Fishing the Flats With Henry Waszczuk

When it comes to fishing the flats of Florida orFlorida, feisty reds can also be found in the
Belize, Costa Rica or Mexico, you can't do bettermangroves of Clearwater, an experience
for a guide than Mr. Henry Waszczuk. If youunequaled for those seeking pristine outdoors
check out his TV show, Fishing the Flats, you'rescenes.
guaranteed week after week of exciting trips toFlorida is not the only east coast site to provide
far-flung locales all in the pursuit of nature's mostangling pleasure. Fishing the flats of North Carolina,
challenging sport fish.in Pamlico Sound, is known to yield giant reds for
Waszczuk is an unlikely provider of fishing thethe sportsman willing to be guided by Waszczuk.
flats TV. Born in England in 1950, he crossed theWhat about further afield? Fishing the flats TV
pond with his family as a toddler. Football was hisseeks bone-fish in the Bahamas, an outsize
first love, playing for Kent State, and laterspecimen called roosterfish in the exotic environs
professionally, before setting down to teach highof Costa Rica, and shark, of all things, in Long
school Science for a decade or so. It was aroundIsland, Bahamas. Fishing the flat marshy waters of
this time he began fishing the flats in Florida andLouisiana is an unforgettable experience, poling a
elsewhere.skiff along back waters dimmed and darkened by
Before you knew it, Waszczuk had his own fishingSpanish moss draped trees.
magazine, and he turned years of anglingExotic locals alone do not make for riveting Fishing
experience into dynamic fishing the flats TV. Anythe flats TV. Your host, Henry Waszczuk, also
given week, the viewer can watch Waszczuk andprovides knowledgeable guidance on gear. What
crew take on a new adventure. One episodekind of skiff is required to fish the flats of St.
might deal with fishing the flat (and ultra-skinny)Augustine for flounder, for example? What kind
waters of Charlotte Harbor, Florida, seeking theof rod is best, what kind of line, what kind of
mighty red-fish in its winter habitat.lure?
Then there's the thrill known only to the anglerAny question you may have about fly fishing the
who dares to fish the flats of the Florida Keys forflats is sure to be answered in the course of
tarpon, a creature known to tip the scales at onewatching this show, or perusing Waszczuk's
hundred pounds. Speaking of fishing the flats inmagazine called "Fins and Skins.