Category Archives: *Recycle
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...
Steelhead Flies, Half As Much
By Louis Cahill WHEN THE RAIN WON’T STOP, THE LIGHT IS FAILING AND THE RIVER SWELLING, STEEL HEADERS DRINK WHISKY AND STARE DARKLY INTO THEIR FLY BOXES. Maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but we all do it. I spent an evening like this with a group of...
Wiggle Bug For Silver Salmon
Who doesn't love watching a big silver salmon rushing towards a fly and crushing it? I'll tell you who, an Alaskan guide who's already unhooked three dozen of them for the day. I used to really enjoy guiding first time silver clients in Alaska. You wouldn't believe...
Don’t Hate the River
I was talking with a friend the other day about doing some fishing in Colorado, his home state. This is a good topic to bring up if you are trying to lure me into an extended conversation. Colorado is near to my heart. He was throwing...