PINE ISLAND, Fla. — Veteran fly-fisherman Tom Evans of Wilson, Wyo., caught a potential 12-pound tippet world record tarpon of 194.1 pounds on May 10. Guided by Capt. Al Dopirak, Evans hooked the fish in about eight feet of water over the famed "Oklahoma Flat" off Pine Island, south of Homosassa. The current world record is 177 pounds. Evans caught the fish on a brown tarpon bunny fly. He was using a 12-weight Kennedy Fisher fly rod and a Tibor Gulfstream reel carrying Cortland Crystal 12-wt floating fly line. Evans caught the fish around 1 p.m. on an outgoing tide. An accomplished angler with seven world records for tarpon and marlin, Evans carries an official scale on every trip ...