Comments on: The Keys Chronicles (Pt. 2) http://flatswalker.com/2009/07/21/the-keys-chronicles-pt-2/ SaltWaterFlyFishingGuideBlog Tue, 08 May 2012 11:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tropicalypso http://flatswalker.com/2009/07/21/the-keys-chronicles-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10563 tropicalypso Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:44:16 +0000 http://flatswalker.com/?p=163#comment-10563 "I’d say the average fight, from hookup to slack-line, is about 3 seconds or so" Precisely what my one and only tarpon experience consisted of. I was out in a tiny kayak in the waters of Morgan's Harbor when I heard a huge splash behind me. I was naturally concerned, as the "boat" i was in only measured 8 feet, stem to stern. So I did was came natural... I casted towards it (on a medium action spinning rod with 10lb braid). One twitch of the lure, and I felt something hit it with a resounding THUNK... the next thing I know, the drag is smoking and lines starts peeling out at a rate I wasn't quite accustomed to... the tarpon jumped, once, then twice, then POP! goes my 20lb leader. Fun times. “I’d say the average fight, from hookup to slack-line, is about 3 seconds or so”

Precisely what my one and only tarpon experience consisted of. I was out in a tiny kayak in the waters of Morgan’s Harbor when I heard a huge splash behind me.

I was naturally concerned, as the “boat” i was in only measured 8 feet, stem to stern. So I did was came natural… I casted towards it (on a medium action spinning rod with 10lb braid).

One twitch of the lure, and I felt something hit it with a resounding THUNK… the next thing I know, the drag is smoking and lines starts peeling out at a rate I wasn’t quite accustomed to… the tarpon jumped, once, then twice, then POP! goes my 20lb leader.

Fun times.

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