deneki Chronicles: Spey Casting and Hand Position
Brian Niska’s series of spey casting tips continues today, with some great discussion on hand position. This is one of our favorites! Reduce Fatigue and Increase Speycasting Performance with Proper Hand Position Proper hand position will enable you to utilize the larger joints to develop power for the speycast, thereby reducing fatigue and increasing casting…
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Andros South Lodge Availability
It’s that time of the year when you wish you could snap your fingers and fast forward two or three months. But until someone invents time travel… we’ll have to get through these cold days together one fly-tying session at a time. In the meantime, if you have a hankering for some sun, fun, and…
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Shore Lunches are the Best
When it comes to lunchtime at Alaska West, our guests have one of two options; brown bag it for maximum fishing time, or take a little break in the middle of the day for a shore lunch, where your guide prepares a fresh salmon you just caught. What makes a shore lunch? It’s pretty simple. Your guide…
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The Art of the Out Of Office Reply
Many of you are planning on “going home” for the holidays. Whether that means you’re staying in at your home or you’re venturing back to the city you grew up in to visit family. More complicated and awkward than running into your old high school friend whose repeated friend requests you ignore is crafting an…
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Gifts for the Fly Angler: Supplemental
Okay, let’s be honest. We intended to have Twelve Gifts for The Fly Angler, you know, because of the Twelve Days of Christmas. It was supposed to simple and easy. But with all the good submissions from our guides and staff, it wasn’t easy to widdle it down to only twelve. So, we had to…
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Join Us in The Bahamas: Andros South Lodge 2022 Opener
This week at Andros South Lodge, we’ve been putting boats in the water, making schedules, fluffing towels, fitting linens, preparing countertops & dressers, sweeping floors, building rods, organizing flies, raking the yard, and stocking refrigerators & freezers. This Sunday is our opener and we couldn’t be more excited! Our team in The Bahamas has been…
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