Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
Fly Casting: Power and Control
By Louis Cahill I’m just back from four days fishing for golden dorado at Parana on the Fly Lodge in Argentina. Dorado fishing is the most demanding fly fishing I know and, days later, I still have the sore muscles to prove it. We target these apex...
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...