On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left 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

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

12 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief