Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Saturday Shoutout / Skiff Republic, Orvis and TU on Teaching Kids to Fly Fish
My friend Marshall Cutchin spent a little time on the flats with his kids recently and wrote a really thoughtful essay about it. It got me thinking. Teaching kids is important. It's important to them and important to the sport but possibly even more important...
Call Me Simms Boy, I Love My G4Z Waders
WHEN OUR BF GOODRICH VIDEO FINALLY COMES OUT, AND WE ARE TOLD IT WILL BE SOON, YOU ARE GOING TO NOTICE KENT AND I WEARING A LOT MORE SIMMS GEAR. Simms, generously, stepped up and outfitted us for the shoot. This has lead to at least...
Sunday Classic / My Grandfather’s Clinch Knot
Do you think about tying your shoes, brushing your teeth, putting on your shirt? I’ll bet I’ve tied the Improved Clinch Knot more times than I’ve done any of those things. But I like to think that I pay more attention to my fishing knots...
Saturday Shoutout / Buster in the Days of Old
BEFORE EVERYTHING WAS MADE OF PLASTIC This weeks we thanks "Buster Wants to Fish" and David Rice for this great slideshow of steelheading on the Toutle River from 1965 to 1970. It takes me back to a place I've never been. And what a place it...
New Tarpon and Bonefish Regulations in Florida
FOR THOSE OF US WHO CARE ABOUT BONEFISH AND TARPON, A BIG VICTORY WAS WON ON WEDNESDAY. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted to adopt catch-and-release regulations for tarpon and bonefish in state and federal waters off of Florida. They have also voted...