At Deneki Outdoors we’ve all pretty much built our lives around playing in the water. Sometimes it seems pretty complicated. Other times, not so much! More Culture The Arolik Bus Future Spey Anglers Tunes at the Slack Tide
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Kelly Kettles
Last week we put out the invitation for guests posts on our blog – we love having outside perspectives, and we know our readers do too. The response was fantastic, and we can’t wait to run some of the quality stuff that our readers are sending in. Today we’ve got a great gear writeup from…
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Team Carhartt
Our team at Alaska West wears a lot of high-tech outerwear. You can’t throw a rock around our camp without hitting some Gore-Tex or a chunk of new-school soft shell. But the folks on our camp staff – the crew that works really, really hard to give our guests a great home for the week…
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Waterfalls
We see a lot of cool stuff at Chile West. We see a lot of waterfalls at Chile West – maybe 100 in the course of a trip. This one on the upper Rio Palena is one of our favorites. It might be the smallest but it certainly has character! More Cool Stuff from Chile…
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The Real Deal
South Andros Island is a really authentic, rural place. There are no cruise ships or casinos here. Sorry, the shopping is pretty limited unless you’re looking for locally grown produce. Nope, we don’t do mud baths. The surfing isn’t great, the taxis take a while and the cuisine is pretty well limited to fresh seafood,…
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10 Cool Things About Fishing in Chile
In no particular order. Entire rivers to yourself. On your fearless editor’s last trip to Chile West, we first saw another angler on day 9 out of 9. Cantaria beetles. They’re big and crunchy, and trout of all sorts go nutty for them. Bangin’ the banks. It’s action packed and it selects for bigger fish….
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Nalca
There are some weird plants in Southern Chile! One that’s particularly memorable is the Nalca or Giant Rhubarb. The Nalca grows in dense rain forest areas. With its impressive broad leaves and long stems it makes for a great makeshift umbrella or parasol. In the spring, the young stalks can be eaten raw, and they’re not as…
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Tunes at the Slack Tide
At the Slack Tide Bar, social and cultural epicenter of Andros South, we listen to lots of different kinds of music, often with an island kind of vibe. But not always. More on Culture at Andros South Conch Salad Kemp’s Beach Rum and Tonic
All Terrain, Chile Edition
Not so long ago these were in style. In some parts of Chile these babies are still in use, believe it or not. More on Culture in Chile The Cheese Factory Pisco Sour Rodeo
Taking It All In
At Chile West most of our trips run on a slightly longer format than normal – a 10 night, 8 fishing day program is our standard. The 10 day trip gives us plenty of time to really take in Southern Chile and fish a ton of different water. It also gives us time to relax!…
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