[fred marsteller]

I was in Islamorada at the time this happened, although I couldn’t go look after the fire.  Gossip in Mangrove Mike’s and other places was that damage was mainly limited to a smaller thatched roof building and that the main headache was finding housing for all of the people who were there during crunch time.  They’ll prolly be open again soon.

We rented a cottage for well less than any of the dog-friendly hotels would have charged us.  That’ll be our approach in the future – more money for the guides!

((BTW – the holiday season is NOT the time to visit Islamorada! Laid-back turns into grumpy – of course I was a bit grumpy when Lorei-Lei threw my dogs out!))

[fred marsteller]

For your article, it might be really informative if you took a couple of SA lines with different tapers and use them to illustrate these mind-numbing principles.  For example, they make GPX with a 5′ front taper and Expert Distance with a 12′ front taper.

A graphic might color-code the line-speeds, say, from a 60′ cast as each part of the head reaches the front of the loop.  Including a leader and fly might be cool for showing whether there are any differences in the tapers in accuracy of fly placement.

Just a wild guess, my guess it that the big difference might arise not at a constant distance, but if you compared, say 30′ to 60′ casts.

SA likely has something comparable internally, wonder if they’ll share.

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