Hooking not to mention landing a tarpon from the beach is a feat for any fly angler. For one, getting a clean shot at a cruising tarpon in the shallows does not happen every day. So when it does happen you better make the most of it.

Watch below as Lower Florida Keys guide Aaron Snell hits his shot perfectly and hooks into a nice size tarpon that gives him a nice jump in which he counters. Aaron was fly fishing the beaches of Panama.

Give Aaron a follow on Instagram @captaaronsnell.

5 Tips for Landing Your First Tarpon

Patrick Perry
Is the Managing Editor for flylordsmag.com. He is a passionate angler, conservationist, and digital marketer born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. When he isn't glued to the laptop, you can find him wasting his time swinging for steelhead in the Pacific Northwest or down in Southern Belize trying to catch permit.

3 COMMENTS

  1. Very cool!!! Pacific coast or Caribbean coast? I understand there are tarpon on the Pacific coast as well because they’ve been going through the canal for over a 100 years.

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