If you're going to build a fly fishing library, start with these 5 books.

Remember that sight-fishing tactics mostly dominate tropical ... Bombing shots all day with a big wet sock of a tarpon fly and fighting potentially 100+ pound fish demands the right rod.

I’d been fly fishing for tarpon since my sophomore year in college. I fished with a guide who told me he had some overflow and that I would make for an OK guide. So I got my captain’s license.

and tarpon. Learning about other cultures while learning how to fly fish. / photo provided by Bajio But it’s more than fishing. The program includes conservation work, community building ...