March 2011

FIBFest is Going Strong

March 31, 2011
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We’re nearing the end of Andros FIBFest 2011 – a gathering of fly fishing bloggers at Andros South in the Bahamas. Good times are being had!  A couple of folks caught their first bonefish ever (on day 1, of course).  A couple of folks produced a truly hilarious photo (don’t forget to weigh in on [...]

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You’re Cleaning Your Boots, Right?

March 30, 2011
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Aquatic invasive species like didymo and the New Zealand mud snail represent a serious threat to our fisheries.  The best way to prevent the spread of these invasive species is to thoroughly clean your boots, waders and boat any time you move from one piece of water to another.  Regardless of the material on the [...]

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Facebook Caption Contest

March 29, 2011
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Andros FIBFest 2011 is happening right now at Andros South.  We’re hosting a group of folks who write about fly fishing online, and we’re having a pretty darned good time doing it. The first day of FIBFest yielded a pretty incredible photo, and it was immediately clear to us that we needed to run our [...]

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Just Another Chrome Silver

March 28, 2011
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We catch an awful lot of silver salmon at Alaska West.  We don’t count fish too much, but we like to call our silver fishery ‘numbers-oriented’.  There are tons of them, and they love eating flies. One of the great things about having a camp 6 miles from the mouth of a 90 mile river [...]

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Watch the D Loop

March 27, 2011
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Brian Niska is back today with the next in his series of spey casting tips.  He’s breaking down the fundamental elements of the spey cast, and today’s topic is the D Loop. Watch the D Loop I don’t want to hype it up too much….. but the best speycasting tip you’ll probably ever get is [...]

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Andros FIBFest 2011

March 26, 2011
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It’s time for FIBFest! This week at Andros South we’re hosting a great lineup of folks who write about fishing online.  Here’s the plan: we’re all going to go fishing, and write about it online.  FIB stands for Fishing Industry Bloggers, and is in no way a reflection of the tendency of anglers to get [...]

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Bottom Hand vs. Top Hand

March 25, 2011
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Tom Larimer is back today, with some graduate-level comments on spey casting.  If you’re new to spey casting, you might want to start with his fundamentals on anchor placement.  If you’ve been at it for a while…read on! Bottom Hand vs. Top Hand The first time I watched Dec Hogan cast my jaw dropped… It [...]

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Gear Review Roundup

March 24, 2011
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We like fishing gear.  We even like trying out new fishing gear and then writing what we think about it. Right now there are 229 posts about gear on our web site, and we often hear from folks that they’d like to see more.  Not to worry – we’ve got a bunch in the works [...]

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Waterproof Backpacks for Wading

March 23, 2011
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If you’re fishing in an environment where you’re on your own for more than a few minutes and deep wading might be involved, a true waterproof backpack is a really good idea. This is definitely the case at BC West on the Dean River.  Many runs on the Dean can take an hour or more [...]

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