... Paul & Peter were in town from California attending the IGFA annual banquet and were looking to sample some South Florida fishing. These are two experienced fishermen with multiple world records each. They put together a fishing safari, day one was to be fishing with me for Spinner sharks on fly and conventional tackle, day two is night time Tarpon fishing in Miami and day three is going to be Sailfish fishing out of Miami too. This time of the year has excellent fishing but the weather is a limiting factor, fortunately they brought the good weather with them and we were able to get out into the ocean. The day started out with a nice sized school of big Tarpon, however no-one told them that we were trying to impress the California guys and they just didn't want anything to do with our crabs or flies. While Tarpon fishing we had an Ocean Sunfish swim right past the boat in less than 20ft or water (very odd). We moved on and caught a bunch of Blue Fish which we kept to use as motivation for the sharks later on. Next we hit a spot for Amberjacks, they too however apparently did not get the memo about 'Impress the Californian's Day' and were not co-operating either. Paul managed to catch one small Amberjack on a jig and we saw a few more bigger fish in our chum but that was it. We then headed for the Spinner sharks, who apparently did receive the memo about 'Impress the Californian's Day'. I think the sharks must check their email more often than the Tarpon and Amberjacks do. It wasn't long and Paul was hooked up to his first Spinner shark on bait. Next was Pete's turn and he too didn't have much of a wait until his fly got munched. The Spinner then proceeded to leave town and broke off after only a few minutes. So it's great that the Spinners check their emails often and got the memo about 'Impress the Californian's Day' however they also get a lot of "How to" emails and most are pretty well versed in the art of how to self release. They proceeded to show Peter their acquired kills again and again and again and then a few more times. Finally Peter hooked the Spinner that had some internet access issues last week and hadn't received the "How to" emails on self release. The shark however still had a bunch of tricks that included swimming straight at the boat to make the angler think the line went slack and the fish is off, then to stop running and pretend to be stuck on a rock, to then wrap the line around its tail and make the angler drag it backwards to the boat and just when you think it's done it un wraps the line and darts under the boat hoping to break the fly rod and then takes a bunch of your backing back out, then again the slack like trick. Phew ... finally the shark was boat side and honestly I was waiting for the final track of 'biting the hand that frees you'. Luckily the Spinner was not successful with the final trick and we can all still count to 10 with our own fingers. In between the lessons in tricky shark behavior that Peter was being given Paul was hooking sharks left and right on bait. He too was taken to school on a smaller scale. He was however shown a new trick that I had not seen before. While his hooked shark was running off line a free jumper jumped between him and his hooked shark landing on the line breaking it instantly, have not seen that one before. So thank you to the sharks for providing us with an awesome day's entertainment.