We’ve told you in the past about one of the biggest mistakes we see anglers make when fighting big fish – simply not exerting enough pressure on the fish, either by bending the tip of the rod or by not pulling hard enough. We stumbled across a little video that illustrates just how hard you…
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Mending Line
Today we’re starting a mini-series of posts on mending your fly line. We’re starting at the very beginning, a very good place to start, with a simple explanation of what mending is all about. More mending advice to come! Thanks to Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, for even more great fly fishing tips….
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School’s in Session
Some fly anglers out there are lucky enough that they’ve spent a lot of time on the flats catching bonefish. Others have done some fly fishing and have heard about bonefish, but haven’t ever caught one. They think to themselves…”I’d love to go bonefishing, and mostly I’d like to fish for them, but a little…
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Rio Tropical Clouser – Sage and Rio Drawing
OK, this is your last warning. One week from today, we’re doing a drawing from the list of folks who are signed up for our weekly newsletter. The lucky angler whose name we draw is going to get sent, at no charge – not even postage, a $1375 super-high-end bonefishing setup – a Sage 890-4…
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Sage 790-4 Xi3 – Light with Fight
Michael Gracie got to spend some time at Andros South a couple of weeks ago fishing the Sage 790-4 Xi3. Michael was one of the cast of characters at our first Deneki FIBFest – a casual gathering of folks who write about fly fishing online. He writes a great blog about fly fishing, finance and…
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Facebook Photo Contest Winner
We’re happy to crown Jason Burgett the winner of our first-ever Facebook photo contest. Jason visited us at Alaska West this past August to chase silvers and rainbows, and he submitted this gem of a picture on our Facebook page. Yes, we did say that hero shots of big fish aren’t necessarily what we’re looking…
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Oh My.
We recently came across another picture of our friend Jason and the rather ludicrous Chinook/king/giganto salmon with which he had a pretty favorable encounter at BC West on the Dean River a couple of years back. Chinooks this size on the Dean get hooked fairly regularly by fly anglers, but landing them is another story…
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Alaska King Salmon Season – Your Quiver
Today’s installment of our series on rod quivers focuses on our fishery in Alaska from mid-June to mid-July. This time is often referred to as ‘king season’, and that it certainly is, but kings aren’t the only game in town. Must Have A 9 weight spey rod between 12 and 14 feet long for kings….
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Slab.
In the world of angling, there are lots of different words that translate roughly to ‘big fish’. This past July at BC West on the Dean, Steven Nelson got a fish in Tony’s that’s definitely best described as a ‘slab’. Nice fish, Steven. More on the Dean River Speypages Week on the Dean What it’s…
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Chile West – Your Quiver
Our ‘which rods should you bring’ series continues today with the right selection for a trip to Chile West. Although there are certainly differences in the fishery while we’re open from November to April, your overall rod selection doesn’t need to change too much. We’re fishing primarily for rainbows, browns and brookies in rivers from…
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