Category Archives: Fly Fishing Lifestyle
TO FISH IS TO HOPE
By: Becca K. Powell PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE IS HEALING IN THE CAST; THAT STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREAM IS BETTER THAN ANY THERAPY OR SHRINK’S OFFICE OUT THERE. AS FLY ANGLERS, WE KNOW ALL TOO WELL THE TRUTH IN THIS STATEMENT. After a...
Fly Fishing Is A Journey
I’ll never forget my first trout on the fly. It was tiny. A rainbow. Probably wild, but I wouldn’t have known the difference or even cared at the time. It was memorable primarily because it was a long time coming. I’ll always remember my first steelhead,...
Mighty Waters
By Louis Cahill This film struck a chord with me. You owe it to yourself to watch it. If you're interested in my story and what it meant so much to me, read on, but don't feel like you have to. I'd like to thank Simms, Costa, The...
Is the Fly Fishing Industry Making Us Soft?
By Paul Puckett I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT IS THE RIGHT WORD OR RIGHT WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT I MEAN. Being in this industry for just over 20 years, I have seen a lot of changes. Changes in the people who fish, the way they fish...
The Scream Revisited
By Louis Cahill There was something going on with Edvard Munch I never really understood, until now. In art school, we were taught that the dark and often disturbing images created by Munch were born of mental illness and lost love. It wasn’t until decades later that...