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It all started while fly fishing in sub zero temps on Colorado's Yampa River in January. I decided to call Dave and put together and once in a lifetime salt water fly fishing excursion. We made plans to fish for the first week of May at his bonefish spot in the Bahamas, followed up with a couple days of Tarpon and Snook fishing in the Florida Everglades. The time spent in Pelican Point and the everglades was so drastically different, but bother were epic experiences. It is an opportunity every fly angler would enjoy. Being exposed to the culture in Pelican Point on Grand Bahama was just as satisfying as the fly fishing itself. While having very little experience on the salt, Bernard "Pitawee" instantly tuned me into the world renown bonefish flats of the Bahamas. Tail after tail, eat after eat while competing with Black tip and Lemon sharks; the fly fishing in this environment was nothing a freshwater trout boy knew existed. After three thousand bones swam towards our flies I was lucky enough to test my skill for the most exhilarating activity in the outdoor sport realm, Tarpon on a fly. Fortunately we were blessed with 30mph gusts which forced us to enter the back country of the Florida Everglades where we ran the flats boat seemingly forever, and cut our way up some creeks that led to some ponds that were found via satellite imaging. Needless to say the snook and tarpon master Kevin Mihailoff introduced me to the plethora of snook in the 3-15 pound range. While stalking snook we were continually hooking 5-20 pound baby tarpon as they worked their way

out of the creeks with the changing tide. An incredible saltwater fly fishing experience with three knowledgeable anglers.