Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Echo’s Bad Ass Glass Quickshot
By Justin Pickett The resurgence of fiberglass rods over the past few years has been interesting. Rods that could have been found on eBay, or in antique shops, for a few bucks have suddenly bloomed into this new identity of high-end versions with words like “technology” and...
Creative Visualization For Anglers
Creative visualization is a tool used by the most successful athletes in the world and it offers powerful applications for fly anglers. I was talking the other day with a friend who has had a life long career in amateur and professional sports. Now in his...
Sunday Classic / The Myth of Manual
IT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT "REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS" ONLY SHOOT IN MANUAL. It's not true. Certainly not for me. I grew up using manual cameras. Cameras that didn't even have light meters. In fact I've spent as much time looking at the ground glass of a view...
Saturday Shoutout / Getting Started
Saturday Shoutout / Getting Started Orvis has a great new series of videos on fly fishing basics. If you are interested in learning to fly fish, or sharpen your skills, I can’t think of a better guy to help than Tom Rosenbauer. Tom, and Orvis instructor Pete...
Catching Big Trout Sometimes Takes Multiple Attempts
By Kent Klewein Several times this past year guiding, my clients would miss a big fish opportunity during our fishing trip. Sometimes it would be because of a poor hook set, other times, it was completely out of their control by last second refusals or...