{"id":82889,"date":"2026-01-17T17:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lemouching.com\/old\/2026\/01\/key-west-poons\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T00:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:13:05","slug":"key-west-poons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemouching.com\/en\/2026\/01\/key-west-poons\/","title":{"rendered":"KEY-WEST POONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s where it all started, my love for fly fishing, when I saw the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lemouching.com\/2008\/11\/film-du-dimanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">film Tarpo<\/a>n\u00a0<\/strong>with Richard Brautigan and Jim Harrison, which I devoured night after night while dreaming of wide open spaces&#8230; Whenever I find a film about tarpon that lasts a little over three minutes and is worth watching, I post it! 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