Michael Gracie was one of the participants in our first ever FIBFest (that would be a gathering of fly fishing bloggers), held at Andros South this past May. Today Michael weighs in with a guest post on misconceptions about bonefishing on South Andros. We think he’s dead on. Have a read! Myth Busting, Andros South…
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Simms Wading Staff Recall
Today we’re helping our friends at Simms Fishing Products get the word out on a voluntary recall of some of their wading staffs. If you’ve purchased a Simms wading staff this year, have a read below for more details. Simms Fishing Products 61 Evergreen Drive Bozeman, MT 59715 877-789-6555 SIMMS FISHING PRODUCTS RECALLS WADING STAFFS…
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The Kanektok River is Open for King Salmon Fishing
The Kanektok River, home of Alaska West, is open for king salmon fishing. Many of you have heard of the emergency closure affecting king salmon fishing on the Kenai River that was announced this past Friday. We feel really bad about the status of the Kenai – it’s an incredible river, and we and lots…
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King Salmon Fly Selection
George Cook pays us another visit today in video form, this time to talk about what 22 lucky anglers are going to be doing a week from today – selecting flies to use when chasing king salmon at Alaska West on the Kanektok. We filmed George in February of this year. He was looking forward…
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Not Long Now
We’ve got boots on the ground in Alaska and BC! Over the past few days our setup crews have arrived at Alaska West and BC West, getting things ready for our summer seasons that start on June 11th in Alaska and June 19th in BC. The first couple of weeks of work for the crews…
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Control Your Line When Presenting
Today’s tip for bonefishing also applies to any situation when you’re presenting a fly with a single-handed rod. As you’re false casting and lengthening line, your fly line slips through your fingers on your hauling hand when you shoot line (which you’re doing on both your forward cast and your back cast, right?). When you…
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Our Season in Chile
Since Chile West is our newest operation, we get a lot of questions from people asking how things are going down there. We just wrapped up our 2009-2010 season, so we figured we’d give you a little rundown on how things went, and tell you where you can go for more info…and lots of pictures,…
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Spey Casting Tips – Anchor Placement
Anchor placement is one of the keys to any successful spey cast. Tom Larimer spends a few minutes today giving us 3 tips related to anchor placement. If you like spey casting, you can learn something from this clip. Trust us – it’s worth 6 minutes out of your day. NOTE: if you’re viewing this…
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Airflo Bonefish Ridge Line Review
Airflo’s Ridge lines are pretty popular in the freshwater fishing world. We’ve been hearing about their bonefish line for a while now, and last month we got the chance to try one out at Andros South. Let’s start at the very beginning. What’s A Ridge Line? It’s a fly line made by Airflo that has…
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Silver Salmon – 3 Reasons to Love Them
There’s billions of them. OK, not billions, but it’s putting it mildly to say that fishing for silver salmon at Alaska West is a ‘numbers-oriented’ fishery. We catch lots and lots of them. They eat poppers. And pollywogs. And wet flies and…well, in certain circumstances, pretty much anything. Yes, certain flies work better than others…
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