Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Better Casting for Bonefish
By John Byron, The Bonefish Beginner Tons of great advice out there on how to cast a fly rod. Tons more on how to catch bonefish. These two streams of good information come together in the universal charge you read over and over again: hey dummy, practice your...
Bait Dunkin’ to Lure Chuckin’ to Fly Floatin’
By: Alice Tesar You could say that a desire to be a trout bum was in his blood, but you’d be ignoring the fact that Tim Widmer has found his own drift. What was in his family, specifically with his dad, was a desire to live...
Burning Chrome
By Louis Cahill The sun never rises. Not today, at least not here on the Deschutes River. The light is an eerie yellow-orange. The air is hot and dry, and the wind is howling. It’s unsettling. You’d expect it to feel like fog or overcast but it...
Western Fly Guide for Eastern Anglers
By Kent Klewein ARE YOU SITTING AT THE VISE DREAMING OF THAT BIG TRIP OUT WEST THIS SUMMER? I get asked all the time by eastern fly anglers heading out west for the first time, what fly patterns they should stock up on before they leave. What...
Fly Fishing with Stealth – 8 Common Mistakes
How often to you think anglers miss opportunities catching trout because of the lack of stealth? The more educated trout populations are in a stream, river or lake you're fly fishing, the more important it is for fly anglers to mimic the way a hunter...