With a slider, the mainline runs through the float’s eye once it hits the water, checked by a stop knot that can be moved up and down the line to adjust the depth. If a swim is 15ft deep, the knot ...

Anna Maria Island is exactly that kind of treasure – a seven-mile sliver of paradise off Florida’s Gulf Coast that somehow remains delightfully under the radar.

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