On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

7 mph SW · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

4.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph ESE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 4.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 4.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief