FLIP’S WORLD

A LEGENDARY GUIDE’S THOUGHTS ON BEING A MENTOR, AND BEING A MENTEE

T. EDWARD NICKENS

THEY TOOK ME TO A PLACE THEY NAMED “THE GAP,” WHICH IS WHAT THEY STILL CALL IT, 50 YEARS OR BETTER SINCE THEY FIRST SAW IT ON A SET OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. IT WAS WHERE THE EVERGLADES BACKCOUNTRY OPENED UP TO THEM LIKE AN ANCIENT SCROLL. THEY STILL HAD TO TRANSLATE ITS HIERATIC SCRIPT AND CALLIGRAPHY OF MANGROVES AND OYSTER-ARMORED CREEK MOUTHS, WHICH WOULD BE A YEARS-LONG UNDERTAKING. BUT THAT WOULD BE THE EASY PART. THE FUN PART. FIGURING OUT THE SECRET PASSAGEWAY WAS THE GREATER CHALLENGE, AND ONE THAT REQUIRED A CURIOUS CONVERGENCE OF FACTORS: FLIP PALLOT WAS GROWING INCREASINGLY AGITATED BY THE LACK OF SOLITUDE TO BE FOUND IN THE KEYS, AND BISCAYNE BAY, AND PARTS OF FLORIDA BAY. AND ROB FORDYCE HAPPENED TO BE DATING A WOMAN…

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Fly Fisherman (Digital) - 1 Issue, October/November/December 2024

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