Cool Blogger: FIRST TIME AUDITIONS grinned and released the fish. "I'll tell you why salt water fish are so tough. No matter how big a fish gets, there is always a fish big enough to eat him lurking around somewhere. There isn't any thing in that stream that can eat a six pound trout. He doesn't have to be that fast to stay alive."
We spent three hours looking for Tarpon or a Permit. No such luck. Tag said, "That's flats fishing, some days they are there and some days they aren't."
Tag was ready to start the engine when I said, "Tag, look at ten o'clock, twenty yards out." He jumped back on the polling platform. "It's a permit. Get your 10 weight outfit ready. Let me know when you are ready."