On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

23 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief