I fly fish for bass every now and then...
I once lived in Florida in a condo that had a small canal running behind it. It had some small tarpon 3-4ft. range. On my back porch you had about 3 feet to the water and 25 feet past that to the mangroves...I'd have to cast side to side so as not to hang up on the house. I tied some salt water flies of Lefty Krehs design, never did land one of those buggers. The first time one of those guys came rocketing out of the water 5 feet in the air...It was like S#%T...did anyone else see that !!!