Everglades Fishing – Captain Ned Small

Lots of bright sunshine, calm winds and tarpon. Tom Hartman sighted numerous sleepers today and got some good casts to them finally hooking one Giant for an epic battle that lasted through six jumps. He had this fish firmly hooked and was just settling down for the “down and dirty” when the connection of the fly line to the backing failed (tied by Orvis) and we lost the fish and the entire line. It was a heartbreaker because Tom got this fish hooked deeply,  had her through the most critical part of the battle, and we both felt we had a good chance of landing this one, 120 pounds.