Legendary Guide Steve Huff Receives the Izaak Walton Award

Steve Huff on the water. Picture by way of American Museum of Fly Fishing

Again in 2011, author Monte Burke declared Florida saltwater legend Steve Huff The Best Fishing Guide Alive, and the parents who gathered final week to honor Steve because the recipient of the Izaak Walton Award didn’t disagree. The occasion, hosted by the American Museum of Fly Fishing, was held on the Key Largo Anglers’ Membership, and the attendee listing itself was spectacular:

Few anglers might pull in such a crowd. Lots of Huff’s shoppers—a gaggle of women and men recognized to protect him jealously, like a treasured diamond—have been in attendance. (One consumer gave him a condominium as a tip after a visit.) His fellow guides have been there, together with Rick Ruoff, Tim Carlile, Craig Brewer, Frank Catino, and Tim Klein. David Mangum, the Panhandle tarpon guiding impresario, received caught at an airport however furnished a fantastically shot movie about Huff that kicked off the occasion. Angling luminaries Andy Mill, Chico Fernandez, Jim Lepage, Adelaide Skoglund, and Invoice Klyn milled about. Business giants Ted Juracsik, founder and proprietor of Tibor reels, and Hal Chittum, founder and proprietor of Chittum Skiffs, anchored a desk. 

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