Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Georgia Brook Trout Management is a Dirty Shame
IT'S A SOUTHERN THING AND YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND. They are maligned and loathed, as an invasive species, in many of my friends' home waters but here in Georgia, the brook trout is our only native trout. They once held dominion over the roughly four thousand...
The Pacu Bead
By Louis Cahill If you are a dry-fly purest, you might want to sit this one out. Bead fishing in the jungles of Argentina is about as far from fishing a dry fly as you could imagine. It’s not much closer to Alaska bead fishing. It’s one...
Wood is Good
Anytime I come across any sort of wood on the water trout fishing, I always take the time to fish around it. Whether it's a log jam, isolated root ball, or low overhanging tree, wood offers trout cover and safety which are two very important elements...
Streamer Fishing: Float Your Lane
By Louis Cahill When you are fishing streamers from a boat, how close should you be to the bank? Ask a dozen anglers and you may get a dozen answers. The distance that works for me, might not work for you, but I’m going to share some...
12 Tips For Hike-In Fly-Fishing
By Louis Cahill Every angler knows that the further you walk, the better the fishing. Keep that in mind when I tell you, I recently had some of the best trout fishing of my life in the Andes mountains of Patagonia. That should give you some idea...