Despite the Atlantic tarpon’s 120-million-year existence, it has a relatively short angling history. Not a revered food fish and sometimes freakish in size, it took time to develop strong tackle to tame such beasts. New York architect William Halsey Wood couldn’t have imagined that his trip to southwest Florida in the spring of 1885 would birth an entire industry. But it did, and the rest is quite literally history.

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Despite the Atlantic tarpon’s 120-million-year existence, it has a relatively short angling history. Not a revered food fish and sometimes freakish in size, it took ...{ai:summary}<p>The Atlantic tarpon has a short angling history despite existing for 120 million years. It took time to develop strong tackle to catch it. William Halsey Wood's trip to southwest Florida in 1885 started an entire industry. #sports</p>

The Evolution of Tarpon Fishing

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