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As I believe, the largest tarpon that was ever caught on an eight- 

 ounce fly rod shot a dozen feet in the air 188 



Rolled me well out and buried me beneath the surface of the water . 189 

 The true weapon for the shoal water is the harpoon for which there 



was food on every side of us 192 



It looked and pulled like the biggest kind of a fish . . .193 



Always we feared the tarpon's getting too far away . . .193 

 Jumped wildly, and dashed to the right, to the left, and on again . 208 



The captain got his first strike 209 



Hie gorgeous creature appeared within a halo of rainbow-making 



drops 212 



One tarpon came to meet us just off the hotel 213 



In payment for his dinner he posed on my outstretched fingers . . 213 

 If there is better tarpon fishing in the world than can be had at Boca 



Grande, I have never heard of it 220 



Once more it leaped but quietly 221 



The head of Harney River is a nursery for tarpon .... 224 



Darting away kept me busy with the paddle 225 



Don't try to capture the biggest fish with the smallest rod except- 

 ing perhaps just once 225 



He fits the light fly rod as no trout ever dreamed of doing . . 240 

 Shaking his great open mouth so near my face that I put up my hand 

 to brush him away ......... 241 



No available sport offers greater legitimate excitement than tarpon 



fishing *44 



The captain lif ted him clear of the water 245 



Rough water and a bucking tarpon make hard riding . . . 245 

 Dove beneath the canoe and swam swiftly away on the other side . 252 

 Two of you in a canoe make an ideal outfit . . . . . 253 



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