by Monty Burke
On a rain-swept evening in Manhattan, at one of those Upper East Side private clubs that prefers to remain unnamed, a host of fly-fishing luminaries came together to celebrate one of their own and help raise much-needed funds for the conservation of bonefish, tarpon, and permit, the three most important fish (both economically and as beguiling targets for recreational anglers) that haunt saltwater flats from Florida to the Bahamas to the far-flung Seychelles Islands.
The Event
The dinner and auction benefited the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, the world’s leading saltwater flats-fish conservation organization, whose small size belies its big impact on fish and habitat. BTT is a group on the rise, thanks to ultra-effective scientist-staffers and board members, like Dr. Aaron Adams, BTT’s director, and Dr. Jerry Ault, a marine biology and fisheries professor at the University of Miami’s Rosentiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science. It’s well-heeled membership helps, too: The evening was underwritten by Bob Rich, Paul Tudor Jones II, Tony James, and Bob Rubin.
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