April 2012

Deneki Gear Store

April 30, 2012
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We’re thrilled to announce that the Deneki Gear Store is open for business – we now have logo gear from our lodges available to you online! We’re getting started with t-shirts, as well as hats and visors.  Those cool Salmon Grand Slam and Bonefish t-shirts we’ve given away a few times on our site?  You [...]

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Alaska Fly Fishing Gear

April 28, 2012
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Since spring is in the air, lots of folks are tinkering around with gear that they’re going to fish with in Alaska this summer. With that in mind, we present to you our most popular posts about fly fishing gear for Alaska. Top 10 Alaska Fly Fishing Gear Posts King Rig Roundup.  Expert spey anglers [...]

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Big Bend

April 27, 2012
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Exactly 49 days from today, we’ll be putting some big bends in some big rods at Alaska West. More on King Salmon at Alaska West Big Chrome Slab 5 Ways to Catch More Kings on Flies Whitney Gould’s King Rig

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Deflection

April 26, 2012
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Earlier this spring our friend Tim Rajeff joined us for a week of bonefishing at Andros South.  Your fearless editor spent a windy day on the flats with Tim, and upon seeing this picture from the day posed the very articulate question “Dude, how come your rod looks like that?” Tim can actually talk intelligently [...]

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Big Flat

April 25, 2012
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Just working down one of the many thousands of mind-bogglingly huge flats on South Andros Island! More on South Andros Tons of Wading! Andros Island Geography Lesson Andros Island Mini-Gallery

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Nice ‘Cuda, Mary

April 24, 2012
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Mary Moeller joined us at Andros South a few weeks back for some fun on the flats, as you can see above. That’s a nice ‘cuda!  Now, landing big ‘cudas is not all that uncommon on South Andros – on actual ‘cuda rigs, that is.  And every once in a while somebody gets lucky and [...]

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Bonefishing – Why You Love It – Winner

April 23, 2012
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We’re really happy to announce today the winner of our contest about why you love bonefishing. Recently when we’ve run contests like this we’ve been blown away by the depth and quality of your entries.  This contest was no exception – we would have been thrilled to crown any one of our 25 entrants the [...]

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Fun Factory

April 21, 2012
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See how happy all these people look?  No manufactured smiles here – these are good folks having deep down, honest to goodness great times together. That’s because Alaska West is a Fun Factory.

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Running on the Beach

April 20, 2012
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Here’s another cool thing about South Andros Island – some of the finest beach running on the planet! If you’re like us and like to sneak in a workout or two in the middle of a fishing trip, you’ll love the beach at Andros South.  Pick a low to medium tide and you’ve got as [...]

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