One of the hardest things in fly fishing is being able to make short, accurate and controlled casts at close distances to your quarry. These days you will find most lines range from 80′-100′ which makes it nearly impossible to make casts less than 30′ without a lot of skill and effort. At Alaska West…
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Safely Fishing With Brown Bears
Perhaps it’s one of the most iconic and often feared animals in Alaska. Coastal brown bears earn their rightfully nostalgic place in Bristol Bay amongst fly anglers. The first close encounter with a bear is never forgotten. Never. Their cavalier attitudes project a regal presence that will leave you either in awe, or in complete…
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Grayling On Dry Flies
There are certain circles of fly anglers that consider the Arctic Grayling one of the most underrated sport fish in Alaska. Other groups of fly anglers don’t give it the time of day. Your point of view on this fish may vary but, every angler that has ever encountered one agrees that the raw beauty…
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Mouse Fishing In Katmai
Every Bristol Bay season, I am inadvertently asked the question that so many Alaskan guides are asked, “Exactly which bugs are hatching right now?” All of us answer it a little differently but give basically the same answer. My standard reply is, “Our hatches here are salmon eggs, salmon flesh, salmon smolt, sculpins, leeches and…
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Fly Fishing with Rapids Camp Lodge
None of us need and excuse to buy more fishing gear. None of us. However, there is always that special reason to indulge yourself or to let someone else indulge on you. At Rapids Camp Lodge, our fishing program is fairly diverse. As a Bristol Bay fly out lodge, we fly out to a variety…
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How to Pack and Plan for your Rapids Camp Lodge Vacation
Fly out fishing in Bristol Bay is the epitome of fly fishing adventure. My incurable addiction to it started many years ago. It starts with the sound of DeHavilland radial engines warming up in the morning and the romance of not really knowing exactly where you are flying too. All you know is that no…
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Get To Know New RCL Head Guide Chad Bryson
We are lucky to have a guide staff that we can boast about at Rapids Camp Lodge. New to the team this year is long time Deneki Friend Chad Bryson. Chad is a bit of a renaissance man in the fly fishing world having experience in many different aspects of the industry we all love….
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Why We Use Tube Flies
At Deneki Outdoors, we love tube flies. If you have swung flies with us at Alaska West or late season Rapids Camp, odds are you have seen first hand why we are big fans of tube flies. Here are 4 reasons why we love them! Easier to cast. Being made out of a tube, this…
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Congrats Jeremy Inman!
Rapid’s Camp Lodge guide Jeremy Inman was recently selected by Trout Unlimited to be a Save Bristol Bay Guide Ambassador. Meghan Barker, who works for TU Alaska, gave the following description over what being a Guide Ambassador for Bristol Bay entails. “It’s the job of the guide to know the river. It’s the job of the…
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How To Fish A Mouse Fly
We are still months away from Alaska thawing out but the Last Frontier is always on our mind. One of our favorite ways to fish Alaska is with a fly that imitates a rodent. It is an excellent way to cover water and target big fish. There are a range of different mouse flies and…
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