Album: 6-7-07

Album: June 8 2007

Album: West Coast Tarpon--Homosassa-Boca Grande-Bayport-St. George Sound
Florida Tarpon On The Fly

Album: Tarpon Boy Fights A Beast!
How does a 10-year old fight a tarpon twice his size and three times as old? He does the best he can esp. when the boy does it all himself. He cast, hooked and fought the tarpon for over 3 hours through sweat, agony and tears. I'll let the pictures show the rest of the story.

Album: Huge Tarpon on the Fly Rod!

Album: More Poon Action!
World Class Angler Tom Evans, holder of many IGFA world records and guide Al Dopirak cheered on veteran angler Tom Schell during a late afternnon battle with a silver king. Schell had the fish whipped in just 20 minutes until he decided he wanted his fly back. Later in an effort not to break his soft action T & T fly rod the battle continued for about an hour. When T Evans and Al arrived they egged Schell on to put pressure on the poon and to keep his head up once it was on its side. The rod broke and the instant later I hand-lined the fish up close enough to grab it while Evans took the photos of the action. Evans later loaned Schell a meat stick, a term for a stiff 9' one-piece Biscayne 12-weight. The rod was rigged with a Tibor Gulfstream reel and a 3M Mastery Series fly line.