The sun., 1910-01-09
FISHING IN FLORIDA.
4 woman VINO Angles Tells OF sport In
the south with Her Husband.

FISHING IN FLORIDA.
4 woman VINO Angles Tells OF sport In
the south with Her Husband.
we are leaving next week to do some
fly fishing on the Florida coast a young
married woman who accompanies her
husband on all his hunting and fishing
trips told the reporter. -Oh. yes, almost
every variety OF fish on the Florida coast
will rise to fly have taken as many
as dozen varieties in the passes between
Cedar Keys and Cape Sable.
Some can be caught at about every
season OF the year. but have heard that
all varieties are more plentiful late in
the spring. We go down just any time
the fishing fever strikes my husband.
and 80 far we have always found all the
fish We could handle. At times they re-
quire more coaXing than at others but
you can always catch them II you will
do the coaxing.
Sometimes we take a light Canadian
canoe and paddle out through the pass
70 fish in the surf itself This is ticklish
business. as it is hard to keep the canoe
az the right angle TO the breaking waves.
I find il pleasanter wading out to my
knees and casting for the fish as they
come in. There Ia a vast amount Of
difference between standing in the warm
surf and wading in icy mountain streams.
as we do when We go fly fishing up here
even in summer.
my husband insists that salt water
fish are entirely unframed and can never
be as good sport for the angler as the
Inhabitants Of our mountain streams.
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OF the fish he never thinks OF selecting
the kind Of fly that most sportsmen use
for the variety OF fish he is looking for
on the coast OF Florida. He just finds out
what color a particular fish prefers and
gives II. reg ardltss of the fiy.
The fish will jump for a bit Of bright
worsted a. readily as for the most beauti-
full ny that was ever made. Sometimes
when "a school OF Spanish mackerel are
passing We have thrown out just anything z
We could lay hold Of, and always four or
five jump at il At the, same time. or
course we are pretty sure to have broiled
mackerel for breakfast. that is IL their
sharp teeth don't cut through our line
MY husband. however. will never
throw for Spa nish mackereI. He prefers
the ladyfish. called by the natives skip
jack. never heard Of this fish being
eaten. though every man I have ever
known to 60 hy fishing on that coast
is always on the lookout for it.
"Thev all saw IL Is the gamiest fish
of its size in existence. | have never
seen any fish jump so high out Of the
water nor fight against capture so long
Compared with Il the tarpon is as slug
gish as a mud turtle and trout. bass
and salmon are meek and willing cap
tives.
Il have caught these fish a few times
myself and it was certainly exhausting
exercise. On one occasion last winter
the buzz OF my reel rose TO n screech
and my fingers were blistered as though
by fire whore l happened to touch the
line. II took me a good half hour. but
I got the fish in at last and entirely with
out assistance. As IL was much too
bony 10 eat we took il OF the hook and
gave il it's liberty at once.
THE mullet is another gamey fish
though it is next To- impossible TO make
i take e fy. The best way to catch
have their mouths lifted TO the surface
Of the water sucking in floating scum
Then You have TO cast your fly in such
way that IL will hook them in their
little sucker mouths. Once they are
-Mangrove snappers like wooded banks
in deep water where they will be found
hiding under sunken logs. They are
not as a rule tempted by a hy. yet when
the spirit moves them they dash for Il
greedily.
-The sea trout is another fish we see
a good deal OF on the Florida coast,
These fish stay around oyster beds and
coral reefs. but they usually can be
entioed away by a bright colored hy.
The swimming bladders Of these fish
are very large and make delicious eating
when properly cooked.
Some days all these fish have to be
looked for, and none OF them is easily
found. Then again they appear to come
in mixed schools and all about equally
ready to take the fly. One day last
winter at Little Gasparilly Pass my
husbands score included one baby
tarpon, three channel bass, two sea
trout, seven Spanish mackerel, Ave
cavallies and twenty ladyfish. The
mackerel and the baby tarpon were
kept for the table and all the others re-
turned to the water.
For a person who likes fishing and
can't wait until the spring the western
coast Of Florida Is the place TO 20 nj
this season Of the year. As for clothes.
wear bathing suits more than any other
costumes. Il Is the short trousers and
ehort skirt and the loose fit that makes
the bathing suit so comfortable for Az
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