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Tarpon are nothing less then amazing! I mean if you enjoy watching your reel handle spin so fast that it actually disappears from sight, and feeling completely helpless as hundred pounders jump their way hundreds of yards in to your backing in just seconds. And yes it happens just that fast, and the battle goes from zero to wide open in the time it takes to “strip set� and then you better clear your line and keep track of your fingers.
Biscayne Bay Miami Beach, Florida Taming the Silver King. Sonya Pask, Dick Resnick and Tim Pask
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Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach, Florida
South Miami Beach is home to the Rich and Famous. It’s a land (and water) where everyone is measured by their wealth, so if you plan to fit in you better bring along your Bentley and 65 foot Sport Fisher. But if you measure success by the number of 12 wts. you own, and the ability cast your whole flyline with 2 false casts, then you are also home.
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Opposite page: Sonya Pask, “At the ready”. Top: Tarpon showing us his battle armor. Left: Poon bug Right: A slight ripple on the water is “Perfect”
Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach, Florida
Poling the flats is an art by itself, but spotting tarpon when it is cloudy comes only after years of experience. Captain Carl Ball has uncanny ability to not only see fish in these conditions, but it a master at guiding the anglers fly to the perfect location.
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Top: Even with your camera ready, you will miss 80% of the time, but sometimes it all comes together. Left: Hell’s Bay = Gold Standard in flats boats. Right: Captain Carl Ball, Coffee’ied Up, 6:15am
While the 100 footers and their crew are still asleep, we slip away and plan to be on the flats by the time the sun creeps over the horizon. The tides dictate the tarpons habits throughout the day, so you have to be willing to be on the dock by 6:00am and ready to cast by 6:30am, so coffee up and lets roll.
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“At the boat”. This is the time when shit goes wrong, rods explode, tippets break, shock wears through, fish jump in the boat, anglers fall overboard, and every once in a while Tarpon are landed. But don’t count on that!
The days of dragging tarpon in to the boat are over, and the guides work hard to fully revive each fish before release.
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Left: Tarpon “Bait of the Day”. Above: Veteran of countless Tarpon wars, Dick Resnick knows the importance of keeping your fly in front of the fish, and varying the fly speed to coax the fish in to inhaling the fly.
Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach, Florida
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A veteran of many years in the sun, Captain Carl Ball understands the need for protection and works hard at staying covered. Just another 1 of the 200 days a year on the flats.
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Production Photographer: Tim Pask Designer: Peter Huber Gear: Nikon D3, D700, D300, 15mm, 14-24mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm, Guide: Captain Carl Ball Email: captball@bellsouth.net Website: www.awolfishingguide.com/
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