On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

17 mph E · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.8mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.8mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.4grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief