Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

Where

• Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge

  sand dropoff · public structure · mid

  7.1

  Public geography. Tide seams off Key Biscayne. Virginia Key gauge is the clock.

  • — sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Permit, Tarpon.
  skiffflyspin

• Cape Florida Channel

  channel gut · public structure · deep

  7.0

  USGS GNIS 279999. The Key Biscayne throat. Current seams, not a wade.

  USGS GNIS 279999

  • — channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Permit, Tarpon.
  skiffspinfly

• Featherbed Bank

  hard flat · public structure · skinny

  6.7

  USGS GNIS 282399. South Biscayne classic. Incoming on the bank. Educated bones. Boat traffic is part of the problem.

  USGS GNIS 282399

  • — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • — Rain blinds skinny water. Sight dies before the fish do.
  • — In-play: Permit.
  skiffflyspin

• Safety Valve

  hard flat · public structure · skinny

  6.7

  USGS GNIS 293633. Oceanside flood. Permit and bones on a clean incoming. Wind from the east dirties it fast.

  USGS GNIS 293633

  • — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • — Rain blinds skinny water. Sight dies before the fish do.
  • — In-play: Permit.
  skifffly

• West-side mangroves

  mangrove edge · field manual · mid

  6.5

  Baby tarpon and snook. Not the oceanside slam. Outgoing along the roots.

  • — mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Tarpon.
  skiffkayakflyspin