Sandy Moret’s Fly Fishing School

Sandy Moret, left, makes a textbook cast in the Florida Keys.

Moret works a large tarpon near the boat as the author (standing) and guide Craig Brewer watch the master in action.

Brewer on the platform poling.

Moret holding a fly rod.

Moret moved to Islamorada in 1985 to “goof off and fish.”

Left to right: Instructors Rob Fordyce, Diana Rudolph, Jerry Siem, and Tim Klein (back row); Sandy Moret, Steve Huff, Chico Fernandez, and Steve Rajeff (front row).

Students line up to work on their casting technique.

There are eight fly fishing all-star instructors at Sandy Moret’s Florida Keys Fly Fishing School.

Instructor Steve Huff works with students.

Sundown on the beach.

Students get three half-hour disquisitions on the tools of the trade and then they head out to the beach for the first of four hour-long casting sessions.

An angler gets real-world experience on a tarpon.

An angler gets real-world experience on a tarpon.

A box of flies ready at the ready.

Participants in the school often stay at the beachfront Islander Resort.

The Islamorada Fishing Club.

Moret and his wife, Sue, own and operate Florida Keys Outfitters.