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==FDR and the Farley Boat==
[[Image:ROOSEFish.jpg|right|250px|thumb|President Roosevelt catching a tarpon on a Farley Boat. Barney Farley is holding the tarpon.]]
In 1936, President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] visited Port Aransas and was introduced to tarpon fishing. He enjoyed tarpon fishing so much that in 1937, while Congress was debating his [[Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937]], he traveled to Port Aransas specifically to catch tarpon. <ref>{{cite
The president brought his own 35-foot fishing boat and Barney Farley agreed to take the President out on the boat. After an unsuccessful outing, Barney Farley convinced the president to fish from a Farley Boat. The President caught so many tarpon that he returned to Port Aransas later that year to again fish with Barney Farley on a Farley Boat. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tamu.edu/upress/BOOKS/2002/sample/farleychap.pdf |title=President Roosevelt as I Knew Him |accessdate=2002 |format= |work= }}</ref>
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