This week’s Deneki Chronicles features tips on sight fishing for trout. When you’re fly fishing, and you can see the trout sitting there, that’s like sitting on a winning fly fishing lottery ticket, and when you get a strike, it’s like cashing your ticket. The euphoria and excitement are something else. So whether a sight…
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Deneki Chronicles: How Far Should I Lead a Bonefish?
This week’s Deneki Chronicle provides fly fishing tips and things to consider when casting and leading bonefish. If you’re going to Andros South Lodge or fly fishing for Bonefish in The Bahamas, take these tips to heart! A question we get asked all the time at Andros South is ‘how far should I lead a…
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Bonefish Fly Fishing Essentials: A Comprehensive List
Fly fishing for bonefish isn’t easy, and if you’ve never done it before, trying to figure out new water is challenging. Learning what works with particular fish in a different habitat can be challenging. Understanding what gear to bring and how to use it will give you a leg up by not wasting time figuring…
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Andros Fishing Report: Week 3 & 4
It’s been a whirlwind at Andros South these last few weeks. We first hosted Raz Reid & his group of anglers, who, after a few years, have become family. Morry celebrated his 84th birthday with us & the ladies in the kitchen whipped him up a beautiful cake & graced us with their lovely singing…
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Fly Tying: Barracuda Needle Fish Popper
Fast, big, and aggressive. All attributes you want in a game fish. Barracuda check all these boxes. The perfect ambush predator, the Barracuda is super fun, to fly fish for. We really like fly fishing for Barracuda at Andros South Lodge. Barracuda are hunters. Deceiver flies that imitate baitfish and poppers are prime choices when…
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Deneki Chronicles: How to Land a Bonefish
OK, you’ve spotted a bonefish, hooked him, and fought him in close to you. Now what? For those new to it, landing bonefish isn’t easy. You can’t use the same techniques used with smaller fish like trout – and at a place like Andros South where we do a lot of wading, you’ll often be…
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Fishwest Host Trip: Andros South Lodge
Here at Deneki Outdoors, we often have the opportunity to meet and work with all kinds of fantastic folks in the fly fishing industry. And we love it! Since 2014 the folks at Fishwest (fly shop) in Salt Lake City, Utah, have been bringing anglers to Andros South for a week of amazing flats fishing. Their host…
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Deneki Chronicles: Bonefishing Wisdom – Eliminate Line Catchers
You’ve made the cast, the bonefish has eaten your fly, and you’ve set the hook correctly using a nice long strip set.. Now comes the tough part – Getting him on your reel! Most bonefish are lost between setting the hook and getting him onto the reel than during any other part of the fight….
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Hot Topic: Fish Handling
When it comes to fishing, particularly fly fishing, one of the biggest issues is fish handling. Fish mortality is a sensitive topic. We didn’t use the word “controversial” intentionally as it’s not so much a controversy but more of a matter of polarizing perspective and context. As fly anglers, we should assume all fly fishing…
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Deneki Chronicles: Spey Fishing – Pulsing the Swing (Video)
The “tug” might be the “drug,” but most anglers would agree that a tug that stays attached is ideal. Unfortunately, when swinging flies for salmon and steelhead, that’s not always the case. Quick strikes, followed by an unanswered swing, are common when spey fishing, and can be frustrating at the very least. So what do…
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