Tag Archives: tarpon
Sunday Classic / New Treatment for Casters Elbow
Ok, it tennis elbow but it might as easily be casters elbow. If you've spent much time on the cork end of a fly rod you've felt that burning in the elbow. Probably while you were fighting a big fish. That's when it usually gets...
Saturday Shoutout / A Special Year
IT'S BEEN A SPECIAL YEAR FOR MY BUDDY PAUL PUCKETT. You may remember the article he wrote for G&G a while back, "Half Way Through A Bad Decision." Paul took on the idea of spending a whole year fishing a single fly. In this case the...
Sunday Classic / Better Bonefish Retrieve
So you've found yourself a bonefish and you've made that big cast into the wind, now what? The propped retrieve is key to success. There are several things keep in mind. The speed and length of the strip, keeping slack out of the system. And what...
Baby Tarpon Slam Fest
By Bruce Chard IT'S FALL IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE EXCITEMENT BUILDS EARLY IN THE MORNING ON THE WAY TO THE BOAT RAMP. Its 83 degrees and still pitch dark outside. The AC in the truck is trying to cut through the high humidity. You can...
Saturday Shoutout / S.C.O.F. Lucky # 13
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE FLY IS THREE. And, to quote Editor Dave Grossman, "Like most three year olds we think that the words pee and poop are hysterical." But if you're a S.C.O.F. fan you knew that already. Issue number thirteen is...