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Fly Fishing Tips: Casting when it’s Windy
Windy Wind Casting. Photo: Kyle Shea If you've been fly fishing for any amount of time, you know that the weather significantly impacts your fly fishing experience, particularly wind. No...
Deneki Chronicles: Spey Casting and Current Speed
Be mindful of your feelings. Current speed matters. Photo: Gregory Houska. When determining which Spey cast to use in a given situation, most experienced Spey anglers...
The Fly Tying Mindset with Alex Belonga
Alex Belonga with Straits On the Fly, Custom Flies, and contributor to Deneki Outdoors gives us some insight and things to consider when tying flies. Alex started tying flies after...
Time to Get Chummy
Photo: Tosh Brown. In Alaska, all Salmon are on a spectrum of appreciation. Some are more appreciated than others. Of course, you have your King Salmon and Silver Salmon leading...
Deneki Chronicles: Spey Fishing – Pulsing the Swing (Video)
Watch why you should pulse the swing below. The "tug" might be the "drug," but most anglers would agree that a tug that stays attached is...
Go Big, Go Kings
Photo: Courtesy of Zac Cassil There is a saying in Alaska...everything is bigger, and King Salmon is no exception. Big amazing views, the biggest bears on the planet, and the...
Know Your Knots
Featured photo credit Heather Hodson In fly fishing especially, it pays to know your knots. Knots are quite often overlooked in the grand scheme of things. All the attention is...
Alaska West: We Can’t Wait
Alaska West in full bloom Photo by Matt Vaughn Ah...Alaska West Lodge, oh how we have missed you. We are looking forward to fishing the awesome Kanektok River and having...
