Tony's fishing with Captian Rick Ryals

         The closeness between Tony and his brother Rick is very special indeed. Together they developed ways to expand Tony's horizons with unbelievable activities, such as Pool, Ping-Pong,
Putt-Putt, Golf, Bowling, (scoring as high as 177), Swimming, scuba diving, and even a little workout like weight lifting (up to 123 pounds) all By Mouth.

         Rick's favorite activity was off shore fishing often with his little brother. Now you know it wasn't enough for Tony to simply just ride as a passenger, and take pictures of the excitement. With ingenuity they adapted a Penn International rod and reel set up so that Tony could actually fish using only his mouth-with no electrical devises involved. They felt that true sport fishing, is the struggle of human against fish. Soon they were competing in several tournaments such as; the Florida Tarpon and King fishing tournaments, where the quarry often outweighs the competitor. With Rick at the helm and Tony clenching the reel handle with his teeth, they were skilled at bringing in fish many weighing over 200 pounds. Finishing second in the 1976 Tarpon tournament got them national attention. Picked up by various news media's, from newspapers, TV stations, and several magazines like Florida Sportsman, Field and Stream, and even the National Inquirer. As Tony says,   "This is the only true and fair sports fishing in the world, that no one else has accomplished before' Mouth to Mouth tug of war".

         Whenever possible he would try to adapt things to
make himself more independent, to always get closer to do the things he wanted to do his way. Tony adapted a 35 mm camera so that he could take pictures on his own, the only help needed was
changing the film.