Cole Jumps Poon in the Keys

My friend, Cole Clarkson, also a guest on a couple of episodes of KT Diaries jumped this tarpon a couple of weeks ago in the Keys. Cole can fish. He is also possessed with tarpon, almost as much as I am. He says this was the best, most visible eat he had ever seen. The tarpon was laid up in an aqua depression on the flat. He saw the gills flare as the fish inhaled the fly. He then got 6 jumps before he came unbuttoned. I think Cole is fishing Appalachicola this month with the Robinson brothers. I hope he gives us a report. The only time I fished with Chris Robinson, Rick McNulty and myself jumped 16 tarpon in one afternoon.
I spent my day trying to find fishable water with a super low tide and a 20 knot wind. Muddy water everywhere except for a few flats that barely have enough water to fish on. I got lucky and waded myself into 5 reds on the coast guard flat. The last one I hooked was a nice 27 incher that took me well into my backing. I felt very fortunate to have found these fish. If conditions don't improve I may have to cancel my trips on Friday and Saturday. Headed out now for more scouting. We'll see. Oh yeah, one more thing. Cole conveniently left out any info on the fly pattern he was using. I think Cole needs to let us know. Come on Cole, post it.