Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Sunday Classic / Keep a Backup Nymph Rig Ready
Changing out flies on the water takes time but is often necessary to catch trout consistently all day. Keeping a pre-rigged tandem nymph rig ready to go, will allow you to quickly change out your flies from one hole to the next and save you critical...
Saturday Shoutout / Living the Lamar
The Lamar Valley holds a special place in my heart. Back when my wife and I were both in the advertising business and self employed we would take off the entire month of August and escape the heat and traffic of Atlanta for cold water and...
Fly Fishing: Our Trout Rivers and Streams Need More Wood
Wood is Good! Several years back, one of my favorite wild trout streams, only a few miles from my house, got slammed with tornados and high winds (from back to back hurricanes that had moved up from Florida). The aftermath from the strong storms, downed dozens,...
Florida Lowers Limits To Increase Redfish Numbers
By Justin Pickett On April 14 of this year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) passed a new daily catch limit for Red Drum along its Northwest coastline. According to the FWC, “these changes come as the result of stakeholder concerns that Red Drum populations...
Sunday Classic / Rob Smith’s Musky Sucker
ROB SMITH IS NOTHING, IF NOT COLORFUL SO WHEN I ASKED HIM TO TIE A FLY FOR MY READERS I EXPECTED SOMETHING BODACIOUS, AND I GOT IT! Rob likes his fish the way he likes his mustache, big and scary. He's our local authority on striped...