Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Sunday Classic / Cat Island Bones
WHITE SAND, BLUE WATER, BONEFISH AND RUM. WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED? Cat Island is not known as a bonefishing destination. It's a quiet island with beautiful beaches, warm people and modest fishing opportunities, compared to its neighbors. It's not South Andros or Bimini but it's...
Saturday Shoutout / Char Week
Big char and record brook trout in the land of the midnight sun. Here are three videos for the char lovers. All of the red bellies and white knife edge fins you'd expect in 3 far flung northern destinations. It’s like shark week, but better! CHAR WEEK!...
Slow Cast Fly Casting Drill
Great timing is the hallmark of a good fly cast. Timing is everything, well, pretty close anyway when it comes to casting a fly rod. Plenty of anglers struggle with their timing, often without knowing it’s their timing that’s off. Poor timing robs your cast of...
Tenkara Fly-tying
I initially got interested in fly-fishing because of flies and fly-tying. The idea of creating a lure using feathers and thread was very appealing to me. Before I ever got my first fly rod I probably tied well over 100 flies. Of course, I got indoctrinated...
Sunday Classic / Tippet Size Can Be More Important With Nymphs
Many of us like to think it's all about fly pattern choice when it comes to catching trout. Sometimes it is, but there's many times when the key to getting the tough bites, lies not in what fly pattern you're fishing, but rather in what...