“Get it in the ballpark quickly.” “You don’t have to cast 80 feet onto a dinner plate.” “Speed is more important than distance.” We get asked a lot about what kind of casting skill is required to catch bonefish. We use the three quotes above a lot. On South Andros, our bonefish tend not to…
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Switch Rods, Scandi Heads and Polyleaders
In the world of spey fishing there seem to be three types of gear that generate a lot of confusion – switch rods, Scandinavian heads and polyleaders. Here’s our quick-and-dirty, way-oversimplified primer on each of the three. Look down below for a video from an actual expert, with an example of a situation where all…
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Steelhead Tips from Scott Baker-McGarva
Scott Baker-McGarva is our head guide at BC West, and he knows a thing or two about swinging flies for steelhead. Today we’ve got a video featuring Scott with a couple of tips on steelhead fishing that are pretty simple, but really important. Fish your bad casts. Let ’em swing right into the bank, even…
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BC West Fishing Report: July 10 – 17
Photos: Horatio Nailknot Early this week the water continued to rise and color with a mini heat wave hitting the Dean river valley. By day three, at least 20 plus Steelhead had been hooked as well and 1/2 dozen Springs, with Jeff putting a couple of beauties on the beach with his 7 weight Steelhead…
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Scott Baker-McGarva’s Steelhead Rig
Scott Baker-McGarva is our head guide at BC West. He’s got a whole bunch of years under his belt chasing steelhead with two-handed rods. He’s an incredible caster and one fishy dude. Wouldn’t it be cool to see what gear he uses and how he rigs it when he fishes for steelhead on the Dean…
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This Doesn’t Happen in the Florida Keys.
The really low fishing pressure on South Andros Island makes for some pretty aggressive bonefish. Torrie Bevans from Andros South checks in today with a story about a particularly ‘greedy’ bonefish. It’s not always like this…but our fish like to eat! NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to…
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King Salmon Fly Selection
George Cook pays us another visit today in video form, this time to talk about what 22 lucky anglers are going to be doing a week from today – selecting flies to use when chasing king salmon at Alaska West on the Kanektok. We filmed George in February of this year. He was looking forward…
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The Intruder
Warning: this is a very technical post about fly tying. If you’re not interested in the subtleties of tying one of the most influential modern steelhead and salmon patterns, click here to look at a bunch of pictures of fish. Jerry French may not have a household name in the world of anadromous angling in…
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Video from Andros South
You may have read last week’s Andros South trip report from Gary Thompson at Angler’s All. Not only did Gary write up a report for us – he also put together a short video capturing some of the fun of bonefishing on South Andros. Have a look for some reel-spinning, knuckle-rapping, sun-shining, shot-making, fish-catching good…
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Chubby Chernobyl
One of our go-to flies at Chile West is the Chubby Chernobyl by Idylwilde. Depending on the color and size that you’re fishing, this giant dry fly might imitate an ant or a Cantaria beetle or a stonefly. We catch a lot of trout on Chubby Chernobyls, but we also love them as the dry…
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