Learning from History

Introduction ............................................................................................................ 339 Where Have All the Bonefi sh Gone? .....................................................................340 Decline of the Silver King ..................................................................................... 342

I caught my fi rst bonefi sh in Marathon, Florida, on a sunny day in March, 1951. It was my second trip to the Keys from my home in North Carolina. I was hooked for life! And in the process of learning about the fi ne art of bonefi shing from that late great master of the fl ats, Capt. Harry Snow, Sr., I also came face-to-face with tarpon, permit, and other gamefi sh that share the same shallow water environments.