Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Alice’s Angle: The Flav
By: Alice Tesar What is it and why you should be fishing it. Quickly mistaken for a dwarfed Green Drake or Blue Winged Olive this versatile fly, which presents itself as a crawler nymph and crippled dry, are musts this time of year on western rivers. I...
14 Ways To Prevent Fish Mortality
THE YEARS WE SPEND LEARNING TO CAST AND DRIFT A FLY OR THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WE SPEND ON GEAR AND TRAVEL ARE ALL WASTED IF WE DON'T HAVE FISH. With more anglers entering the sport every day, sport fish are heavily pressured and in grave...
Don’t Be Like This Guy
I hope this is so obvious it needs no explanation. There we are staked up waiting for migrating tarpon when this guy rolls up, jig at the ready. I’m sure he thought we were on fish. His kids huddled down in the floor of the boat...
Fly Fishing for Trout In Black and White, Killer Flies For High Water
HAVE YOU EVER SPENT A RAINY AFTERNOON WATCHING TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES? Would you have guessed that's pretty much what trout do? Trout fishing can be pretty spectacular during high-water events. The combination of high water and the stain it brings with it give big fish the...
Swinging Tandem Flies For Steelhead
By Louis Cahill Most anglers successfully fish teams of flies for trout. Why not for their anadromous cousins? I was introduced to this idea by a good friend who is one of the fishiest guys I know. When swinging traditional flies on a floating line he always...