Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Saturday Shoutout / Mend
Joey Maxim was 16 years old when he died in a car crash. Fly-fishing helped bring him back. The film “Mend” is the incredible story of a young man’s journey back from death and his struggle to overcome traumatic brain injury. Once a successful student and...
New Products From Sightline Provisions: Video
Just about every angler is familiar with the leather bracelets sporting metal badges of fish silhouettes. It’s hard to think of a fly fishing accessory that has become as immediately popular as those Sightline bracelets. They have become the secret handshake of fly fishing. A way...
Stretch Thy Fly Line
Are you looking for more a little more distance in your cast? Is your fly line not shooting through your guides as easy as it should? Is it lacking that fresh from the box high floating buoyancy? Are you spending more time untangling your fly...
Sunday Classic / How To Become A Badass Angler
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS A BAD PHOTOGRAPHER AND A BAD ANGLER. I got to thinking about this the other day when my brother called to tell me that Leon Townsend had died. I hadn't thought of him in years. Leon was the man...
Saturday Shoutout / Brookie Genetics
USGS Scientist have some interesting new findings on Southern Appalachian Brook Trout. Fly anglers in the south love their brook trout. While many western anglers see these fish as an invasive species, here in the southeast they are our only native trout and our southern fish...