Tom Larimer was one of our attendees at Andros FIBFest 2011 a couple of weeks back. Tom’s focused mainly on steelhead as his day job, and today he draws a very interesting parallel between steelhead and bonefish in the realm of fly design. Thanks for the thoughts, Tom! Be Creative One of my favorite elements…
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Big Hooks and Marabou
We’re well into April, and you know what that means…the month of May is all that stands between us and big, chrome, early season king salmon. Big hooks and marabou can be found in abundance at Alaska West and BC West starting in mid-June. We’ve have a few openings for early season king fishing –…
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Andros South Fishing Report – March 2011
March at Andros South is typically one of the nicest weather months of the season and this year was no exception. The season has been wonderful so far with very few bad weather days since we began back in late October. Our temps in March were between 75 and 85 degrees every day with winds varying from…
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Chile Fishing Report: March 2011
In early March of 2011 we ran a trip with some international flavor – Johan Kuhn from Capetown, South Africa and Pat Beahen from Whistler, British Columbia joined us in Southern Chile for some fun on the water! The weather for the drive from Coyhaique to Palena was not conducive to mountaintop viewing, but the waterfalls…
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Nice Fish, Tom
Tom Larimer catches a lot of steelhead in Oregon and other parts of steelhead country, but he still gets pretty fired up when he lands big, fat chrome anadromous rainbows on the Dean River. Nice fish, Tom. P. S. This picture was featured as the Simms Catch of the Day not too long ago. P….
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Chile Fishing Report: February 2011
Our second trip of the year started out as usual at the always windy Balmaceda airport. The group of five arrived a day early to ease into the 10 day trip ahead. This group consisted of Jr. and Diane Stelzer, Marvin and Gloria Fishman, and Doc Thompson a guide from New Mexico who was hosting the trip….
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Nice Fish, Al.
Al Conklin is part of Wayne Walts’ great group of anglers that visits Andros South a couple of times a year. Al got a nice bonefish on his last trip down, and was kind enough to send us this photo, along with a story. “Sparkles spotted the fish on the edge of the mangroves and…
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Full Moon and Bonefishing
Myth Bonefish feed at night on a full moon, so fishing is poor during the day when the moon is full. Truth There are many variables in bonefishing much more important than the phase of the moon – weather being the biggest. We think planning your bonefishing trip to avoid a full moon is a…
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Big Flies and Rubber Legs
Just a friendly reminder that big, light flies with rubber legs (OK, Sili Legs in this case) work really well for the un-pressured bonefish of South Andros Island. More on South Andros Life on the Flats Background on the Island Moon Walk
Just a Big Chrome Slab.
…that ate a fly swung on a two-handed rod in Western Alaska. That’s all. More on Alaska West Kings 10 Tips on Swinging for Kings Greg Thomas on Fresh Fish Top 5 Mistakes Fighting Big Fish