Stu apte biography

January 22, By: Jim Chapralis. Back in the s, I read about this cat who claimed that he was landing big sailfish — over pounds— in Panama on pound, plug-casting tackle. Heck, we midwestern anglers were breaking pound lines on muskies that weighed 20 pounds or less. Then later, he landed a pound sail on four-pound test line. What was he doing?

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Tranquilizing these fish with some kind of a dart? He was even catching sailfish on a fly rod! Imagine that! I read that he landed a pound Pacific sail on a fly rod using a pound tippet. Then there were all those tarpon, giant tarpon, more than pounds that he landed on a fly rod. Okay, okay, we fishermen exaggerate a little, but Apte was getting carried away.

What gall! Who was this guy anyway and how did he expect to get away with such nonsense? I later discovered that these feats were true, and soon other anglers were landing billfish on flies because Apte, and other experts, starting with Dr. Webster Robinson, paved the way by liberally sharing their hard-earned knowledge and techniques.

There are many superb anglers in the world today, but my balance swings toward Apte.