Many sounds accompany us as fly anglers in pursuit of our beloved targets. The sound the water makes burbling past as it trips and falls over the cobbled bottom. The calls of squabbling terns and gulls, the line cutting through the air on that first cast of the day. No matter where you are or…
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reels
Loaner Gear – It’s Free!
Today we’re back with another edition of “Questions We Get Asked A Lot”. We’ll paraphrase an email we received this week from an angler in Michigan who’s thinking about joining us at Andros South. “I’m thinking about a bonefishing trip. All my fishing so far has been in fresh water. Do you have saltwater fly…
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What’s Your Favorite Saltwater Reel?
It’s poll time here at the Deneki blog! There are a bunch of quality reels out there these days that do a great job in the saltwater. We want to hear about your favorite fly reel for fishing in the saltwater, and why you like it. Any size, any price point. Any saltwater fishery –…
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Bonefishing Gear Roundup
Judging by the number of folks we’re hearing from recently, an awful lot of you are in the middle of planning your bonefishing trips for the upcoming season. One very important part of trip planning is getting your gear ready to go, so we figured it was a good time for a roundup of some…
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Ross F1 Reel Review
Back in September we ran an introductory post with information about Ross’s new F1 reel – with video straight from the show floor at IFTD. Brad Befus gave us all kinds of detail about the design of the F1, and that was awesome…but last month we got to fish one on the flats of South…
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Using Drag – Steelhead and Chinooks
Scott Baker-McGarva, the man who runs our fishing program at BC West, has some thoughts for us today on actually making use of that amazing drag system that came with your big game reel. Drag? Drag from the Reel? Today’s big game reels are amazing, what with cork disc drags, Teflon, Rulon and sealed, multi-ball…
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Top Bonefishing Posts of 2010
Last week we rounded up for you the 10 posts about trout on our blog that were most popular in 2010. Today, same story, only we’re talking about bonefish. Top 10 Bonefishing Posts in 2010 Bonefish Flies – 5 Favorites for South Andros – Don’t bring your little Belize and Christmas Island flies, OK? Casting…
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Michael White’s Chile Trout Rig
Today we’ve got another in our long line of ‘Expert Rig’ posts – giving you a detailed look at how various career anglers set up their stuff when they go fishing. Michael White – Simms/Ross/Idylwilde rep, former Alaska guide, music trivia boy genius – likes fishing with us at Chile West. Here’s his rig for…
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Michael White’s Bonefish Rig
Michael White fishes lots of different places around the world as a manufacturer’s rep for Simms, Ross and Idylwilde. One of the places he visits every year happens to be Andros South. On any given day at Andros South, here’s the rig that you’re likely to find Whitey using to chase bonefish. The Summary Ross…
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Sage 6080 Reel
One third of our zany $1375 Sage Xi3 package drawing (you’re signed up, right?) is a Sage 6080 reel. We used this particular reel a bit during Deneki FIBFest on South Andros, and guess what – we continued to like it. We’ve had great luck with the high-end Sage reels at Andros South – the…
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