Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
Fly Tying, Less Is More
CLICHÉ SAYINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS HELPFUL OR APPLICABLE. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO TYING FLIES. “LESS IS MORE”. Over the past ten years I’ve been blessed to spend time teaching new fly tiers of all ages. Regardless of...
Big Fish On The Margins
By Louis Cahill High water events can make it easier to target big fish in unusual places. Most anglers know from experience that high water often means big fish. There are several reasons for this, not least of which is the confidence mature fish find in the...
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...