that was a long time coming...Kelly has fished with me for 3yrs now in the winter...he has actually caught one before but we dropped it before pictures which is a heartbreaker..that was his 1st day out and since then he has lost a few...he has pounded peacocks and even got a bull red and tarpon but the bones have been tough....the permit is all thats left for him before he is ready to go solo beside me in his own kayak...he is my protege and I am proud of his progress...he really didnt have any bad habits to unlearn so he has improved each time out...he got that bone tailing on 1 cast-perfect