April 5, 2000 My quest to fish in solitude ends down a long potholed road. [1] I’m standing on the northeastern-most tip of the peninsula where I grew up and as I look out over the flats I’m facing north toward Cuba and Key West beyond. To my right the beach gradually arcs around to [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Most Interesting Fridays (cont.)
Ah, time for another episode of interesting. ____________________ He once vanished from a fishing trip in Colorado only to reappear days later in the Caribbean… as El Presidente. It was he who taught Castro how to smoke a cigar, though he doesn’t smoke himself. He nick-named his favorite fly rod the “Jolly Roger”. I [...]
The Keys Chronicles (Pt. 5)
June 13, 2008 Of course, the first time you’re out there you have no trouble believing. Watching that first string of fish headed your way, their dark shapes seeming to progress like stop-motion animation down the flat, you think, one of these has got to eat, right? Even if it’s a small bunch, say a dozen [...]
The Keys Chronicles (Pt. 4)
June 13, 2008 This is a lesson I learned well on that first real tarpon trip: make the first shot count. I’d say that ninety percent of the time the first shot was the only real shot. And that’s where most of the bites came. You can definitely pick up and recast, but it’s not [...]
Speaking of Classic Tarpon…
Couldn’t resist, mate. Oh, love the tunes.
