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photography by allen kennedy
few years back, a fishing
guide acquaintance of
mine led linksters
Tiger Woods and
Mark O’Meara out on
Or perhaps it’s the fact that in your aver-
age four-hour round of golf, the time one
spends actually swinging a club and putting
amounts to about three minutes. The rest of
the time you’re gauging distances, check-
ing the wind, selecting clubs and reading
greens. When fly-fishing a river, the best
day involves minutes, not hours, of actually
fighting fish. The rest of the time is spent
gauging currents, checking for rises, select-
ing flies and reading the water.
For both sports, it’s what happens “
between the ears” that separates success and
failure. And even a day of failure can be
saved if one is able to stop and appreciate the
scenery. (Some wag once said that trout don’t
live in ugly places. Neither do roosterfish,
nor striped bass, nor snook.)
Below, we’ve highlighted 10 venues
around the United States (and a bit
beyond) that offer the golfer the chance to
recognize his inner fly-fisher—and the fly-fisher the chance to recognize her inner
golfer—and both to enjoy some fantastic
natural settings.
