Fly tying is to fly fishing as grilling is to barbeque. Right now, the Silver (Coho) Salmon are sizzling here in Alaska. Pound for pound one of, if not the best fighting fish, Silvers or Coho are a hoot to catch. Strip a leech, pop a popper, silvers are voracious and aggressive. Once you have…
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Fly Tying: Hot Cone Bunny
It’s August. The days are getting shorter, and the rain has arrived. The temperature starts to drop, and the leaves begin to turn. The start of fall in Alaska. Sounds awesome, right? The bright side to all of this…Coho (Silver) Salmon start to enter the river. Of all the Alaska Salmon, Silver Salmon are the…
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Deneki Custom Fly Series: Coho Clouser
Perhaps more than any other fly, the Clouser fly pattern has been tweaked, tuned, and modified to fit a multifarious of freshwater and saltwater fisheries. The original Clouser by Tom Schmuecker and Bob Clouser, designed to run deeper in water, the Deneki’s Coho Clouser was modified with that in mind but for Coho Salmon, to…
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