Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Sunday Classic / 6 Tips for Catching Suspended Trout
By Kent Klewein One of the toughest situations I've encountered trout fishing over the years, is when trout are suspended in the water column and feeding in a stationary position. These trout are usually too deep to persuade them to rise to your dry fly on the...
Saturday Shoutout / The Unseen World Of Mousers
Mitt Monkey Special Correspondent Jason Tucker of Fontinalis Rising brings us a breaking story from Northern Michigan. "It was once thought that mousers were just rogue solitary males. We didn’t even think they reproduced, or if they did, that they played no part in rearing their...
New Tippet Leaders and Lines From RIO
Stronger tippet, trout spey lines and new light line trout tapers from RIO in 2016. The new Power Flex Plus nylon leader and tippet material is the big news from RIO this year. There are a lot of details but the big picture is a much...
Fly Fishing: Why Tippet Size Can Be More Important With Nymphs
Dry fly fishing, makes for a much closer call, but I still stand by my belief, that tippet size is more important with nymphs. Largely because the two most important factors in dry fly fishing success, are an accurate presentation and a drag free drift....
Sunday Classic / Tiger Trout
WILD TIGER TROUT MAY BE THE RAREST OF THE TROUT FAMILY. They are a hybrid of a female brown trout and a male brook trout. They are distinctive, the dark modeled pattern of a brook trout's back extending down their sides to their belly. This bold...