Amazon.com: The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing (9780679454854): Thomas McGuane: Books

Amazon.com: The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing (9780679454854): Thomas McGuane: Books


Maybe it was my state of mind ,but I can't say how much I enjoyed reading this book.
After my recent trip to the keys I regret not being there yrs ago when I had the opportunity to go.
He hits the nail on the head when it comes to the state of affairs there today .
Just my humble observation

Bahia Honda Rail Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bahia Honda Rail Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to all the Florida fishing magazines this channel and the Seven Mile bridge are where migrating Tarpon first show up in March in southern Florida .I was blind casting from the beach at Bahia Honda state park yesterday. Who says I'm not a dreamer?

I love Florida

Where else can you save both your body and soul?????/

Aripeka

 

No heat ,no cable ,no fish. Maybe in a few more weeks. The fish that is .:-)

Mangrove snapper

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Not the Fly fishing experience I was hoping for.I ran into a school of these the other day caught about a dozen on a spinning pole with live shrimp

Wooden Boats

If you love boats, work in wood,or on boats this is a great way to break that cabin fever you might be having about now. I started yesterday and I'm 3/4 through it.

Great blue heron

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I watched one of these beauties stalk a fish for about 10 minutes yesterday. He caught a small unidentifiable fish after a while .The interesting thing is that he didn't eat it .He held it for a few minutes then dropped it back in the water over and over again.After about 5 minutes of this ,which attracted numerous other wading birds it just walked away looking for a better meal .I guess!!!!
The day before one was gorging itself in front of the cottage eating fiddler crabs for hours.