Large adult blacktip shark roam near white sand beach. (Shutterstock image)
As I stood on the deck of a skiff with a fly rod in my hand a few years ago, the sight of several black-tipped sharks buzzing about the craft made me keenly aware again of a fact that was obvious.
And the truth is that every single time you fish in saltwater, or wade into the surf off a popular beach along the Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf Coast, you’re stepping into another world where you are no longer the apex predator.
That truth was driven home in horrific fashion a few days ago when beachgoers and saltwater anglers around the globe were rocked when video surfaced of a horrific shark attack fatality in Egypt's Red Sea. Too gruesome and graphic to watch, the video still...