Fly fishing regions of the world

Alaska

Argentina

Rio Manso Lodge

Because we live in Idaho where world-class streams are a short drive away. But Rio Manso Lodge made us go “whoa, check that out.” It wasn’t just the trophy...

Tags: trout, argentina, patagonia, browns, brookies, rainbows, brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout,

Bahamas

Big Charlie’s & Fatiha's Fishing Lodge

Big Charlie and Fatiha’s Fishing LodgeIt’s tough to sum up the attraction of bonefish better than Big Charlie does: “They seem tailor-made for fly fishing and light tackle; they love shallow, clear wa...

Tags: bonefish, bahamas, andros, flats fishing, hoboflyfishing, crazy, charlie, fatiha,

Swains Cay Lodge

A cool drink in hand and a gentle breeze blowing that feels like it’s straight from the wings of angels. Sound soothing? Not to us, not...

Tags: bonefish, bahamas, andros, swains, flats fishing, swains cay lodge, reef fishing,

Tranquility Hill Lodge

Those two words evoke great bonefishing, and Tranquility Hill Lodge is one of those great spots you’ve heard about it, but there’s more. Maybe you want to t...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, bahamas, andros, tranquility hill lodge,

Two Boys Inn

We think of bonefish as kind of like trouts’ salty cousins. Why? Because they’re plentiful and tend to be a little more angler friendly than other flats fish that can be elusive and finicky....

Tags: permit, bonefish, bahamas, andros, flats fishing, two boys inn,

Belize

El Pescador Lodge

Tarpon, permit, bones, snook, and other game fish thrive in the waters around Ambergris Caye. After more than 40 years in business, El Pescador Lodge in Belize is a destination that sets a standa...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, belize, barracuda, flats fishing, el pescador, snook,

The Blue Bonefish

Some of us cut our saltwater flyfishing teeth in Belize's clear water and postcard flats. We took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to this tropical paradise, hooked a bonefish,...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, belize, flats fishing, snook, barracude,

British Columbia

Blackfish Lodge

Think of Blackfish Lodge as a floating B&B (all meals included) in British Columbia backcountry with spectacular wilderness scenery, abundant wild...

Tags: steelhead, british columbia, salmon, trout, cutthroat,

Deep Creek Lodge

What do fish from B.C.’s world-renowned Bulkley, Babine and Morice rivers have in common? They have to swim up the Skeena River and past Terrace, B.C. to get there....

Tags: steelhead, british columbia, salmon, trout, skeena, babine, morice, bulkley, deep creek lodge,

Christmas Island

Ikari House

...about a fly fishing package to Christmas Island being one you won’t have to wait to unwrap, but it’s too easy. What’s also too easy is deciding to travel...

Tags: bonefish, trevally, flats fishing, christmas island, ikari house, remote, kiribati, kitimati,

Costa Rica

Bahia Rica

Drop the “r” and say it loud. You know you want to stand on a beach with a fly rod in your hand and see one of those broad, dark backs patrolling the shoreline....

Tags: costa rica, trevally, bahia rica, roosterfish, rooster, mahi mahi, pacific ocean,

Silver King Lodge

And in this corner we have… you! Are you ready to rumble? Costa Rica’s Silver King Lodge puts you in the heart of some of the world’s best fishing for ginormous tarpon. You...

Tags: tarpon, costa rica, silver king lodge,

Florida

Bahia Honda Sporting Club

Do you know a fly fishing-savvy captain who lives and fishes the tarpon-rich waters of the Florida Keys year round who is not booked years in advance? We do...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, barracuda, flats fishing, florida,

Honduras

Mango Creek Lodge

How about a floating cabana with a hammock? Yeah, maybe we’re fixated on Mango Creek Lodge for the wrong reasons, but dude, look at those cabanas, with hammocks, floating on the fr...

Tags: permit, bonefish, tarpon, belize, barracuda, honduras, snapper,

Idaho

Backcountry River Guides

Frankly, we think Backcountry River Guides offers one of the coolest steelhead trips in North America. It’s like a wilderness elk hunt, but with steelhead replacing...

Tags: steelhead, backcountry river guides, idaho,

Labrador

Eagle River Lodge

because we were a little skeptical too about traveling to Labrador to catch brook trout. Brook trout? Those little buggers that haunt mountain streams and lake...

Tags: brookies, labrador, canada, newfoundland, brook trout, eagle river trout lodge,

Salmon Hole Lodge

At some point in your flyfishing career, you have, or will, wonder what it’s like to catch an Atlantic salmon. They’re mysterious, elusive and wrapped in legendary legend*....

Tags: salmon, labrador, canada, newfoundland, atlantic salmon, salmon hole lodge,

Mexico

Costa De Cocos

If you’re hearing a cash register dinging in your head when you consider a place that gives you legit shots at permit, bonefish and tarpon, push the mute button. Costa De Coco...

Tags: mexico, permit, bonefish, tarpon, yucatan, belize, barracuda,

Pursuit Anglers

He’s guiding fly anglers in the classic Mexican waters in the Sea of Cortez and giving them shots at a whole menu of of awesome gamefish, including jacks, ladyfish, sierra mac...

Tags: mexico, roosterfish, baja, joshua martz, sea of cortez,

New Zealand

Stonefly Lodge

...but it’s hard when there are crystal-clear rivers sporting brown trout that average 4 to 5 pounds and top-enders that hit double digits. If that isn’t te...

Tags: browns, new zealand, dry fly, kiwis, brown trout,

Western Australia

True Blue Bonefish

A few places (OK, more than a few) make us sound like teenagers texting when describing them, and Exmouth, Australia is one of them. Not only is it the fish...

Tags: permit, australia, queenfish, flats fishing, western australia, cobia, crikey,

Wilderness Island

If you said "deserted islands," you win the prize. So what does that have to do with Wilderness Island? You won’t be a castaway, and you won’t be stranded,...

Tags: australia, wilderness island, gt, trevally, jacks, queenfish, flats fishing, ningaloo,

FROM THE HOBO BLOG

There is no off season for the flats

If you’re a Norte Americano, you obviously have a pretty good sense for the seasons. You know, that whole spring, summer, fall, winter thing? And months that have long days and short nights and vice v...

The Best Tide to Fish a Flat

What is the best tide to fish ? I know of anglers, and even captains and guides, who plan every day they fish or not fish based on the tide. There are other anglers who fish only the first third...

Carp: grade school before you give flats fishing a college try

Carp and saltwater flats fishing? Some may scoff at this idea, but let me explain. I was casting flies to carp decades before it was cool. I learned a great deal from fly fishing for carp around...

Don't sweat the details. Here's a case for the “good enough” fly

My fishing buddy Dave, co-founder of Hobo Fly Fishing, is a world-class fly tyer. He can churn out flies by the dozens, and his fly boxes look like soldiers in formation awaiting an inspection. M...

Barracuda on the Fly

One saltwater fish that has intrigued me year after year is the barracuda. My encounters with these great fish have ranged from incidental interaction while I was casting to other fish to actual...

Feed the passion and branch out.

For several years the only place in the world to cast a fly, to me, was Idaho's famed Silver Creek. Sure, I fished elsewhere, but I would usually find myself wondering why and spending a goo...

Alaska: the world's great, grand, crazy-ass angling adventure

Of course you’ve seen fishing photos from Alaska with its rugged landscapes, bears and oversized fish, but do you know the real deal about Alaska? Here’s the straight truth: This is one place t...

Break from tradition, embrace modern fly patterns and catch more fish

The weeks, months or years of anticipation of casting a fly in new waters is part of the rush that comes with destination fly fishing. Checking boxes on your check list will eventually get you to the...

Up your fly fishing game by mastering the strip strike

A bonefish veered toward my fly and momentarily hovered over it, and there was enough slack in my line that I couldn’t tell if it was inhaling the fly or inspecting it. My trout angler reflexes took o...

Steelhead: Fish of a thousand casts? Not if you're doing it right.

Let’s be clear, I fish for steelhead for one simple reason: to catch fish. Because I’m a fly fisherman, people often assume I suffer for my art by spending countless hours swinging flies in the relent...

Any Fish, Any Time

I must admit I look at every body of water and every fish with a fly rod in mind. I've turned my back on Silver Creek during a massive brown drake hatch to go cast flies to carp in a muddy Snake River...

Desert Trout

I know that it sounds kind of funny to put those two words together in a thought. Usually when people think of desert trout their minds wander to the mighty Lahontans of Pyramid Lake or the famed rain...

Better lucky than good

The sky is shading pink to purple and the last rays have departed the towering clouds to seaward, the sun long ago having dropped below the green mountains. I'm standing waist deep in warm water, lis...

The boat, your vessel to adventure

There is something very special about a vessel that connects a fly angler to the fish of this watery planet. Be it a drift boat, panga or flats boat, it will take you on a journey no other vehicle can...

Turbo trout: the gateway drug to flats fishing

I stood in a panga straining my eyes to see a school of bonefish my guide had spotted. They looked more like apparitions than fish, fleeting little flashes that swam an erratic path only they seemed t...

The Fly Pattern Evolution

A couple of my high school buddies and I decided to try fly fishing in the 1970s, and the neighborhood fly shop was one of our favorite stops. We would study flies in the counter boxes and talk to the...

Going Solo

I know, I know, it’s always prudent to have someone along when you’re trekking into a wilderness, or traveling abroad in search of that magic moment when a fish gulps a fly. I’ve been told that m...

Fly Fishing and The Narcissism of Small Differences

Forget the wordy title, the idea is simple. Human beings tend to assume our personal way of doing something is the "better" way to do it. Other people feel the same way, and we can't all be...

Sight Fishing Lessons Learned

Having cut my fly fishing teeth in the famed, spring-fed waters of Idaho’s Silver Creek, I thought I had the skill of sight fishing down when I ventured into the world of saltwater flats fishing. As I...

Cheapskates’ guide to flats wear

You’ve seen photos of guys holding big fish and wearing the Official Uniform of the Flats. It’s usually name-brand shirts and shorts that cost more than the combined price of your first fly rod, reel...

Grouper on the fly at Conch Point

On a recent trip to a remote, angler-void section of the Caribbean, I had shots at permit, bonefish and barracuda that were the size of small canoes. Shots at any saltwater flats fish are special, and...

We learned the hard way so you don’t have to

Discovering new places and fishing for new species means taking your lumps, getting humbled and eventually feeling the electric buzz of a bent rod tied to a fish that blows your mind and recalibrates...

Backcountry River Guides Steelhead

One of a kind fly fishing on Idaho's wild Salmon River. In the world of fly fishing, swinging flies for steelhead using two-handed spey rods has become the norm. Spey rod fly anglers have develop...

Tequila and Popcorn

It has been said that a picture paints a thousand words. I disagree.This photo was taken by my good friend Roger in Chetumal bay, near the border of Belize. To me it is the epitome of do it yours...

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