Today is another edition of a series of posts where we answer basic questions about some of the topics we normally cover in a lot of detail. No question is too simple! We’ve covered basic questions about bonefishing and spey fishing. On to trout fishing in Alaska… 9 Questions About Alaskan Trout Fishing You Were…
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Prime King Openings at Alaska West
This just in: We just had a couple of cancellations for two of our most popular weeks of the season at Alaska West. June 24th – July 1st July 1st – July 8th What’s so great about these weeks? How about some of the best spey fishing for chrome bright king salmon on the planet….
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Congrats, Grant!
Those who have joined us at Alaska West sometime within the last half-decade or so likely recognize the angler the above. For those that haven’t, that’s veteran Alaska West guide, Grant Turner, hoisting a South Andros bonefish.. But not just any bonefish mind you, that’s Grant’s first bonefish to hand, which as most of us…
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Plan D Articulated Fly Boxes – New and Improved
Way back in 2016 we told you about the first release of Plan D Articulated Fly Boxes – fly boxes designed specifically to house articulated and ‘stinger-style’ flies (something we use a lot of at our lodges). Plan D’s innovative ‘eye-hook’ and slotted foam design was the best solution to taming free-swinging articulated patterns we’d…
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Simms G3 Guide Tactical Jacket – Review
Simms recently released their latest wading jacket, the G3 Guide Tactical, as their newest edition to their highly popular G3 Guide series. We were fortunate to receive an early release of the G3 Guide Tactical this past summer and after ample time to put it through the ringer, we’re happy to report that we think…
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Swinging Flies: How to Set the Hook – OPST Video
When swinging flies for king salmon and steelhead, we’d argue that more fish are lost due to a poor hook-set than at any other point during the fight. Unlike techniques associated with traditional upstream dry fly, nymphing, or even streamer fishing, swinging flies requires a different technique to effectively drive the hook home. How so…
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Nice Mutton, Jerry!
Today we interrupt your scheduled Deneki programming to congratulate our good friend, Jerry Roth, for landing this impressive mutton snapper on a bonefish fly during his recent stay with us at Andros South. For those unaware, although plentiful in deeper water throughout the Bahamas, mutton snapper are known for being one of the most difficult…
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Simms Dry Creek Backpack – Review
We pride ourselves on having an expansive network of insanely fishy individuals who spend the majority of their life on, or around, the water. When not guiding at our lodges, many of our guides spend the off-season guiding in other areas of the country, or traveling to fish other areas of the world on their…
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5 Guide Secrets to Catch More Alaska Rainbows
Alaskan trout tend to behave differently from their brethren in the lower 48. As we mentioned last week, that warrants some rather uncommon methods when targeting trout in Alaska compared to those used in other parts of the world. With different methods come different techniques, and today we present you with 5 lesser known tips…
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Stacking Tubes
A while back, fly tying great, Stuart Foxall, shared a great step by step with us on one of our all-time favorite patterns for salmon and steelhead, the Hoh Bo Spey. He didn’t stop there however, he also gave us a great post on how to tie the Hoh Bo Spey on a tube as…
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