Rods

Spey Rods for King Salmon

July 4, 2012
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One of our specialties at Deneki Outdoors is spey fishing for king salmon.  Alaska West and BC West are located on two of the very few rivers in the world that provide consistent, productive fishing for kings (call ‘em chinooks when you’re in Canada) on swung flies, and spey rods are the preferred tool for [...]

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Sage ONE Rod Review – Bonefishing

June 7, 2012
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Introduction Sage introduced the ONE rod series last year as a replacement for their venerable Z-Axis series.  We’ve spent a bunch of time fishing ONE rods on South Andros, from pre-production 7 weights to the right-up-the-middle 890-4, to the borderline-for-bonefishing 691-4.  We’ve had a ton of fun fishing these rods on the flats, so we [...]

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What’s Your Favorite King Salmon Rod?

May 24, 2012
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We’ve gotten some really interesting input from all of you when we’ve asked you about your favorite fly rods for steelhead, trout and bonefish. Since we’ll catching king salmon at Alaska West and chinook salmon at BC West (local terminology!) in just a few weeks, we figured it’s a great time to ask you about [...]

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Preparing for Your Bonefishing Trip

October 13, 2011
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Our fall season at Andros South starts a week from Saturday!  Man, are we fired up to get back out on the flats. Since we know a lot of you are planning fall bonefishing trips, we figured we’d assemble a little list of articles that will help you prepare. Casting Practice.  Just do it – [...]

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Bonefishing Gear Roundup

August 16, 2011
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Judging by the number of folks we’re hearing from recently, an awful lot of you are in the middle of planning your bonefishing trips for the upcoming season. One very important part of trip planning is getting your gear ready to go, so we figured it was a good time for a roundup of some [...]

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Sage VXP Review

June 7, 2011
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Last month we spent some time fishing a Sage 790-4 VXP at Andros South.  Guess what – we liked it!  We generally don’t publish reviews of products we don’t like – you can read more about how we review products in our Product Review Policy and FTC Disclosure. Background – Rods for South Andros Our [...]

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More Bonefishing Mythbusting

May 26, 2011
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Michael Gracie is back today, passing on more wisdom gained about his bonefishing trips to Andros South. Thanks Michael! More Bonefishing Mythbusting Last year I conveyed some myths about bonefishing in The Bahamas, and how those tall tales were nothing but. This time around I’m adding to the list, with more myth busting on guides, gear, [...]

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Bonefish Rods for Different Conditions

May 5, 2011
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Tom Larimer’s back today with some commentary on bonefish rods based on his trip to Andros South last month.  We think Tom’s dead on – have a read. Bonefish Rods As conditions change during a day of flats fishing for bonefish, you need to change your tackle to be successful. In the early morning or on [...]

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Fly Rods for Alaska

April 7, 2011
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Lots of folks are in the middle of planning summer fishing trips to Alaska right now, and therefore lots of folks are asking lots of questions about which rods they should buy/pack/borrow to take with them on their trip to Alaska. We’ve written quite a lot on the topic of which fly rods you should [...]

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