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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schools
Need a Pre-Game Warmup?
We have a whole bunch of folks headed to Alaska West and BC West this summer, looking forward to chasing king salmon and steelhead making spey casts with two-handed rods. We’ll have some of the best spey instructors in the world on site during our spey schools, but some (very wise) anglers may want to…
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School’s in Session
Some fly anglers out there are lucky enough that they’ve spent a lot of time on the flats catching bonefish. Others have done some fly fishing and have heard about bonefish, but haven’t ever caught one. They think to themselves…”I’d love to go bonefishing, and mostly I’d like to fish for them, but a little…
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Bruce Chard Bonefishing Schools at Andros South
“And today’s homework assignment will be to catch bonefish.” The legendary Captain Bruce Chard – elite Florida Keys guide, expert angler, enthusiastic teacher and really nice guy – will be back at Andros South again this year, hosting his extremely popular Bonefishing Schools. These schools take place over a week-long stay at Andros South, and…
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Spey Instruction At Alaska West
Class is in session. Photo: Cameron Miller From June 12th to July 17th of this year, we ran another season of really successful spey instruction programs at Alaska West. Since swinging flies on two-handed rods tends to be the favorite method for targeting our chrome kings, we invite the best of the best in the…
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Learning To Fly Fish
Non-experts having fun, learning to fly fish. Photo: Cameron Miller At Deneki Outdoors, our lodges are totally focused on providing a fly fishing experience that’s second to none. Does that mean that you need to be an expert to fish with us? Heck no. Three of our four lodges are great places to learn how…
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Hosted Weeks
You’re in good hands. We’re really lucky to work with some great folks who host trips at our lodges. If you want to join any of these guys during their hosted weeks this year, give us a call! February 28 – March 7, Andros South: Andy Kurkulis, Chicago Fly Fishing Outfitters March 28 – April…
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Brian Niska’s King Rig
Photo: Cameron Miller Brian Niska owns and operates Whistler Fly Fishing, a fly fishing school, guide service and specialty fly shop in Whistler, BC. Brian is a certified Master Casting Instructor and Two Handed Casting Instructor with the FFF, and we’re lucky to have him as a guest spey instructor at Alaska West. Brian will…
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Michael White’s King Rig
Way back when, Michael White was a guide at Alaska West. These days, he’s the owner of Blue Ribbon Sales, representing Simms, Loomis, Ross and other great lines to shops in the Southern Rockies. “Whitey” is one fishy dude, and he loves sharing his enthusiasm with anyone within shouting distance on the river. Whitey is a…
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Fishing with Dec
Photo: Cameron Miller We offer instructional weeks at all three of our lodges, with the focus at Alaska West being on spey casting. A different guest spey instructor joins us for each peak week of our king salmon season, and provides a combination of on-river one-one-one instruction during the fishing day and group instruction after…
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