When you’re chasing bonefish on the flats, you should do whatever you can to minimize your false casts. When you recognize a potential shot at a fish, you need to get the fly out there quickly, and false casts are the enemy of getting your fly out there quickly. There are more direct ways to…
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Archives for March 2011
Nice Fish, Tom
Tom Larimer catches a lot of steelhead in Oregon and other parts of steelhead country, but he still gets pretty fired up when he lands big, fat chrome anadromous rainbows on the Dean River. Nice fish, Tom. P. S. This picture was featured as the Simms Catch of the Day not too long ago. P….
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Idylwilde Flies for Chile
Michael White is back today with another fly lineup. Having spent approximately 300 million days fishing for trout around the Southern Rockies, Whitey is a good guy to listen to when it comes to advice on trout flies. After he joined us on an epic trip to Chile West, we asked him for his top…
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Cooler Climate
Part of the beauty of our format at Chile West is that our guests really get to experience the culture of Chilean Patagonia. In our book night life counts as culture, and for our guests who are so inclined, there’s ample opportunity to go local. Trevor Covich tells us a bit today about the evening…
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A Very Nice Place To Be.
Dick Pitini is a great guy who loves fly fishing and loves taking pictures. He fishes with us at Andros South, and he’s kind enough to send us some images afterwards! Thanks to Dick for the reminder that standing on the bow of a skiff under blue skies on a beautiful bonefish flat is a…
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Tube Flies – Advanced Rigging
Today we’ve got the last in our short series about tube flies and how to rig them. It’s a master class in adding weight, combining tubes, preventing leader abrasion and more. You’ve already learned about tube fly basics, the two standard rigging methods, and rigging tandem tubes, right? OK, well tune in as Eric Neufeld…
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Great Trout
This is just a picture of a great fishing guide with a great looking trout. More on Alaska West Rainbow Trout Mike Mercer Fatty Looks Like a Steelhead, But It’s a Trout Get It Down!
Frankenfish Are Bad.
We love wild salmon. We all know that farmed fish wind up escaping into the wild. We’re more than a little freaked out about genetically modified salmon being farmed in any piece of water connected to…well, any other piece of water. Aren’t invasive Atlantic salmon in the Pacific Northwest bad enough? Trout Unlimited is leading…
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Chile Fishing Report: February 2011
Our second trip of the year started out as usual at the always windy Balmaceda airport. The group of five arrived a day early to ease into the 10 day trip ahead. This group consisted of Jr. and Diane Stelzer, Marvin and Gloria Fishman, and Doc Thompson a guide from New Mexico who was hosting the trip….
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Using Drag – Steelhead and Chinooks
Scott Baker-McGarva, the man who runs our fishing program at BC West, has some thoughts for us today on actually making use of that amazing drag system that came with your big game reel. Drag? Drag from the Reel? Today’s big game reels are amazing, what with cork disc drags, Teflon, Rulon and sealed, multi-ball…
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