Gear

Maybe the Best Sandals Ever Made

May 14, 2012
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Trevor Covich is one of our key guys on the ground at Alaska West and Andros South.  Andros South provides an excellent sandal research facility; Trevor’s conducted some extensive studies recently and was kind enough to write up his findings. Maybe the Best Sandals Ever Made If you’re a fisherman from the northwest, finding a [...]

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More in the Store

May 8, 2012
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We’re slowly ramping up our selection of cool Deneki gear you can pick up at our new online store. Lots of our readers have asked for gear with our ‘Fish Hard Rest Easy’ motto on it, and today’s addition should be right up that alley.  It displays Fish Hard Rest Easy proudly, it’s tagged tastefully [...]

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Spey and Switch Fishing for Trout – An Update

May 7, 2012
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Way back in the almost prehistoric year of 2009, we wrote a series of posts on our blog about spey fishing for trout – why you should do it, what gear you should consider, and some tactics you should use.  Those posts have turned into classics – they’re really popular with our readers, which always [...]

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Barracuda Rigging with Irving and O’Keefe

May 4, 2012
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We love it when our readers get in touch to share great tips! Loren Irving was kind enough to pass along this quick way to rig up for barracuda, shown to him by the legendary Brian O’Keefe. Thanks, Loren! Loren’s Bonefish/Barracuda Rig Sometimes when out there on the flats wading, the only rod you have [...]

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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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Rick Sisler’s Bonefish Rig

April 17, 2012
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Rick Sisler is our manager at Andros South.  He’s a no-nonsense kind of guy. Here’s the rig that you’d find Rick fishing on any given day on South Andros – a no-nonsense kind of rig! The Summary Sage 890-4 Xi3 Tibor Everglades RIO Tropical Clouser WF8F (for the nice days) and WF9F (for the not [...]

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Simms SunSleeves – Why We Like Them

April 7, 2012
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Don’t laugh – just a few years ago a lot of us were making fun of Buffs, too. Simms just came out with their SunSleeves, pictured above.  What’s a SunSleeve?  It’s basically a stretchy UPF 50+ synthetic tube that you slide onto your arm to help keep the sun off.  It comes up to the [...]

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Sage Kanektok Wool Pro – Why We Like It

March 30, 2012
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Here’s why we like the new Sage Kanektok Wool Pro pullover. It’s a comfortable, versatile wool-polyester blend insulating layer that looks good, feels good and works in a really wide range of temperatures. It’s named after our home at Alaska West – the beautiful, remote, biomass-filled, amazing Kanektok River. More Gear We Like Simms Headwaters [...]

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