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This is the most comprehensive travel/flyfishing guidebook to be published on flyfishing in the Keys & Everglades. Captain Ben Taylor uses his profound knowledge & experience to write a solid guidebook which covers the Upper, Middle & Lower Keys, the Fringe Keys, Key Largo, the Everglades, as well as the Marquesas. Fish included are Tarpon, Bonefish, Permit, Redfish, Snook, Seatrout, Sharks in addition to illustrations for more than 25 game fish with descriptions & tactics. Included are over 120 detailed lake & river maps showing lake depths, river access, campsites, & areas of special interest in addition to hatch charts, stream facts & recommended flies & leaders, gear & tackle. Also includes information on tides, charts, & Florida Keys ethics. In keeping with the guidebook series, this book also includes essential travel information such as accommodations, campgrounds, listings for fly shops, boat rental, guide service, restaurants, car repair & rental, hospitals & much more.
This book contains stories and photos collected over a period of four years in the fabulous Florida Keys. Inshore and offshore saltwater fishing experiences and techniques abound. Florida Keys photos (in black and white), fishing columns by C.J. Geotis, recipes, underwater photos, personal stories, fishermen, fisherwomen, big fish, strange fish, Gulfstream adventures, wahoo, dolphin, mahi mahi, blackfin tuna, yellowtail snapper, mangrove snapper, flying fish, sailfish, and many more are all here. This is the perfect coffee-table book for anyone interested in the Florida Keys, offshore fishing, saltwater fishing and boating. Florida Keys Fish Stories is also a thoughtful and treasured gift for almost anybody. The stories are written in the distinctive style of C.J. Geotis and never fail to remind you that life is good in the Florida Keys; life is very good in the Florida Keys. 43 individual, and light-hearted, stories explore the ups and downs of Florida Keys fishing and the lives and relationships of those who love it.
From the bestselling author of Saban, 4th and Goal, and Sowbelly comes the thrilling, untold story of the quest for the world record tarpon on a fly rod—a tale that reveals as much about Man as it does about the fish. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in the quiet little town on the west coast of Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers in the world—Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate and others—all gathered together to chase the same Holy Grail: The world record for the world’s most glamorous and sought-after fly rod species, the tarpon. The anglers would meet each morning for breakfast. They would compete out on the water during the day, eat dinner together at night, socialize and party. Some harder than others. The world record fell nearly every year. But records weren’t the only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts and marriages didn’t survive, either. The egos involved made the atmosphere electric. The difficulty of the quest made it legitimate. The drugs and romantic entaglements that were swept in with the tide would finally make it all veer out of control. It was a confluence of people and place that had never happened before in the world of fishing and will never happen again. It was a collision of the top anglers and the top species of fish which would lead to smashed lives for nearly all involved, man and fish alike. In Lords of the Fly, Burke, an obsessed tarpon fly angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines the growing popularity of the tarpon, an amazing fish has been around for 50 million years, can live to 80 years old and can grow to 300 pounds in weight. It is a massive, leaping, bullet train of a fish. When hooked in shallow water, it produces “immediate unreality,” as the late poet and tarpon obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it. Burke also chronicles the heartbreaking destruction that exists as a result—brought on by greed, environmental degradation and the shenanigans of a notorious Miami gangster—and how all of it has shaped our contemporary fishery. Filled with larger-than-life characters and vivid prose, Lords of the Fly is not only a must read for anglers of all stripes, but also for those interested in the desperate yearning of the human condition.
Migrations of fish, rise and fall of tides, and weather changes through the year in the Keys.
Numerous flats fishing experts share their wisdom on how to land a trophy catch, in a guide that includes information on tackle selection, techniques, directions to hot spots for each species, and details on each flat's fish. Original.
Focuses on 14 segments of the Florida Reef, featuring historically significant wrecks, lighthouses, state parks, etc. Provides GPS coordinates and practical travel hints.
Color illustrations of fish found in Florida with descriptions, size range and habitats, tastiness, game qualities, and the tackles, baits and fishing systems used to catch them.
Before Ponce De Leon charted the 1,700 islands in 1513 now known as the Florida Keys, Calusa and Tequesta Indians were fishing with spears and nets for the cornucopia of fish species they survived on. Today, 30 islands make up the habitable areas, cobbled together by 43 bridges and surrounded by waters holding more than 600 varieties of fish. The fishing paradise has brought multiple presidents--Herbert Hoover, George H. Bush, John Kennedy, Harry Truman, and, more than 100 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt--to fish in the Florida Keys. Ernest Hemingway and Ted Williams, who were both avid fishermen, made their homes here. Movies stars like Lee Marvin fished the Keys for tarpon, bonefish, sailfish, marlin, and tuna. Today, millions make their pilgrimages to the Fishing Capital of the World.