IF YOU’VE NEVER FISHED IN THE TROPICS, read this carefully. Probably the greatest risk to the success of your trip relates to the different ways you can get too much tropical sun. For your first few days on the water, you should wear long sleeved shirts and long pants along with a wide brim hat. You can reduce your body cover to shorts and short sleeves after you’ve developed an understanding of how your body is going to react to being on the water all day. Sun block and lip protection are equally important, especially the first few days while you’re getting acclimated. Polarized sunglasses (preferably one of the excellent flats fishing models that are on the market today) are critical to your ability to be able to see the fish.