Old technology meets big fish. Photo: Cameron Miller Charles St. Pierre is one of the best spey instructors in the Northwest, and we’re lucky to have him join us each year during kings at Alaska West on the Kanektok to teach our anglers the finer points of spey fishing. He’s also a super guy. Charles…
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trip reports
Dec Hogan – When It All Comes Together
Dec builds his confidence, as if he needed to. Photo: Justin Jackson Dec Hogan visits Alaska West during the first week of our season each year, to deliver spey instruction to our guests and to get in on the hottest, brightest kings of the season. This year, Dec had one of those experiences that, to…
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Chile West Trip Report by Brian Ropp
…and the scenery wasn’t bad either. Photo: Chris Price Brian Ropp and his brother took a trip to Chile West in February of this year. Brian has written a great, detailed account of his trip. This post contains some excerpts from his report – if you’d like to read the full report, check it out…
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Andros South Trip Report from Capt. Rick Grassett
Andros South guide Fredlon with a big ‘cuda caught by Capt. Rick Grassett Photo: Rick Grassett Capt. Rick Grassett, owner of Snook Fin-Addict Guide Service, Inc., is a full-time fishing guide and outdoor writer based in Sarasota, FL. He’s a great host and a super guy, and as luck would have it he hosts a…
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Keith Westra’s Report from Andros South
Photo: Keith Westra Keith Westra from Leland Flyfishing Outfitters and the fine folks at Flywater Travel organized a group trip to Andros South earlier this month. Here’s Keith’s trip report. — There’s nothing better than a few flies in your pocket, a rod in your hand, and a cold “Kalik” waiting for you at the…
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Greg Thomas on Fresh Fish
Photo: Greg Thomas Greg Thomas is one of the premier writers in fly fishing. He puts out quality stuff only, as evidenced by his definitive Flyfisher’s Guides to the western states, his publication Tight Lines, his magazine work and his freelance pieces in publications like, say, the New York Times. Greg is now the managing editor…
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More Than a Trip Report from Mike Racine
Mike Racine, with just one element of a superlative day Mike Racine is a long-time friend, and in the spirit of full disclosure, an investor in Deneki Outdoors. He contributed the great piece that runs today. We’ll like Mike do the talking. — “Fishing Reference Points” No this isn’t a technical article on targeting fish….
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Michael White’s Report from Andros South
Whitey in hot pursuit. Michael White (owner of Blue Ribbon Sales, representing Simms, and other lines in the Rockies) is on site at Andros South this week with Charlie Craven and a great group of guys. Here’s his report from today on the rigors of South Andros in January. “All is well here at Andros South….
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Today’s Update from Andros South
The home flats are even beautiful on a cloudy day. [Karen Wilken is part of the Sage/Rio/Redington crew at Andros South this week. She’s got one more day on South Andros before heading home to the snow in Seattle. Here’s her report from yesterday.] The knock on the door came at 6:00am as usual. After…
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Simon Gawesworth on Andros South
Just another FarBank/Andros South dolphin rescue. [Simon Gawesworth is representing the Rio side of the equation in this week’s FarBank equipment testing / photo shoot at Andros South. Here’s his report from Wednesday. It’s a good one and not your average fishing report – read on.] I am not sure if the Weather God felt…
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