Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Don’t get ripped off!
By Louis Cahill The only thing worse than paying too much for your fly fishing gear is having it stolen. I woke up this morning to a pile of glass by my truck. One of the worst things about living in a big city is the constant...
Fly Tying: Working With Wire
By Bob Reece Wire is a common ingredient in nymph patterns. Whether in the form of ribbing or full body segments, this material adds the important elements of segmentation, durability and weight. Yet, because of its fairly rigid nature, it can be a difficult material to work...
Tying On The Road
When Kent and I hit the road for a Gink and Gasoline outing, among the pile of rods, waders, cameras and Cliff Bars there's always a canvas tool bag stuffed to the gills with feathers and fur. It's generally a ridiculous amount of materials. Way...
Flats Fishing is not All Sunshine
I was in The Fish Hawk picking up a few things before heading to the Florida Keys for my first ever week of flats fishing. My friend Gary Mariman asked me where I was going. When I told him he gave me a piece of advice...
Mighty Waters
By Louis Cahill This film struck a chord with me. You owe it to yourself to watch it. If you're interested in my story and what it meant so much to me, read on, but don't feel like you have to. I'd like to thank Simms, Costa, The...