Anglers Journal

A Dance of His Own

Somewhere along a remote Pacific Baja beach, a man in knee-high boots walks to the water’s edge early in the morning. The tide is full, and the surf is head-high and breaking on both an outside bar and an inner one.

He studies the waves and white water for a few minutes, looking for places where snook are likely to be prowling and ambushing bait. He turns and picks up a silver jig with a single treble hook tied to a length of heavy monofilament coiled on the

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