Episode 57: Capt. Tim Klein - Treasures, Tournaments, and Tarpon

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Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Timmy Klein is a great husband, father, friend and one hell of a fisherman. I’ve been on his boat shooting tv shows and fun fishing, often we hooked so many tarpon we lost count. But it was the bonefish game that elevated his reputation to being second to none. He’s not only won the biggest tournaments, but his domination was such that, most likely, no one will ever match it. He’s won eight fall fly tournaments, three spring fly's, four all tackles and world record bonefish caught on 6,8,12,16 and 20 pound test. He’s won tarpon tournaments too, but it was his bonefish genius that will forever have his name among the greats of this sport. His father was a commercial diver and his best friend. Growing up, Tim would dive and look for Spanish Galleon treasures with his father offshore of Islamorada. He eventually started to take his boat to school and on slick calm days, he would find himself in the middle of Florida Bay instead of Math class. His desire to explore, and go over the horizon consumed his mind and lead to him making a successful living on the water. On today's podcast, Timmy covers the spectrum of fish, family, drugs, and flying through the air with a kill gaff in his hands....

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0:00.0	There are few in fishing who have attained the level of success of Tim Klein.
0:08.0	Raised in the Keys, Klein was impacted by the legendary fish he grew up with and eventually made himself known throughout the industry as one of the greats of his trade.
0:19.0	His life also experienced the spectrum of many other conks in the keys, including sunken treasures, drug smugglers,
0:26.2	and tournament wins.
0:27.9	He's had an incredible ride.
0:29.7	We hope you enjoy his journey. We broke everything, we broke lines, we broke hooks, we broke rods, we broke our minds, we broke marriages, we broke the whole thing.
0:48.7	We came up with the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and
0:52.2	whoever had the biggest pair of
0:53.6	pain he's won the pot. I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other
0:57.7	way and I shot him going through the other way so I double-lunged him both ways.
1:01.3	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:07.0	I got him on.
1:08.0	All right now, we're going to teach him a lesson.
1:11.0	I'm just an old guy that likes to fish and I'm not quitting yet. And he said, well who the
1:17.3	hell do you think you are, Sue App? And I said that's exactly who I am.
1:23.1	Life's journey to the grave should not be one arriving
1:25.9	with a pretty well-preserved body,
1:28.7	but rather skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke,
1:31.7	thoroughly torn out, thoroughly used up proclaiming wildly wow what a ride There's something busy going on here.
1:44.0	I have to say,
1:48.0	I have to say, Tammy, that you have been one of the great inspirations to many, many guides
1:59.2	in Island Marotta through the years. I think with your tournament success you kind of raised the bar
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