Author Archives: Louis Cahill
3 Ways to Improve Your Fly Casting on the Flats
About ten years ago, I embarked on my first international saltwater fly fishing trip, with a couple Texas boys I'd previously met while chasing peacock bass in the Amazon. The saltwater trip took place down in Mexico, specifically the Ascension Bay area. Our primary target...
Pay to Play
Something a little different this morning… I’d like to have a friendly discussion with you, our readers, about something that I’ve noticed popping up on social media more frequently than I can remember happening in recent past. Over the past few weeks, I’ve caught a handful...
Sunday Classic / Should You Be Sharpening Your Hooks More?
Casting all day long, searching for that beast of a brown. I'm giving it everything I've got. I know that's what it's going to take if I want a decent shot at landing a big mature brown trout. I'm looking for a 20 plus-incher and...
Saturday Shoutout / Diplomatic Immunity
The Winter 2017 issue of Southern Culture on the Fly is alive and well, With Diplomatic Immunity. A little love for two-hand rods, and the wife. Some cold water, some saltwater, and some far flung water. Some fly tying and some tying one on. To understand...
8 Elements of Fly Design to Follow for Imitating Trout Food Sources
When tying fly patterns, it's very important that you try your best to incorporate several different elements of fly design to increase their effectiveness. No one knows with complete certainty what order or priority trout rank each element of a food source or fly pattern,...