ROCK STAR JUNIOR ANGLER

• When Ted Smith first experienced the generally flat-calm, loaded-with-billfish waters off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the wheels started turning in his head. Having experienced great fishing in destinations spanning from Mexico to Australia, Smith felt that the coast of the Central American nation had tremendous potential. With his wife, Joni, Smith visited Los Sueños Resort and Marina in 2003, purchased property, and eventually moved their fishing operation there permanently a few years later. Since then, the family’s 70-foot Weaver, has become a sport-fishing school of sorts for the next generation of Smith