Editing Port Aransas, Texas (section)

===The Farley Boat and Port Aransas===
In the early 20th century, tarpon fishing began to attract anglers and tourists from across America to Port Aransas. Because of the choppy waters around Port Aransas, though, access to the Gulf Coast was restricted. The boats of the day were not designed to handle the rough Gulf Coast waters and storms in the early 20th century wiped out the existing charter fleet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bexarfly.com/articles/profiles/article_2/default.html |title=Farley Boats And Tarpon: The Farley Family Boatbuilders |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928082328/http://bexarfly.com/articles/profiles/article_2/default.html |archive-date=2009-09-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portasouthjetty.com/news/2007/0308/island_life/057.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906183309/http://www.portasouthjetty.com/news/2007/0308/island_life/057.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-06 |title=Boat painting party set March 10 |access-date=2007-03-08 }}</ref>

To meet the needs of anglers coming from across the country to fish for tarpon, the Farley family began building the [[Farley boat]]. In 1915, Charles Frederick ("Fred") Farley and his son established [[Farley and Son, Boat Builders]], in Port Aransas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portasouthjetty.com/news/2007/0118/island_life/058.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907024512/http://www.portasouthjetty.com/news/2007/0118/island_life/058.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-07 |title=Farley to speak of boats |access-date=2007-01-25 }}</ref> The Farley boats were designed to meet the needs of anglers and fishing guides. They were designed with low sides and a high bow to fight the choppy waves. The Farley boats were also designed with low cabins that allowed fishing in every direction.

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Port Aransas and while Congress was debating his [[Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937]], he fished for tarpon. He hired [[Barney Farley]], the famous fishing guide and brother of Fred Farley.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757815,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119112556/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757815,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |title=Off Port Aransas |magazine= Time | date=May 17, 1937}}</ref>

The president brought his own {{convert|35|ft|m|adj=on}} 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, but his nephew, Don Farley, would take him. Though he had a successful outing, Don said, "I can't believe he caught so many because of the secret service running around on boats in the water." 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 |year=2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portasouthjetty.com/articles/town-mourns-farley/|title=Town mourns Farley - Port Aransas South Jetty|date=22 November 2012|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref>

Today, Farley boat planters are located all over the city of Port Aransas, celebrating the history and importance of the Farley boat along the Gulf Coast.