Today we present a short video featuring Tom Larimer, Oregon steelhead guide and spey guru extraordinaire. Tom thinks that one of the biggest mistakes people when fishing for steelhead is fishing in ‘remote control’ mode. NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on YouTube. Tom…
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You Gotta See This
We do some fishing for sharks at Andros South…but this is a little ridiculous. Thanks to our friends at Buster Wants to Fish for pointing out this video of guys fishing for sharks from the beach in Australia. It’s well worth your time. If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here…
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Spey Casting Tips – Anchor Placement
Anchor placement is one of the keys to any successful spey cast. Tom Larimer spends a few minutes today giving us 3 tips related to anchor placement. If you like spey casting, you can learn something from this clip. Trust us – it’s worth 6 minutes out of your day. NOTE: if you’re viewing this…
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Switch Rods – Different Uses
We’ve told you before that we think you should try out a switch rod if you haven’t already. We’ve also told you that we tend to think of switch rods as basically being little spey rods. They definitely can be fished like little spey rods and that’s maybe the use that’s most applicable in our…
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Let That Bonefish Run
Josie Sands has seen his fair share of battles with bonefish. He’s been guiding on South Andros Island since before Al Gore invented the Internet. Today we get to hear Josie explain why you need to let that bonefish run after you’ve hooked him. Note: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader,…
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Tailing Bonefish
You know how sometimes when people talk about happy feeding bonefish, they claim ‘ their back were out of the water’? On a calm day on South Andros, it happens quite a lot. Have a look – we shot this video two days ago in the midst of a pretty awesome morning session taking shots…
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Video from Andros South
You may have read last week’s Andros South trip report from Gary Thompson at Angler’s All. Not only did Gary write up a report for us – he also put together a short video capturing some of the fun of bonefishing on South Andros. Have a look for some reel-spinning, knuckle-rapping, sun-shining, shot-making, fish-catching good…
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Streamer Fishing with Bass Weights
If you’re fishing streamers with the goal of specifically targeting bigger trout, you know that getting your fly to sink is a really important part of the equation. Weighted flies, split shot and sinktips are all popular options for getting your fly down, but they’ve each got drawbacks. Weighted flies don’t provide options for adjusting…
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Silver Salmon Fly Selection
We’ve written in the past about some silver salmon flies that we like to use at Alaska West on the Kanektok River, but that was in boring old words-and-pictures blog format. Today we’ve got a video featuring George Cook, Northwest angling mainstay and Sage/Redington/Rio rep, telling us about his approach to selecting flies for silvers…
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Camera Gear for Flats Fishing
Louis Cahill spent some time at Andros South last month shooting pictures of anglers having fun on the flats. He’s an actual professional photographer with 30 years under his belt, so we asked him for some advice on what kinds of photo gear he likes to use on the flats. Here’s Louis, in video form!…
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