Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Broyhill’s Jackknife
Flymen is taking a "Go big or go home" approach for 2016. The Flymen Fishing Co. (Makers of the Fish Skull) has a new musky fly this year for those who aren't happy with a streamer under twelve inches. Broyhill's Jackknife is an articulated pattern in...
3 Fly Fishing Situations When I Will Stop My Streamer During the Retrieve
I agree with this advice 95% of the time because most prey when threatened by a predator, will swim as hard and fast as possible to escape being eaten. That being said, I've been on the water many times when the constant-strip retrieve, or even...
Sacred Days
DAYS, LIKE MEN, ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. IT'S THE PATHS THEY TAKE WHICH SEPARATE THEM. It's eighteen degrees as we get the skiff ready to launch. The first snow flakes are floating about. Delicate little flakes for now but the Weather Channel tells us they won't...
Assault on the Au Sable
By Jason Tucker Commercial fish farming threatens one of the world’s best dry fly streams. Is it too late to save it? Michigan is a dream destination for any fly fisher, with a volume and variety of water, species and opportunities that draw anglers from around the...
Saturday Shoutout / Sealiced
I'm a sucker for a good steelhead video. This video by Danish film maker Columbus Leth is a great example of what draws us to cold and dangerous rivers to swing flies for steelhead and salmon. I don't know about "Ten times better than tarpon fishing,"...