Category Archives: Fly Fishing Tips & Technique
The Pacu Bead
By Louis Cahill If you are a dry-fly purest, you might want to sit this one out. Bead fishing in the jungles of Argentina is about as far from fishing a dry fly as you could imagine. It’s not much closer to Alaska bead fishing. It’s one...
Wood is Good
Anytime I come across any sort of wood on the water trout fishing, I always take the time to fish around it. Whether it's a log jam, isolated root ball, or low overhanging tree, wood offers trout cover and safety which are two very important elements...
Streamer Fishing: Float Your Lane
By Louis Cahill When you are fishing streamers from a boat, how close should you be to the bank? Ask a dozen anglers and you may get a dozen answers. The distance that works for me, might not work for you, but I’m going to share some...
4 Tips For High Water Trout Fishing
These tips will help you catch fish when the river is up. Anglers in parts of the west are looking at high water for the foreseeable future. High water can be a fly anglers friend. A swollen river might spoil your dreams of big trout sipping...
Fight Big Fish with the Butt Section of the Fly Rod Not the Tip
If you fly fish long enough and pay your dues, it's just a matter of time until you hook into a giant fish and experience defeat. I've always loved the saying, "It's always the big ones that get away", like it provides anglers a viable excuse...