PETER JENKINS

30+ PLUS YEARS OF SALTWATER GAMEFISH CONSERVATION

TOM KEER

A ROUND QUITTING TIME, PETER JENKINS GOT THE GOUGE OF A KNOT OF BIG STRIPED BASS AT 40 STEPS. EVERYONE KNOWS THE ROCK STAIRCASE THAT DESCENDS TO THE SEA. IT’S BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND SCENE SINCE THE YOUNG SERVANTS WORKING AT THE VANDERBILT, ASTOR, AND MORGAN MANSIONS USED IT FOR A HANG. JENKINS HAD A TOUGH DAY AT WORK, AND HE WANTED TO UNWIND: YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, HE WANTED TO UNWIND 100 FEET OF FLY LINE AND AT LEAST 75 YARDS OF BACKING. In Newport, just about everything drips opulence, even the rocks along the shoreline. Some are 300 million years old from the Coal Age, while others display a yellow hue caused by iron oxide bleeding from the rock. Their beauty will disappear when the…

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Fly Fisherman (Digital) - 1 Issue, June/July 2024

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