Trimming your nose hairs with fly-tying scissors is a very bad idea. Not that any experienced angler would ever use a specialized fishing tool for such a mundane task. Only a complete idiot would stick a very sharp pointed instrument up his nostrils to chop follicles. In fact, that’s what my wife asked me when I walked out of the bathroom with the red-stained Kleenex on my nose - “Are you a complete idiot?�

I constantly hear people remark how awesome it must be to be a full-time charter captain. Granted, it does have its moments. But any professional captain will tell it’s not always a bowl of cherries without pits. Looking back, yes, I’ve had hundreds of successful trips during my long career, but don’t think for a second there haven’t been a few mishaps along the way. This one has to take the cake.

As a full-time, professional charter captain who has spent more than two decades fishing Florida’s famed West Coast, I’m convinced I’ve seen it all. Don’t think so? Then read on, because I am about to share a story of one of the most interesting, and I might add, most enjoyable trips I ever had. It was with a group of …well…I believe they were called Trekies. For those of you who grew up on Mars and don’t know exactly what a Trekie is, listen closely.