![]() It was a confluence of people and place that had never happened before in the world of fishing and will never happen again. The drugs and romantic entanglements that were swept in with the tide would finally make it all veer out of control. The difficulty of the quest made it legitimate. The egos involved made the atmosphere electric. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts and marriages didn't survive, either. But records weren't the only things that were broken. They would compete out on the water during the day, eat dinner together at night, socialize and party. The anglers would meet each morning for breakfast. The best fly anglers in the world-Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate and others-all gathered together to chase the same Holy Grail-the world record for the world's most glamorous and sought-after fly rod species, the tarpon. ![]() About the Book "In the late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in the quiet little town on the west coast of Florida known as Homosassa. ![]()
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