Scott Washburn, snook on fly, Everglades style!
Hey Ned,
…….. I also wanted to let you know that Scott and I had a great time on Friday. We were talking about it afterwards and we were both extremely pleased. I know the water conditions were far from ideal but you worked hard to put us on fish and we both truly appreciate that.
There were a few things that really stood out to me. The first was that you let me fish for a bit, observed what I was doing and then came up and gave me some simple pointers to help me improve. You didn’t overwhelm me. You were not barking orders from the back of the boat. You were not telling me what I was doing “wrong”. You showed patience and provided guidance. Not easy when you are dealing with a couple of New Englanders who are used to making crude casts to busting Stripers I’m sure.
There was another point when we stopped at a spot, you looked at it and decided there was too much water and moved on. I’m willing to bet that most guides, after traveling to a spot would have allowed us to waste our time “giving it a shot”. You did not.
Lastly, you covered 70 miles. That’s a lot of water. You could have given into the conditions, stayed close to home and chalked it up to a loss. However you respected how much time, effort and money we put into coming down there and put in the effort and gas to make it a success for us. Again, greatly appreciated.
Oh..and by the way…I did end up getting my Tarpon. Shortly after you dropped us off I walked down to the dock and saw some rolling. I ran back, got my rod and managed to land a real nice snook and then a nice little Tarpon. Mike managed to hook into one that was about 3′ but it finally got him wrapped up on a piling and broke off.
All in all a great couple of days. When we come back to the Glades, we’ll be sure to look you up.
All the best,
Scott Washburn
