Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Is Flats Fishing In The Bahamas Over?
I don't mean to be alarmist but I just finished reading a draft resolution for new Bahamian flats fishing regulation and I'm shocked and heartbroken at what it says. I've been bonefishing in the Bahamas for some time now. Over a decade anyway. Twice a...
Sunday Classic / 8 Common Fly Line Mending Mistakes
I SPEND THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME TEACHING FLY CASTING WHEN GUIDING MY CLIENTS, BUT THE ART OF MENDING FLY LINE IS A CLOSE SECOND. A perfect cast can quickly become obsolete if you don't understand the concept of mending fly line. When mending...
Saturday Shoutout / Vise Grip
The words and wisdom of John Gierach brought to you by the folks at F3T I never grow tired of John Gierach's voice in my head. His writing is so earnest that, when I read it, I can see him across the table, a cup of...
The Nautilus Silver King, An Apex Predator
We put the Nautilus Silver King fly reel in a head-to-head comparison with the Hatch Finatic. The results were dramatic. I was lucky enough to catch the palolo worm hatch in the Florida Keys this year. If you've never witnessed 10,000 adult tarpon in a full-blown...
Fly Fishing with Stealth – 8 Common Mistakes
How often to you think anglers miss opportunities catching trout because of the lack of stealth? The more educated trout populations are in a stream, river or lake you're fly fishing, the more important it is for fly anglers to mimic the way a hunter...