Author Archives: Louis Cahill
3 Things I Learned By Not Catching A Permit
I AM NOT A MASTER PERMIT FISHERMAN. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE THING I ENJOY ABOUT IT. I like the challenge and if you're looking for a challenge, permit have one for you. While I don't consider myself an expert on the subject, I am learning...
Sunday Classic / The Albright Knot
The Albright Knot is a great knot for attaching a metal bite tippet to your leader. It can also be used to attach the leader to the fly line or any time you are attaching materials of very different size or stiffness. Here's Capt. Joel...
Saturday Shoutout / Weird, The Secret Lives of Fish
I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO OFFER UP AN EXPLANATION, rationalization or even a critique for these wonderful and twisted works of art. I'll just say that I love them. Especially the ones I 'kind of' understand. And I call myself a fishing photographer? So for today,...
New Spey Products From RIO
FOR 2014 RIO HAS TAKEN ON REINVENTING THEIR SPEY CATEGORY OF LINES. With new offerings in Scandi and Skagit heads as well as a couple of new running lines it's an impressive undertaking. The driving goal for RIO's redesign is to simplify Spey lines and make them...
Tenkara, the new Bamboo
A GUEST POST BY TIM HARRIS OF NORTHWEST-TENKARA.COM Fly fishing began in both the west and east with a long supple rod, a fixed line, a leader and a fly. This is how Dame Juliana Berners, Issac Walton and Japanese commercial fisherman fished. Time went by and...