Last week we passed on a tip related to making longer spey casts with shooting heads – holding your loops in your top hand. For those of you who like to huck, we’re following that up today with another tidbit that helps with easier casts at longer distances. This one comes from the world of…
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Boondoggin’ for Rainbows – 4 Tips
Bryan Burke works in our Anchorage office now, but he earned his stripes guiding guests at Alaska West on the Kanektok. In a recent conversation about favorite fishing techniques, Bryan declared boondogging (huh? read on…) to be at the top of his list. We asked him for some tips, and he obliged. Four Tips to…
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Lake Fishing with a Tough Backcast
George Cook is back today with some more video commentary on fly fishing lakes. The topic de jour is some techniques for dealing with a difficult backcast. In this video, George talks about The fact that some of the best spots in lakes, like bays, can have very tough backcast conditions How basic rollcasting can…
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Don’t Give Up!
It’s one of the most common mistakes we see guests make on their first trip to South Andros Island. The angler makes a shot. The bonefish doesn’t eat. And just like that, the angler gives up! The shoulders slump, some choice words are muttered, and the line is slowly stripped back in. But the fish…
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Too Many False Casts!
When you’re chasing bonefish on the flats, you should do whatever you can to minimize your false casts. When you recognize a potential shot at a fish, you need to get the fly out there quickly, and false casts are the enemy of getting your fly out there quickly. There are more direct ways to…
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Loaded
Jim Palmersheim is one of our rock solid guides at Alaska West. He also knows his way around a spey rod, as evidenced by the massive amount of load being generated by Jim’s very relaxed stroke above. We talk a lot about our guest spey instructors, and Ed Ward‘s long history guiding with us, but…
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Casting on the Flats – Top 3 Tips
We’ve given an awful lot of different casting advice to our guests at Andros South over the years. We could write a book! That being said, there are some issues that we see over and over, and some advice that we give over and over. If we had to pick our top 3 casting tips…
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Tic Toc
Today Chris Price checks back in from Southern Chile with a follow up to his “Pull, Don’t Push” advice from last week. Tic Toc When casting, we’re pulling not pushing, right? As we’re false casting and getting ready to let it fly, we often have a tendency to give a little extra oomph into the last…
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Casting – Pull, Don’t Push
Chris Price is back today with a gem of a casting tip. Simple, insightful, helpful! Pull! Here’s a casting tip for all anglers, from beginner to expert. In the sport there is always something to learn, and hopefully this will help you make a better cast! Think about a chain. What is a chain used for…
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Present the Fly on Your Backcast
Bruce Chard is back in video form today, with another bonefishing tip for your pleasure. This might be the one skill that separates the ‘pretty new at it’ from the ‘really good’ on the flats – presenting the fly on your backcast. Here are a couple of the highlights from Bruce’s video. Presenting on the…
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