Jordan Sly is back today with another handy post on fly tying! Trimming Spun Deer Hair Spun deer hair is great for many things – adding buoyancy, creating bodies and heads – but it can be hard to get the right shape when trimming it. A flexible razor blade can not only help create a…
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Senyo’s Standard Intruder Trailer Hook Wire
If you like tying Intruder-style flies for steelhead and salmon, you’re going to like this one. Deneki alumnus Trevor Covich has turned into one heck of a tyer. Now a part of Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics, Trevor wrote up today’s post on his best solution for your trailer wire needs. Thanks, T! Senyo’s Standard Intruder…
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Western Alaska Trout Fishing Techniques
We are really lucky at Alaska West to have an incredibly varied fishery for rainbow trout. We fish many different parts of our river using a bunch of different techniques to catch a wide range of trout. We use so many different techniques that you couldn’t hope to cover them in a single post –…
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Follow an Alaska Fishing Guide’s Preparations
Spencer Dixon guides for Alaska West during the summer months. During the winter he guides out of Cascadia Fly Shop in Oregon – and he’s writing a series of posts for the Cascadia blog about his preparations for the summer at Alaska West. He started with this post – 65 days before his departure for…
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Casting for Recovery Donation
We try hard to support good causes. Since our resources are fairly limited, we’ve made the decision to focus our support and donations on organizations related to fisheries conservation. Casting for Recovery is such a great cause, though, that we bent our rules and donated a trip for 2 to Andros South to the Casting for…
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Things To Look Forward To
Dana Sturn is hosting a group of anglers at BC West next week. He’s looking forward to the trip, and he put together some reasons that…he’s looking forward to the trip. Things To Look Forward To Each year at this time I’m running around like crazy doing all the last minute things I always plan…
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Spinnin’ Some Up
Bruce Chard whips up some goodness at a Conch Shell House bonefish fly tying demo, mid-week at one of his bonefishing schools at Andros South. More on Bonefish Flies Bob Veverka on his Mantis Shrimp Big Flies and Rubber Legs What’s Your Favorite?
Andros South Fishing Report – November 2010
We are back at it again for the opening month of fishing at Andros South for the 2010/2011 season. And it started out great. The first week of November we welcomed Carl Gaffaglio and his wily crew of anglers – Rick Swanson, Bill Smith, Dr Mike Marko, Nick Calio, and Glenn Miller. These guys have done…
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Field Modifications
Loyal readers of our blog might remember the name Bill Lenehan. He’s chimed in with some great comments in the past, and these days he’s sending in all kinds of super-useful guest posts. Today Bill shares some amazingly helpful advice. One of your editor’s most memorable fish ever was caught after modifying the fly with…
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Letter to My Son
We’re guessing that today’s post is going to hit home with a lot of folks. If you’re lucky enough to be able to share time outside with your family, Josh Mills’ post is probably right up your alley. Josh lives in Spokane with his lab Murphy and his beautiful (and very pregnant!) wife Kallie. He…
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