They come. They go. They eat and retreat. But for some reason they never show up in Colorado. A little Tuesday tarpon footage for those who’d rather be fishing the flats today.
Drake Flyfishing Video Awards entry Riding High examines Florida’s tarpon phenomenon to see whether or not “our” tarpon are also “their” tarpon—via a tournament focussed on tagging. Featuring Capt. David Mangum, BTT’s Dr. Jerry Ault, and more.
“That fish that was tagged in Florida—oops there he goes, he’s down in Mexico. Well there’s absolute and definitive proof he’s not just your fish… he’s our fish, too, and you can affect legislation that will help protect those fish.”
A Waterline Media production.
Tom Bie is the founder, editor, and publisher of The Drake. He started the magazine in 1998 as an annual newsprint publication based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He then moved it to Steamboat, Colorado (1999), Boulder, Colorado (2001), and San Clemente, California (2004), as he took jobs as managing editor at Paddler, Senior Editor at Skiing, and Editor-in-Chief at Powder, respectively. Tom and The Drake are now both based in Denver, Colorado, where The Drake is finally all grows up(Swingers, 1996) to a quarterly magazine.