ABOUT STU APTE

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Stu Apte was a fighter pilot in the Navy during the Korean conflict. He then spent the next 34 years flying for Pan Am, while pursuing his "Reel Passion of Fishing." He began fly fishing in the mid-1940s and began guiding anglers in the mid-1950s, in the Florida Keys, while laid off from Pan Am. Through the years, Stu has held more than 44 saltwater light tackle and fly rod World Records, including the two longest standing saltwater fly rod records. A 58-pound dolphin caught in 1964 and a 136-pound Pacific Sailfish caught in 1965, both on 12 pound tippet. The Stu Apte Tarpon Fly and Stu Apte Improved Blood Knot are standard items. The Stu Apte Tarpon Fly has also had the distinction of being featured on a United States postage stamp in 1991.

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OF WIND AND TIDES

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Of Wind and Tides is a delightful autobiography of one of the world's true fishing legends. The book progresses chronologically, starting from the 1930s to the 1940s, from Stu's childhood to the next decade depicting Naval service and his Pan Am duties that took him to exotic places to fish, where few men had previously tread. He takes the readers along with him as a college student, a young Naval Aviation Cadet through flight training and first landings on an aircraft carrier, to flying the first all delta wing supersonic jet fighter plane. Then spending 34 years on Pan Am's seniority list, flying everything up to and including some of the inaugural 747 flights.

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