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• Globetrotting fly fisherman and photographer Pat Ford has never lost his thirst for adventure

  By William Sisson Verified| Anglers Journal Verified The scene could have been ripped from a Hemingway story. On a seamount more than 100 miles off Costa Rica, a white-haired salt stood in the cockpit fighting a blue marlin on a fly rod. The battle was as mano-a-mano as it gets in this theater. A 300-pound marlin, 20-pound tippet and a 75-year-old Don Quixote with a 14-weight rod. What could go wrong? One hour became two, and the powerful fish still hadn’t jumped. Instead, it rested far below with its pectoral fins extended horizontally.

  By William Sisson Verified · Anglers Journal

  Feb. 17, 2025

• Globetrotting fly fisherman and photographer Pat Ford has never lost his thirst for adventure

  By William Sisson Verified| Anglers Journal Verified The scene could have been ripped from a Hemingway story. On a seamount more than 100 miles off Costa Rica, a white-haired salt stood in the cockpit fighting a blue marlin on a fly rod. The battle was as mano-a-mano as it gets in this theater. A 300-pound marlin, 20-pound tippet and a 75-year-old Don Quixote with a 14-weight rod. What could go wrong? One hour became two, and the powerful fish still hadn’t jumped. Instead, it rested far below with its pectoral fins extended horizontally.

  By William Sisson Verified · Anglers Journal

  Feb. 17, 2025

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