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be accounted for by the combined reasons (i) that the 

 water becomes too sweet for the fish ; (2) that they go out 

 into the Gulf to spawn. From my own inquiries and the 

 answers I received to my questions I should imagine that there 

 is no very authentic information as to the times and manner 

 of spawning, but Mr. Mygatt states distinctly that he never 

 caught any fish in roe before May. He confirms my 

 opinion that the best months for catching tarpon are April 

 and May in the spring, but he also adds that October and 

 November are good months. For the angler who wants to 

 have real sport, concurrently with pleasant weather, April 

 and early May are preferred. I notice that Mr. Mygatt, 

 like myself, would also like to hear of a specially effective 

 hook, devised to penetrate and grip the hard interior of the 

 tarpon's mouth. He believes that then the fish might be 

 taken with a large fly. 



It has been said on a previous page that small tarpon may 

 be caught with a fly, and that Mr. Parkinson, an English 

 gentleman, actually did obtain the record for the Artificial 

 smallest specimen of tarpon with one caught with Tarpon Fly. 

 that lure. Mr. Mygatt narrates how he took his very first 

 tarpon with a huge fly made by himself. He was up the south 



