Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Fly Fishing: Too Much Mending Can Ruin Your Drift
One of the most critical techniques of fly fishing that anglers often lack knowledge in, is understanding how to properly mend fly line during the drift. If I tallied up all the time I spend each day instructing clients on various fly fishing techniques, teaching...
The meaning of Fly Shop
By Owen Plair The local fly shop is a place where lives are changed forever. It’s a place where you can feel at home and a place that exists solely to help you as an angler. That feeling you get as the door opens and you...
Sunday Classic / Fly Fishing Fast Water Chutes for Trout
There are multiple ways for anglers to fly fish fast water chutes, but most of the time, I find it most effective to wade to the sides of the chutes, and fly fish perpendicular to them. Doing so, it gives me better control of my...
Saturday Shoutout / So Many Octobers
“It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs,” October has long been my favorite month. I’ve frequently thought it odd that a time which feels like a beginning to me, is really the beginning of...
New fly Rod Technology And Fly Lines From Winston
Sweet new Winston rods and for 2016 and fly lines made to match. The new Winston Air fly rod takes advantage of new high tech resins to make a rod that’s faster and lighter. The action is familiar to the Winston fan, but definitely a step...