When you hear the word, “Cahill”, what comes to mind? If you’re an Outdoor Writer or reader of interesting and intriguing adventures told in peak detail, you’ll likely have the name, Tim Cahill (a most amazing outdoor writer), come to mind. However, if you’re a fly-fisher, then you’re more than likely to think of Tim … More CXC 365 ISV Day 26
Every fly-fisher, every guide, every fly shop owner… have a desire in common: continuity. And the center of their Continuity of Universal Fly-Fishing (CUFF) , it is the, FLY. That wee object of feather, fur or synthetic, designed for deceitful dalliance and used to convince a specific member of the piscatorial world of aquatic creatures, … More CXC 365 ISV Day 25
Line-stripping 64 km/h (40 mph) runs and hard fighting ability when hooked puts the Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus – False Albacore) on the fishing adventure menu of many fishermen. The little tunney’s small, streamlined body facilitates huge bursts of speed… legendary in many a regaled story, by off and inshore fishermen. Dark spots ventral of the pectoral … More CXC 365 ISV Day 24
Oh!!! The travails of the Striped Bass (Striper – Morone saxatilis ) fisherman! Bad weather. Rough weather. Fish On. Fish Off. Explosions and explicatives. Exultation and exhilaration in a colliding roller coaster maelstrom with anguish and agitation. The striper addict has much in common with the Steelheader of the same obsession. Many combine both miseries. But … More CXC 365 ISV Day 23
One fish that stands out in the minds of most fisherman – regardless of the gear used – is the Marlin. Hemingway saw to this with his infamous novel, ‘Old Man and the Sea’. Huge, muscular fish, living and racing through the pelagic waters of the oceans around the world. Feeding on bait schools of … More CXC 365 ISV Day 21
OK Ryan, here you go, for Day #20/365, befitting your razzle-dazzle of the infamous Gartner Gurgler, developed by the late and iconic, Jack Gartner, I offer the following complimentary verse. The Gurgler is a well-known fly that is incredibly successful in salt and fresh water fly-fishing. I hope our ‘study contributions’ are honorable enough … so … More CXC 365 ISV Day 20
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