On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

11 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SSE · 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