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Honduras//Faraway Cayes . Description Fishing Accommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:$9550 -- 7 NIGHTS, 6 DAYS FISHING Fish Species: PERMIT, BONEFISH, TRIGGERFISH, TARPON, AND MORE Seasonality: MARCH - EARLY JUNE Location: GUANAJA [...]
Faraway Cayes Trip Report - March 2018//Travel FARAWAY CAYES, HONDURAS | MARCH 17-24, 2018 | TRIP REPORT For about the tenth day in a row, I woke in deep darkness and checked the time: 4:30 a.m. Like the mornings leading up to this, my mind quickly engaged trying to separat [...]
New Permit Destinations at Tailwaters - Belize//Travel TAILWATERS TRAVEL ADDS SEVERAL NEW PERMIT DESTINATIONS TO CATALOGUE - PART 2 SOUTHERN BELIZEAs we discussed in Part 1 , only a handful of dedicated permit fisheries exist, so we are thrilled to add several of them to our [...]
New Permit Destinations at Tailwaters - Honduras//Travel TAILWATERS TRAVEL ADDS SEVERAL NEW PERMIT DESTINATIONS TO CATALOGUE - PART 1 HONDURAS Permit are widely considered the most difficult and most rewarding species to land on the fly. Until recent years, they were thoug [...]
Blue Horizon Trip Report with Schuyler Marshall//Travel Blue Horizon is a fly fishing operation near Placencia, Belize, in an area known as “Permit Alley.” Decades ago, legendary permit guide Lincoln Westby (now 76 years young) developed the Blue Horizon fishing lodge o [...]
Blue Horizon//Belize . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price: STARTING AT $2938 // 7 NIGHTS / 6 DAYS FISHING Fish Species: PERMIT, BONEFISH, TARPON Seasonality: YEAR ROUND Location: SOUTHERN BELIZE PLACENCIA, [...]
Rio Marie with Schuyler Marshall//Travel Having heard not only the legend of the “River of Giants” for several years, but also firsthand angling accounts, I thought I knew what to expect on my first trip to Rio Marie in October 2017. But even as a lifelong bass fisherman, [...]
Copal Tree Lodge//Belize . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:$3649 - $5125 for 7 nights / 6 days fishing Fish Species: Permit, Tarpon, Snook, Bonefish Seasonality: Year Round Location: Punta Gorda, Toledo, B [...]
Essential Gear for Peacock Bass on the Fly in the Amazon//Travel When you travel to one of the world’s most remote fishing locations in search of one of the world’s most powerful, aggressive, and infamous gamefish, the right equipment is critical. In fact, certain gear ite [...]
Bair's Lodge//South Andros - Bahamas . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Rates Quick Facts Price:$5850 // 7 Nights / 6 Days Fishing (Peak Season) Fish Species: Bonefish, Tarpon, Permit, & More Seasonality: October - June Location: South A [...]
Jungle Hosted Hosted Trips This Fall//Travel FLY FISH THE AMAZON THIS FALL ON A TAILWATERS HOSTED TRIP If you have not seriously considered a trip to the Amazon, you’re missing some of the best fly fishing in the world. Tsimane and Rio Marié should be at the top of e [...]
Hosted Trip Schedule//Travel We are super excited to release PART ONE of our hosted trip schedule for 2018-2019! Hosted trips are a great way to travel and fish with a member of our staff, or to perhaps jump on board an adventure you would not normally commit to on your ow [...]
Abaco Lodge//Abaco Island - Bahamas . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Rates Quick Facts Price:$5850 // 7 Nights / 6 Days Fishing (Peak Season)Fish Species: Bonefish, Tarpon, Permit, & MoreSeasonality: October - JuneLocation: Abaco Island, [...]
Hosted Trip Schedule While 99% of our travel business is done booking trips for private parties, on occasion we will host trips to our exclusive lodges as well as new and exciting destinations added to the Tailwaters Travel catalog. Hosted trips are a great way to travel and [...]
Tailwaters is pleased to welcome Schuyler Marshall to our Travel Department! Schuyler joined the Tailwaters Travel department in 2017, working remotely from Austin, Texas, where he lives with his wife Julie and daughter McKenzie. He brings a lifetime of fly fishing expe [...]
Fly fishing for permit is a tough game, and having just returned from a trip to the Palometa Club in Ascension Bay, Mexico, I’ve spent some time reflecting on what I’ve learned from pursuing permit on the fly. With that, I have five tips that stand out for future [...]
Patagonia River Guides//Argentina . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:$6300-6650 // 7 Nights / 6 Days Fishing Fish Species: Rainbow, Brook, and Brown Trout Seasonality: November - April Location: Trevelin, [...]
New Tailwaters Travel Ambassadors Paula Shearer and Patrick Duke Join Tailwaters Fly Fishing Company as Travel Ambassadors DALLAS (Jan. 30, 2017) — Tailwaters Fly Fishing Company is happy to announce the additions of Paula Shearer and Patrick Duke to its Ambassador Program. Sh [...]
Bahamas Trip Report//Travel It’s my second visit to the Bahamas, and it’s great to be back, escaping the cold weather back home in Colorado. For this visit, the mission is to familiarize myself with two new programs for Tailwaters Travel: Abaco Lodge and Bair’s Lodge [...]
APRIL 2017 SEYCHELLES HOSTED TRIPS ALMOST FULL You may have already seen our “10 REASONS TO FLY FISH THE SEYCHELLES” post a few weeks back. We never get tired of hyping our Seychelles trips — they’re just too good to be true. And there are still a few spots remaining for our [...]
Whiskey on the Road The day is over. You've traveled through two time zones, taken a bumpy van ride, been awash in salt spray, and finally you've reached that lodge that you dreamed, schemed, and coveted for the last six months. You've unpacked your bags, rigged your rods, che [...]
2017 KAMCHATKA SEASON UPDATE YAKUTIA AIR FLIGHTS GOING ON SALE! NOT TOO EARLY FOR 2018! After another successful season in Kamchatka this past summer, we are of course already looking down the road to July when the 2017 season gets cranking. Once again, Yakutia Airlines wil [...]
For those who have tried to book angling time in Louisiana during the peak fall months, know that it can be quite difficult to get a reservation unless done well in advance. If you happen to have some time this fall, we encourage you to read onward. We have had a flurry of last [...]
The Zhupanova is perhaps the most beautiful and scenic river on the Kamchatka Peninsula. It's close proximity to Petropavlovsk (one hour by helicopter) and its huge Rainbows make it perhaps the most popular river on the peninsula. The average trout living in the Zhupanova is a solid twenty-five inches!
Back in 2007, I decided to apply for a guiding position in Alaska. Little did I know, it would change my life on many different levels. For starters, this is where my photography career started. Thanks, Alaska! Secondly, I fell more and more in love with the state of Alaska each year that I guided. It’s just flat out incredible wilderness that fortunately has been mostly preserved and untouched. Funny thing though, up until two weeks ago I still hadn’t explored Southwest Alaska, specifically
Alaska Rainbow Lodge//Alaska . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:$8900 // 7 nights / 6 days fishing Fish Species: Trophy Rainbow Trout, all five species of Pacific Salmon, Arctic Char, Dolly Varden, Graylin [...]
Seychelles are an extraordinary destination that provide anglers some of the most phenomenal fly fishing opportunities in the world. David Leake of Tailwaters Travel has had the pleasure of fly fishing Seychelles and frequently offers his expertise to traveling anglers. For Dav [...]
The morning began with a beautiful sunrise and Augustine’s excellent egg scramble and coffee in my forever hot YETI Rambler. I couldn’t help but be drawn to fish busting just on the rock point right off our campsite, so grabbed my rod and headed out, hoping to put yesterday’s t [...]
KENDJAM – BRAZIL: JOURNAL DAY SEVEN Tailwaters Ambassador, Meredith McCord and staff photographer, Matt Jones, recently returned from an R&D trip to Kendjam – Untamed Angling’s new jungle program in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. This is part seven of Meredith’s multi-part tri [...]
Day 5, Day 3 Fishing: Last night was alive with the sound of crickets, frogs, howler monkeys, and Roberto snoring in the tent next to mine. But I woke up to the smell of egg and ham scramble being prepped by Rafael, and the hot water was boiling on the fire for the Nestle insta [...]
KENDJAM JOURNAL DAY FOUR - JUNGLE CAMPING Tailwaters Ambassador, Meredith McCord and staff photographer, Matt Jones, recently returned from an R&D trip to Kendjam – Untamed Angling’s new jungle program in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. This is part four of Meredith’s multi-par [...]
Tailwaters Ambassador, Meredith McCord and staff photographer, Matt Jones, recently returned from an R&D trip to Kendjam – Untamed Angling’s new jungle program in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. This is part three of Meredith’s multi-part trip report along with some Matt’s amaz [...]
Tailwaters Ambassador, Meredith McCord and staff photographer, Matt Jones, recently returned from an R&D trip to Kendjam – Untamed Angling’s new jungle program in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. This is part two of Meredith’s multi-part trip report along with some Matt’s amazin [...]
Tailwaters Travel Ambassador, Meredith McCord recently talked all about fishing for Louisiana redfish over at the TOFLYFISH podcast. Louisiana happens to be one of our top selling destinations here at Tailwaters Travel, and for a good reason. It's a year round fishery that is e [...]
Astove Atoll Lodge//Seychelles . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:$12,950 // 7 Nights / 6 Days Fishing Fish Species: Trevally, Bonefish, Milkfish, Triggerfish, Permit, much more Seasonality: November - Dec [...]
BOOKING WITH TAILWATERS TRAVEL... You the client don’t pay a penny for our travel services! Our destination recommendations, organization, and pre-trip planning services are completely free of charge – and oftentimes less expensive than booking direct with a lodge o [...]
Tailwaters' own, Matt Jones, just returned from a three week pilgrimage in Argentina visiting our old friends with Patagonia River Guides (PRG). While Matt is still under the hood editing photos and video, we thought it could hurt to share a few teaser images and short videos. [...]
Rio Marié//Brazil . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:$7325 // 8 nights / 6 days fishing Fish Species: Trophy Peacock Bass Seasonality: September - December Location: Middle of the Amazon Jungle 500 miles [...]
Estancia Maria Behety//Argentina . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:$5520 - $7900 // 7 nights / 6 days fishing Fish Species: Sea-Run Brown Trout Seasonality: Late December - Early April Location: Tierra Del [...]
Blackfly Lodge OVERVIEW Blackfly Bonefish Lodge is located on Abaco Island near the southern end of the marls between Marsh Harbour and Sandy Point. Abaco is one of the most accessible islands in the Bahamas with direct flights from the U.S. Blackfly Lodge has an incredible [...]
Sight Cast Outfitters//Los Roques, Venezuela SIGHT CAST OVERVIEW Tailwaters has been visiting and sending anglers to Los Roques since 2004. We stand by the destination as safe to visit, and one of the most rewarding saltwater flats fisheries on the planet. Los Roques is a se [...]
Cosmoledo Atoll Liveaboard//Seychelles . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price: $14,950 // 7 nights / 6 days fishing Fish Species: Trevally, Bonefish, Milkfish, Triggerfish, Permit, much more Seasonality: Novem [...]
Bristol Bay Lodge//Alaska . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price: $9550 // 7 NIGHTS / 6 DAYS FISHING Fish Species: RAINBOW TROUT, SALMON, MUCH MORE Seasonality: JUNE - EARLY OCTOBER Location: DILLINGHAM, ALASK [...]
Royal Coachman Lodge//Alaska . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price: $9250 // 7 NIGHTS / 6 DAYS FISHING Fish Species: RAINBOW TROUT, SALMON, MUCH MORE Seasonality: MID JUNE - EARLY OCTOBER Location: SOUTHWEST [...]
Tsimane Lodges//Bolivia . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price: $5800-$7600 // 8 NIGHTS / 6 DAYS FISHING Fish Species: GOLDEN DORADO, PACU, SURUBI, YATORANA Seasonality: APRIL - OCTOBER Location: BOLIVIAN WILD [...]
El Saltamontes//Chile . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:$4575 // 7 nights / 6 days fishing Fish Species: Brown Trout Seasonality: December - March Location: Coyhaique, Chile AYSÉN REGION, SOUTHERN CHILE [...]
La Posada de los Farios//Chile . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price: $3850 // 6 NIGHTS / 5 DAYS FISHING Fish Species: BROWN AND RAINBOW TROUT, SEA-RUN TROUT AND SALMON Seasonality: DECEMBER - APRIL Location: [...]
Patagonia River Guides North//Argentina . Description Fishing Acommodations Travel Itinerary When To Go Non-Angling Rates Quick Facts Price:Starting at $4000 // 5 NIGHTS / 4 DAYS FISHING Fish Species: RAINBOW, BROOK, AND BROWN TROUT Seasonality: November - April Locatio [...]
