Tag Archives: tarpon
Seven Places the Locals Eat and Drink in the Lower Keys
IT'S TARPON SEASON, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SENSE AT ALL, YOU'RE HEADED TO THE FLORIDA KEYS FOR SOME LINE BURNS. SINCE YOU CAN'T FISH TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A DRINK AND SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT. HERE ARE A FEW...
Sunday Classic / The Original Eyewear For The Flats
Bonefish are just cool. They never cease to amaze me. Like all fish, they are perfectly adapted to their environment and in their environment you need a competitive edge. Right in the middle of the food chain, the bonefish has to get in, get fed,...
Sunday Classic / High Point
Tim looks like he has swallowed his tongue. He's pale, eyes dilated, the corners of his mouth twitching. He's soaked in sea water, eyes burning and red. His fingers digging into his seat bottom, he squints and stiffens like a corpse preparing for the next...
Sunday Classic / Tarpon On The 4 Weight
Let me be clear on this…I am not a dumb ass. Well, at least not a big enough dumb ass to try and catch a tarpon on a four weight. But I did buy a new four weight reel the other day and a ten...
Gary Merriman Ties The Tarpon Toad
I'VE KNOWN GARY MERRIMAN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT HE WAS THE CREATOR OF THE TARPON TOAD. The Toad is a great pattern and almost anyone who has fished for tarpon has tied one on at some point....