On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Farquhar passes · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief