Basics of Flats Fishing

My friend was trying hard to direct me to a bonefish that was tailing on the flat only 80 feet from the boat, yet I couldn’t pick up anything.

"There, he did it again." I heard from the back of the boat as my friend poled us closer. "Can you see him? He’s right in front of you now. Fifty feet."

I panicked and fumbled with the mess of line as I watched the fish turn and slowly come my way. I felt as though I was hyperventilating, or maybe, I wasn’t breathing at all. I shook the tangle; I tried to cast. My friend, as excited as I was, said "Just do anything, roll cast, throw it at him, he will eat anything."

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