Tarpon

reelytrout · Post by **reelytrout** » 03/21/21 06:33

Three thumbs up for this one!

Pancho · Post by **Pancho** » 03/30/21 23:23

Great book

BigDog57 · Post by **BigDog57** » 04/05/21 00:40

Listened to this via Audible recently
I agree completely with positive reviews - Great book with portraits of some real characters and an obsession

jim royston · Post by **jim royston** » 04/05/21 14:49

This might be off topic just a touch, but Joe Brooks, in his 1950 book Saltwater Fly Fishing, believed that with the tackle of that day, bamboo rods and Zwarg and Vom Hofe reels, etc, the fly caught weight limit on tarpon was 50 pounds. I believe that the current record is a tad over 200 pounds.

tightloops · Post by **tightloops** » 04/09/21 07:42

I've just finished this book and it is brilliant! Really well written with some very interesting scoop on the characters immersed in the tarpon scene. I couldn't put it down

toothybugs · Post by **toothybugs** » 04/09/21 08:48

Ah fine, you guys talked me in to ordering it.

snorider · Post by **snorider** » 04/10/21 17:18

LOVED it! what a crazy story.

toothybugs · Post by **toothybugs** » 12/27/22 00:26

I finally was able to finish it. And it was completely worth it.

Webfly · Post by **Webfly** » 12/27/22 09:37

Well, if you've read the book, you gotta see the movie...
https://flylordsmag.com/tarpon-1973-the-movie/

GerardH · Post by **GerardH** » 12/27/22 10:04

Webfly wrote: ↑
12/27/22 09:37
Well, if you've read the book, you gotta see the movie...
https://flylordsmag.com/tarpon-1973-the-movie/

Funny, just watched it last week for the first time in many years. Interesting times on the flats around the Keys...it always felt like McGuane was the only one of that legendary group who was interested in actually fishing for tarpon.

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