Forbes Lifestyle / Mar 16, 2016 / Monte Burke
Lefty Kreh, Johnny Morris, Huey Lewis And Other Fishing Luminaries Gather To Celebrate Leigh Perkins
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n a clement evening in Manhattan, at one of those uptown clubs that prefers to remain unnamed (the old-money antithesis of a certain current presidential candidate), a crowd of 150-plus conservation-minded anglers gathered for the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s fifth annual New York dinner and fundraising event.
It was the Ides of March. The date is best known now as the assassination day of Julius Caesar (“You too, my child?”). But long before that fateful day in 44 BC, the Ides had been established as the sacred day of the Roman supreme deity, Jupiter.
For this crowd, Jupiter’s brother, Neptune, was the preferable god to fete. The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is the little conservation engine that could, punching well above its weight when it comes to critical research on, and conservation efforts on behalf of, bonefish, tarpon and permit, the holy trinity of saltwater flats-fishing species. The dinner was backed by Forbes rich-listers, Johnny Morris, Peter Kellogg and Bob Rich, whose new novel, Looking Through Water, was handed out as a party gift.
Also on the guest list: The legendary angler, Lefty Kreh; the tanned and jovial 80’s rocker, Huey Lewis; and various luminaries in the fishing guide world, including Rick Ruoff, Paul Dixon, Bryan Goulart and Andrew Derr.
Dr. Aaron Adams, the BTT’s director of science and conservation, started off the evening by reminding the gathered crowd that “We are it. No government agency is going to fight for these fish. If we want these fish around, we will have to do it.”
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NOTE: Featured Image is Leigh Perkins of Orvis fame. Orvis image.
