The Mangrove Diaries by Mike Watt is astriking new and colorful fly-fishing instructional manual unlike any other in print – a lavishly illustrated how-to guide directed at helping the average freshwater trout angler who is tired of crowded waters and is looking for a new challenge.Welcome to the world of bonefish, tarpon, snook and permit. Thats how author Mike Watt, a retired American orthopedic surgeon, introduces his readers to the exciting species that live in and around the magic of equatorial mangrove forest – thus the clever title.

• Dr. Watt has spent many years voraciously fishing the flats of Belize, Christmas Island, Cuba and the Yucatn
• Crisply outlines the basics of where bonefish, tarpon, snook and permit live, how they behave and what they eat
• Each species is depicted in stunning original color paintings by Florida artist Shea Monahan
• Full color images
• 72 Pages
• Published April 2025 by Wild River Press