Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Limit False Casting to Improve Your Casting Stroke
When we first start out fly fishing and we're still learning the mechanics of the casting stroke, it's very common for many of us to make excessive false casts in between our presentations. For some of us, excessive false casting is an excuse to impart...
Sunday Classic / Fly Fishing The Zombie Apocalypse
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE INVENT THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE VIRUS, BECAUSE I AM SO READY! Do you ever wonder why the Zombie Apocalypse is so popular with twenty-somethings? Seriously, you get more than two of them in a room and there's going to be an hour of discussion...
Saturday Shoutout / A Dog Named Kalik
THIS WEEK'S SHOUTOUT IS NEAR TO MY HEART. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a sucker for dogs, especially Bahamian Potcakes. They also likely know that my two favorite place to fish are South Andros and The Dean River in B.C. What everyone doesn't know...
The Land Before Time
By Carter Lyles THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN 1867 BOUGHT THE 49TH STATE, twice the size of Texas, for two cents an acre from the Russian Empire, who feared that it could be seized by Britain if war were to break out. The territory officially became part...
Using XL Trout Beads As Attractors In Your Tandem Rig
Back in 2006, I spent a season guiding in Alaska at Mission Creek Lodge. It was a great experience and a hell of a lot of hard work, but I held my own and ended up representing well for Southeastern fishing guides. That doesn't make...