In honor of our opening week at Andros South, we wanted to share with you 3 bad habits to break when bonefishing. These are just a few things to avoid to help you get the most out of your trip! Too many false casts. Get your flies in the water. Our bonefish are aggressive and…
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How Close can you get to your Target? Trout Fishing Edition..
This is an important criteria to consider regardless of your target species. Ideally you want to stand as close to the fish as possible without spooking them. But what controls this distance? There are a range of factors and we break them down here. Water clarity. Are you fishing a shallow spring creek or a…
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Timeless Tips // Beware of the Salt!
I love fishing in the saltwater. Whether it is walking the flats looking for tails or throwing topwater plugs to Tuna offshore, the ocean fascinates me. I love the diversity and the “eat or be eaten” attitude that the fish of the sea take on. One thing I do not love about fishing the salt…
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Streamer Fishing Tips
Following up on last week’s post covering different streamer fishing techniques, here are some specific tips to help you get the most out of your time fishing streamers this fall. Keep your rod tip low when retrieving. This will help keep your fly deep. No fish wants to see its pretty swimming up towards the…
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Advice on Streamer Fishing Techniques for Fall
In my opinion, fishing streamers is one of the most fun ways to catch trout. I love how voracious and un-trout like they act. Usually when trout fishing (outside of Alaska), the current is bringing our flies to the fish. When streamer fishing it is the opposite, we are triggering something aggressive inside the trout…
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Timeless Tips // Follow Through on Your Hook Set!
Whether you’re following an indicator or dry fly with your rod tip, or swinging flies, you do not want to set the hook in an upwards direction, instead, set in the direction that the fly is moving. To aid in remembering this, I encourage clients to really follow their drift with the rod tip, that…
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A Reminder, Cast In Front of the Boat!
I like to think of wade fishing and fishing from a boat (drifty, raft, willie raptor, etc) as two very different sports. Because of this, your approach when fishing from a boat should be different than when you are wade fishing. Things happen a little faster when floating so you want to plan accordingly. You…
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Mix It Up Out There!
It is so easy to get stuck in a grove on the water. I do it all the time. I have confidence in what I am using because it has worked before so I don’t switch things up very often. When guiding I am the exact opposite. If something that a client is using isn’t…
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Timeless Tips with Stuart Foxall// Fishing as a Team
Stuart Foxall, is a regular at Alaska West during our King Salmon run. Not only is Stuart a world renowned fly tier, he is also an expert with a two handed fly rod. His obsession with chasing steelhead and salmon started at a young age and has given him experience in a range of fishing…
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Timeless Tips // Bonefish Flats to Avoid
Are you a DIY saltwater angler, looking for the silver ghost and not getting many shots? How high is the tide? If it is to the point where the mangroves lining the flats are filled with water, you need to find another flat. Fish will follow the tide up into the mangroves and use them…
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