Hello! It’s November, and you know what that means… It’s the holiday season. Lights are going up, Christmas shopping, and the Hallmark Channel Movie Marathons have begun. All That said, Here is another fly instruction provided to us by Friend of Deneki Outdoors Stuart Foxall to help us all keep calm and tie on. Enjoy….
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Deneki Chronicles: Spey Fishing – Pulsing the Swing (Video)
The “tug” might be the “drug,” but most anglers would agree that a tug that stays attached is ideal. Unfortunately, when swinging flies for salmon and steelhead, that’s not always the case. Quick strikes, followed by an unanswered swing, are common when spey fishing, and can be frustrating at the very least. So what do…
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Fall Naknek River Fly Patterns to Tie Now!
A super fun time of the year to fish the Naknek River is in the Fall. Cool, crisp mornings, strong hot coffee that will have you grinning, and with the daylight taking its time to arrive, give you ample time for a great breakfast because you’ll need it. Fall Rainbow Trout fishing in the Naknek…
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Fly Tying: Fishaholic
Whether on the Kanektoke River at Alaska West Lodge or the Nushagak River at Rapids Camp Lodge, swinging flies is the most popular ways to catch King Salmon. The shear power these regal game fish possess puts you in awe and you can’t help but get exhuberant when you hook one. There are quiet a…
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Fly Tying: Trailer Trash
Last week we featured some King (Chinook) Flies from RIO Products. This week, we show you how to tie one of them, the Trailer Trash. Not only is this fly simple to tie and cast, but its true beauty is in the use of marabou and the variety of colors you can tie it in….
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Production Tying by Stuart Foxall
We all love to see a tidy fly box full of beautifully tied flies. The mark of a decent fly tier is how “identical” their flies look when placed together. There are a few tricks we can use to accomplish this, but here’s something that I do that certainly helps with tying flies in a quick…
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Fly Tying: Hot Spot Mouse
Fly fishing in Alaska is super fun. People from all around the world travel to Alaska to fly fish. Among all the flies, patterns, and ways to fish for Rainbow Trout in Alaska, fishing topwater with a mouse pattern has got to be the most exciting and exhilarating. It’s such a rush to skate a…
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“Speyish” Green Butt Skunk
The Green Butt Skunk has accounted for numerous fish, and since its inception around the 1950s by Dan Callaghan, it has become one of the most effective and popular steelhead flies of all time. Dan Callaghan modified the original Skunk pattern and spiced it up with a green butt. Ever since many steelheaders will have…
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Fly Tying: Graboid Leech
If you’re into fly tying or been around it for a while, there is a saying, ” there are no new flies, only different variations.” As much as that statement can be true, there are still tiers out that dip into their passion bucket of creativity and design something new. Jonathan Farmer is one of…
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Fly Tying: Tools You Need
Today’s post is from Mike Brown. Mike is the owner of Mossy’s Fly Shop in Anchorage, Alaska. A lifelong Alaskan with a passion for family, fly fishing, and fly tying. In today’s fly tying world, materials and tools are changing and advancing constantly. You see all kinds of ads telling you about how great this…
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