Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Tandem Tactics for Trout. Part One: Touching The Surface
FOR A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS, TWO FLIES ARE BETTER THAN ONE. There's nothing new about fishing teams of flies. European fly anglers have fished elaborate multi-fly systems, called casts, for generations. Most serious trout anglers here in the US regularly fish two or three flies,...
Is Our Thinking About Flies All Wrong?
By Dan Frasier What if I were to tell you there is no such thing as a trout fly? A few days ago my good friend and fly designer Steve Martinez posted a link to one of his flies that Orvis carries; his Frankenstein Sculpin. I love...
Build Your Own Fly Rod: DIY Video Series
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT BUILDING YOUR ON FLY ROD? WITH THIS DIY VIDEO SERIES YOU CAN! We are really excited to be working with Matt Draft, of Proof Fly Fishing, to bring you this great step-by-step tutorial on building a graphite fly rod. Building a rod doesn’t...
Lighting The Way
By Bob Reece I leaned forward to check the UV coat that I had just applied to my finished fly. The quick searing pain in my fore head reminded me that I had come too far. This was the last straw for me, the desk...
Omar
By Louis Cahill "HE LEARNED, BECAME OLDER, WISER AND, YES, BIGGER. HE BECAME A BETTER FISH AND TO CATCH HIM I WOULD HAVE TO BECOME A BETTER MAN." Omar was a tough guy. Mean, if you got right down to it. A loner. Seldom seen, and when...