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"On the afternoon of May 26th, my brother-in-law Richard and I were snorkeling (masks and snorkels only - no fins) on the reef in front of the Blue Horizon Lodge in Northeast Caye Belize. It was out last night in the country following a five-day fly fishing trip for Permit. We had each caught fish and I had landed a Tarpon from a boat in the spot that we were now free diving two days before. As we swam towards the drop-off, a school of Tarpon came into view and swam around us for 15 - 20 minutes. During that encounter Richard had the idea that perhaps we could cast to and catch a Tarpon from the water. I stayed in the water to watch the school of fish while Richard swam the 50 yards back to shore to retrieve an 11 wt. fly rod. By the time he returned to join me at the drop-off, it had been several minutes since I'd seen the school. Richard trolled the fly behind us and splashed the water in hopes of attracting the fish, a huge barricuda took notice and would appear from time to time at the edge of our sight. After another 15 minutes of looking and splashing we found ourselves back in the Tarpon's company. Richard is an excellent fisherman and was able to double haul cast the big 11 wt. while tredding in 30' of clear blue water. What happened next was nothing short of amazing, I was taking pictures and shooting video on a little waterproof digital and captured Richard perfectly stripping in the line and fly as a Tarpon charged and took the fly not 40 feet from us, the fight was on! I helped pull Richard back towards shore with one arm while he played the fish from underwater. We never got shallower than 8 or 10 feet during the whole fight with the roughly 20lb. Tarpon and both us us had been in the water for almost two hours when the fish took the fly. It turns out that catching a fish on fly from the water is beneficial to fish and fisherman, the fish appeared to be calmer and the added resistance of having the whole line and reel under
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