It’s time for another round of “three recent articles we think you’ll like if you like fly fishing.” We didn’t write any of them. Fishpond Nimbus Guide Pack Review. Michael Gracie reviews an XL fishing pack. Tying the Saltwater Loop Knot. Tom Larimer gives some detailed video tips on tying this very versatile knot (a.k.a…
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IWFF Festival Report
Last month Kellsey Perkins, the financial mastermind at Deneki Outdoors, joined a bunch of like-minded women at the International Women Fly Fishers’ annual festival. Here’s her report on the highlights. IWFF Festival Report I just returned from the International Women Fly Fishers Festival near Bozeman, MT along the Gallatin River. Amazing women, incredible experience. What…
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Bruce Chard’s Barracuda Rig
Bruce Chard teaches bonefishing schools at Andros South – but even though he’s a master bonefish angler, he always takes some time to throw flies at South Andros Island’s incredible population of barracudas. When Bruce has ‘cudas on the brain, this is the rig that he reaches for. The Summary Ross FW 1090 – 9…
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Whitney Gould’s King Rig
We’ve got another post in our Expert Rig series today – in which we profile, in detail, how various expert anglers set up their gear to chase a particular species in a particular place. We’re really proud to have Whitney Gould on our guide team at Alaska West. If you don’t ask her about it…
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Leader Length and Bonefishing
One of the cool things about running fishing lodges is that we get to fish in some amazing places with expert anglers who know those fisheries like the backs of their hands. Another cool thing, though, is that between hosted trips, press trips, schools and more, we also get to fish with expert anglers in…
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Loaded Up
Somebody did a darned fine job tying flies in preparation for their trip to Andros South. Nice work, Bjorn! More on Bonefish Flies Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp – Bob Veverka Tells Us About It! Big Flies and Rubber Legs Tom Larimer on Tying for South Andros
Rio Alloy Hard Mono
A few months ago, we ran a video featuring Bruce Chard that detailed his approach to tying leaders for flats fishing. If you fish on the flats, you really need to check out the video – we’ll give you another chance with a link right here. The foundation of Bruce’s leaders is Rio’s Alloy Hard…
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Andros FIBFest 2011
It’s time for FIBFest! This week at Andros South we’re hosting a great lineup of folks who write about fishing online. Here’s the plan: we’re all going to go fishing, and write about it online. FIB stands for Fishing Industry Bloggers, and is in no way a reflection of the tendency of anglers to get…
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Sculpin Fishing from Alaska to Chile
Trevor Covich is one of our senior guides in Alaska and Chile. He loves tying and fishing sculpin patterns and he’s darned good at both. He put together a great piece for us on sculpin fishing. Sculpin fishing is an extremely versatile way to fish, and oh by the way, a great way to select…
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Fishing Dropper Rigs
What’s a “Dropper Rig”? Maybe you know and fish them all the time, but just in case you don’t… “Dropper” is the term for a nymph pattern that’s fished in combination with a dry fly. The nymph pattern drops in the water and floats below the dry fly, so it’s called a “dropper”. Simple, right?…
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