Anyone fished there? Booked our flights last night. Doing some reading up on it this morning it sounds like there's pretty good public flats for bones and permits. Hoping to maybe find someone who has some specifics on areas I should check out.
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Anyone fished there? Booked our flights last night. Doing some reading up on it this morning it sounds like there's pretty good public flats for bones and permits. Hoping to maybe find someone who has some specifics on areas I should check out.
I'm coming in February there and also interested in an answer.
When in feb? I’ll be there from 2/16 - 2/25. I got some info from the guides there about flies that I can send if you’re interested.
I’m curious what kind of advice was offered beyond “crabs, shrimp, and baitfish.”
I scored weed there, sketchy as fuck. I’d recommend bringing edibles.
They gave some specifics on patterns and colors:Quote:
Originally Posted by Underoos
http://www.flyfishguanaja.com/what-w...PBXb5UnvnPWQfo
These are the guys I'm going to fish with and they also guide at Guanaja. He said pretty much the same patterns for both islands.
The Blue Parrot has a L-R-C evening that is pretty fun. A fun group of ex-pats and their ilk hang out there. Good food too.
That's in the same area that we are staying (Sandy Bay), I'll check it out.
I duno if its changed much but > 20 years ago I flew Roatan/ la Ceiba/ Utila from Miami to go diving on Utila
scoring weed was easy, Gord the boatman knew a guy with a large bail of the stuff sitting in a shack on the dock, it probably fell out of the sky
I felt pretty safe on the bay islands but on the way out while overnighting in la Ceiba on the mainland not so much
My first clue was the army dudes with AK47's and defenders on each floor of the hotel
The head chef at the place my wife works at is from Honduras and he said we really gotta try and get over to Utila. He had nothing but great things to say about it. Gonna see if we can take a boat over for a day trip or something like that.
The sand flew are no joke around there. In that "fancier" part on the west end, they control them well, but that is about it. Didn't bother me like mosquitoes don't bother me. But the wife on the other hand...benedryl city.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfinn
" de boat comes tuesday mon " so the boat comes once a week and if its too rough the boat just doesn't come, which means some shit starts to run out. You would probably be better to take a cheap flight Roatan to La Ceiba and out to Utila ... spoke n hub
Utila had 12 dive schools in a half mile of the main street which started right at the dirt air strip, they catered mostly to young folk backpacking ( in every language ) the world before they settled into real jobs, a dive magazine at the time made the statement " inadequete for the discerning american diver " or SFT like that but it was cheap n chill ... you couldn't expect much of a hotel for 3$ a night
any how things may have changed, just watch where you go, keep your head up and have a good time
I think your beta might be a bit outdated:Quote:
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https://hondurastravel.com/getting-t...-roatan-utila/
Hey that looks way better !
next yer gona tell me there aren't guns everywhere in La Ceiba ?
I won't be able to fill you in on that I don't think. We are flying through El Salvador, not sure that will be much better but we will have a day layover to kill there so I can try and find out. ;)
PM'd yaQuote:
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Was just over in Utila, put some stuff in TR thread. Happy to answer any questions. Camilla's bakery for breakfast, Gordo's for chicken, dock at Utila lodge for sunset beers and eagle raysQuote:
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How’s the trip going?
Pretty great. Honduras exceeded expectations and now Costa Rica is super fun.Quote:
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Good to hear! Be safe! Looking forward to some good summer days.Quote:
Originally Posted by kokomas
Let me know if we can help out with anything at the house before yo get back.
Leaving tomorrow. Got a message from the guide asking me to bring Copenhagen and letting me know they saw 52 permit between 2 boats a couple of days ago. Hopefully I can get lucky with just 1 of them.
I hate you! Good luck, cant wait to hear about it. See ya on the South Fork in a couple months!Quote:
Originally Posted by dfinn
Good luck man, keep it smooth when the big guy comes cruising byQuote:
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From Gods mouth to your ears....prioritiesQuote:
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Bless you son.
Start out the day with the guide stringing up my rod and tying on my fly. I didn’t think much of it since we’d never fished together, that’s fair enough.
Saw a dozen permit. Had probably half those follow and turn on the fly. Had one absolutely attack the fly and eat it. Guess what knot popped? He owes me a few beers. [emoji12]
Gonna fish from the boat again next weekend but I got a week to make it happen and one of the best flats on the island is a 5 minute walk from where we are staying.
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Awesome to hear there is good fishing up there!
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Good times in Roatan. It's been as good as it gets here this winter but it sure was nice to put the flip flops on for a week and a half. Originally we picked Roatan for it's diving. It's constantly ranked as one of the best places in the world to dive and it did not disappoint. I've dove in quite a few places and so far this takes the top spot. Amazing water clarity, tons of fish, the healthiest reef I've ever seen and about a thousand dive sites just off the beach.
We typically go cheap on our accommodations and blow our budget on activities. We stayed at http://www.roatanbackpackers.com/. The owner is a woman from Toronto who's been living on the island for 20 some years. She does a great job running this place. It's a 5 minute walk to the beach and maybe a 15 minute walk to some of the best DIY permit flats on the island. We ponied up $30/night for a private "apartment", it's a shipping container turned into living quarters. We had our own bathroom, kitchen, hang out area and bedroom.
killer pool at the hostel to wash the salt off before going out for evening drinks
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The owner of the hostel has a teenage son who has grown up on the island and has dreams of one day becoming a guide. He was happy to show me around. He doesn't even own a fly rod but he casts better than most of the guys I fish with and he can spot and identify fish from super far away.
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First permit eat happened right here.
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Did 2 days in the boat with http://www.flyfishroatan.com/. These guys mainly focus on permit but I think they'd be happy to take you looking for bones as well. There are some tarpon around but not enough to really target them. Both days we saw good numbers of permit, saw tailers and had quite a few shots at fish. Good dudes guiding there, they take fishing pretty serious but are also happy to crack a morning beer at 8am to get the day started right.
Greg, the owner of fly fish roatan spends some time guiding hunting in the fall in the mid west and this is his hunting dog Colt. To keep Colt "working" the rest of the time he's trained him to spot permit tails. He's pretty damn good at it too. If you hear Colt whining or focused on something, it's worth taking a second look.
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It's really damn hot there, stay hydrated if you go.
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there's plenty of non fishing things to do on the island
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nice views in every direction
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Anyways, if you're looking for a cheap spot with good DIY access this place should probably be on your list. My only complaint (and some might think this is a pro, not a con) is how gringo it is there. I didn't realize just how many people from the US and Canada are living there. You can speak english just about wherever you go. It seems like they've fully opened up their doors to any expats to move there. Not really a horrible thing but I was a bit surprised by it.
Great report and good to hear the reef is still healthy. We've been there a few times and agree that it's the best diving we've done. We've been hoping to get back one of these days but plane tickets seem to have gotten pretty spendy. I'll have to put fishing on the agenda for the next trip as well.
Tickets were a little spendy, I think we got them for around $800 each with a long layover both ways including an overnight in San Salvador on the way home.
We really enjoyed utilla, another level down in expense.
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Nicely done! Was debating heading back in June for more fishing but we have never been to Belize so we will give that a try
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I need to go there! Looks awesome, Dfinn!
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Amazing!
IME 20+ years ago everyone on the Bay islands spoke english but on the mainland it was all spanishQuote:
Originally Posted by dfinn
Consider when you go to the Hunter & Morgan store that's like Henry Morgan the pirate
those people are all descended from pirates