Author Archives: Louis Cahill
Tear Up Your Fly Fishing Resume
By Louis Cahill Far too often it’s an angler’s self image that gets between them and the fish. In a recent article, I wrote about how I believe that, as a group, the fly fishing community doesn’t always do a good job as ambassadors of the sport....
Long Line Pickup: Video
One of the toughest challenges in fly casting is picking up a long line to recast. It’s a skill that’s essential for saltwater anglers. Things change quickly when you’re fishing the flats and you have to be able to reposition your fly quickly and quietly. Last...
Developing Your Target Picture Means Catching More Fish
What does skeet shooting have to do with fly fishing? MORE THAN A DAY OF CAST AND BLAST, FOR SURE. Target picture is a term skeet shooters use to describe the visual cue a shooter uses to tell him when to fire. Since the shooter is leading...
Improve Your Stance for Casting Accuracy
A good fly cast starts with your feet. Why is that golfers talk so much about stance? All of the energy you apply with your hands starts with your feet planted firmly on the ground. It makes perfect sense that your stance would effect your cast. Personally,...
Atonement
By Louis Cahill The following was written for, and originally published in, Southern Culture on the Fly. It was the mid of summer, and the old people said they could not remember one hotter. The man’s work was hard and honest. He toiled like a revenant with...