Since arriving in Guanaja we heard legends of the Faraway Keys.
Bonefish schools of 1000, eating bare hooks, averaging 6 pounds.
Tales of permit that would break the world record if caught on a fly.
These rumors led us to voyage beyond the horizon.
We discovered . . . the rumors are true
Bonefish schools of 1000, eating bare hooks, averaging 6 pounds.
Tales of permit that would break the world record if caught on a fly.
These rumors led us to voyage beyond the horizon.
We discovered . . . the rumors are true
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Fly Fish Guanaja developed a remote basecamp on a small Caribbean island 160 miles east of Guanaja. Guanaja locals have worked these islands for generations in lobster, shrimp, and snapper boats. We are the first fly-fishers and tourists to inhabit these islands.
Although the area has been a resource for fisherman, bonefish and permit have been left alone, to grow and multiply in ways that takes seeing to believing. The Faraway Cayes are inhabited with several giant schools of bonefish, down to big singles. Average bonefish are over 5 pounds. The permit fishery is world class. Many shots a day are expected with several landed in a week. The average permit are over 15 pounds, and some reach over 50. |
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ACCOMODATION
Basecamp is comfortable and the most peaceful place on earth. 3 Mountain Shelter Yurts sit on decks in the middle of the island which give 360 views of live flats and a constant breeze. Spacious yurts with new beds and thoughtful interior surpass expectations. We built a restaurant with a breeze and views of tailing fish. The cuisine is enough reason to make the trip. The fish, lobster and shrimp practically jump out of the sea onto our plates, with a professional chef in between. We have 3 fly fishing flats pangas made in Guanaja to fish the several islands and flats around basecamp. We use a 45 foot snapper boat to drag our pangas to Further Away Cayes and fish new flats almost everyday. |
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it's a unique time in fly-fishing history to still expore . . .
THE HONDURAN MILITARY AND COAST GUARD PATROL THE FARAWAY CAYES AND GUARD OUR BASE.
TransportATION
VIP Servicios provides the best helicopter and pilot service in the world for this particular trip. Capt. Marlon is a Honduran military pilot who intimately knows the terrain, the authorities, and the new Bell 407. The flight is about 1 hour and 30 minutes from Roatan.
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SUSTAINABILITY
The goal of Fly Fish Guanaja is to preserve the fishery so that anglers may always experience what we did upon arrival. The fishery is a series of atolls that reaches on to Nicaragua, through Panama, and even down to Costa Rica. Not only will we continue to explore and increase the size of the fishery, we are limiting the number of anglers and pressure to a sustainable level. We are only fishing 12 weeks a year, with 2 weeks on and 1 week off. We also share our basecamp with Mar Alliance, a non-profit that researches wild fisheries to protect sharks and rays, which in turn helps protect our flats fishery.
The goal of Fly Fish Guanaja is to preserve the fishery so that anglers may always experience what we did upon arrival. The fishery is a series of atolls that reaches on to Nicaragua, through Panama, and even down to Costa Rica. Not only will we continue to explore and increase the size of the fishery, we are limiting the number of anglers and pressure to a sustainable level. We are only fishing 12 weeks a year, with 2 weeks on and 1 week off. We also share our basecamp with Mar Alliance, a non-profit that researches wild fisheries to protect sharks and rays, which in turn helps protect our flats fishery.
