If you’re a tarpon or bonefisherman, you’ll want to learn more about Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited, a group doing important work with these species and whose research and activities I wholeheartedly support–and urge you to support as well.
To quote from their home page, “Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited was developed for a simple reason – to support research, education, and conservation of bonefish and tarpon. At BTU’s inception in 1998, little data existed on bonefish and tarpon, two of the world’s most popular saltwater gamefish.
BTU is made up of recreational anglers, guides, and marine industry leaders dedicated to increasing our knowledge of bonefish and tarpon biology so we may better manage these species and ensure the fisheries for future generations.
To visit their site, click on this link: http://www.tarbone.org/
I was introduced to BTU by Aaron Adams, author of Fisherman’s Coast and most recently Fly Fisherman’s Guide to Saltwater Prey
(both of which I recommend highly), who was representing BTU at the Flyfishing Show in Somerset, NJ this past January. After listening to his persuasive discussion of BTU and their work I gave him fifty bucks, signed up as a member, and got a really neat hat with a BTU logo on it as part of the deal. Aaron’s been doing a lot of important work with BTU and if you can help him out in any way, that would be great. He has a really interesting website also that I recommend looking into:
http://www.fishermanscoast.com
It has a lot of useful and interesting information on it about: about conservation, fish habits, flies, fishing tips, as well as writings about his own fishing excursions and a frequently updated blogwhere he shares whatever thoughts are on his mind. His website is called Fisherman’s Coast, subtitled Learn to Think Like a Fish.This is something we should all learn at some time in our fishing and Aaron’s writings go a long way towards helping us.