Author Archives: Louis Cahill
11 Tips For Cleaner, More Consistent Fly Tying
Clean, well proportioned flies are the mark of a good tyer. Fly tying is a little bit craft, a little bit art and a little bit science. Even when tying simple flies it can be challenging to produce consistent results and top quality, especially when...
Sunday Classic / Tight Quarters Trout Fishing
(Watch our video that demonstrates this scenario) If you've been fly fishing for a while, you've probably become pretty proficient at dropping your dry flies in tight quarters to catch trout that are either tucked in under foliage or holding tight to an undercut bank. What...
Saturday Shoutout / The Big And The Bad
Chasing the biggest and baddest steelhead on the planet. Well, that doesn’t sound awful. This may make you hate me, but i’m actually steel heading as you read this. Not on the Skeena and not for the biggest and the meanest, but the Salmon Junkies are,...
Dry Gear and Cold Beer From Fishpond
Always innovative, always quality. That’s what you expect from Fishpond. This years new offerings are no exception. Some very cool T-zip duffles that are totally submersible, a nice new net and the accessory every angler needs. A wearable beer cozy. All you need are fish and...
Fly Fishing: Don’t Turn Your Cheek, Pay it Forward
The other day I had the opportunity to guide a client who previously had put down his fly rod for many years. As he put on his waders and boots, and I began rigging the rods, he told me that many of his good friends...