In the late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in the quiet little town on the west coast of Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers in the world- Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Billy Pate, Flip Pallot, Lefty Kreh, and Tom Evans, among them- all gathered to chase the Holy Grail: the world record for the most glamorous species of them all, the tarpon.
In "Lords of the Fly", Monte Burke, an obsessed tarpon fly angler himself, delves into this seminal moment and the growing popularity of the amazing tarpon, a fifty-million-year-old-species that can live to eighty years old and grow to three hundred pounds. Alongside the story of the world-record pursuit, Burke also chronicles the heart-breaking destruction of the fishery brought on by greed, environmental degradation, and the shenanigans of a notorious Miami gangster- and how all of it has shaped the contemporary world of fishing.
Filled with larger-than-life characters and vivid prose, "Lords of the Fly" is not only a must read for anglers of all stripes, but also for those interested in the desperate yearning of the human condition.
"Lords of the Fly- Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World-Record Tarpon"- by Monte Burke- Paperback- 278 pages
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