On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SSE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief