Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Saturday Shoutout / How They See
Take a trip to the underwater world of trout. Fair warning, you may think I’ve lost my mind. This video is likely to set your teeth to grinding well before you get to the good part. It’s about the nerdiest thing I’ve ever seen. The voiceover...
Rock Treads
By Justin Pickett Coming up with a reliable and effective solution for traction can be frustrating. Not to mention, expensive. Screw-in studs are costly and are often lost or in need of replacement for those of us who wade hard and often. Other solutions, such as interchangeable...
Sunday Classic / What The Little Fish Are Saying
This post has a soundtrack. Take a second to start the video below. MAYBE YOUR STATURE AS A FLY FISHERMAN ISN'T DETERMINED BY HOW BIG A TROUT YOU CAN CATCH, BUT BY HOW SMALL A TROUT YOU CAN CATCH WITHOUT BEING DISAPPOINTED. — JOHN GIERACH Like it...
Saturday Shoutout / Wandering Blue Lines
Visions of fish and fly, carved in wood and cast on paper. Tyler Hackett, of Wandering Blue Lines, is a unique artist in the genre of fly-fishing-art. His bold designs are created using the classic art of wood cut. Tyler draws his art backwards, then carves...
A Mark of Permanence, By Justin Watkins
By Dan Frasier I’ve always been a fan of the work of Justin Watkins. His blog, https://fishingandthinking.blogspot.com/, where he writes under the pen name “Wendy Berrell”, is a truly special place to read the ruminations of a scientist who sees a value in living life close to the...