Author Archives: Louis Cahill
8 Tips On Photographing Fish Without Harming Them
You can take better photos of the fish you catch and still practice good Catch-and-Release. Is the fly fishing media turning anglers off to catch-and-release? I received a pretty agitated email form a reader the other day. Thankfully, he was not responding to anything written here...
Why Gink And Gasoline?
I get that question all the time, it’s time I answered it. When my buddy Kent and I started Gink and Gasoline we were driving all over the country chasing fish on the fly. Things were simpler then and a hell of a lot of...
Checking Your Attitude
IF YOU READ THE COMMENTS ON OUR POSTS YOU'LL OCCASIONALLY SEE THE NAME TOM CAHILL. THAT'S MY BIG BROTHER. Tom lives in Virginia. Too far away for us to fish together often but too close to have a good excuse. He is an avid fisherman and a...
The Basics of Dubbing
By Bob Reece What the beginning tyer needs to know about dubbing. Creating beautiful, well proportioned flies is a skill which takes time and practice to master. One of the least intuitive steps in the process is working with dubbing. The thousands of dubbing choices on the...
Tandem Fly Rigs The Easy Way: Video
Fishing two flies is almost always better than one, here’s the easy way to set up a team of flies. I almost never trout fish with a single fly. Whether I’m using a dry-dropper, a pair of nymphs, a streamer and nymph, or even two dry...