Chris Jolly Outdoors has been leading tours and outdoors activities of various types around the Taupō region for more than 40 years. They’re deeply rooted in the community and the landscape. Most importantly, they know the area rivers and trout migrations within them as well as anyone. Their local streams vary widely from grassy, narrow
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Casa Cangrejo Lodge
What we like Situated right on the waterfront of the small village of Xcalak, Casa Cangrejo Lodge is one of the few special destinations where fly anglers can still come to experience outstanding saltwater flats fishing in an unspoiled environment boasting high fish counts and amazingly low angling pressure. A number of neighboring oceanside flats
Viva Fly Fishing
What we like Viva Fly Fishing offers visiting anglers a unique opportunity to experience the outstanding sight fishing for adult and juvenile tarpon that Holbox Island is famous for. The location, off the northeast corner of the Yucatan Peninsula (where the Gulf of Mexico meets the Caribbean), puts Holbox right in the path of the
Ascension Bay Lodge
What we like Located in the tiny town of Punta Allen, a little over 100 miles south of Cancun, Ascension Bay Lodge gets its name from the famed body of water stretching right in front. Here, you can tap into one of the world’s best flats fisheries, with the natural beauty of the Yucatan Peninsula
Tarpon Cay Lodge
What we like Tarpon Cay Lodge is a small but well-run fishing operation in a semi-remote part of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. It caters to a maximum of just 6 anglers at a time, affording them the opportunity to enjoy the outstanding action available in a vast marine preserve where numerous tidal lagoons, creeks and canals,
Punta Allen Fishing Club
What we like Built in 2009 using indigenous hardwoods and Mexican stucco-style brick and tiles, following the local tradition, beautiful Punta Allen Fishing Club offers well-appointed, air-conditioned accommodations, and it just keeps getting better, with amenities periodically added (a shaded, outdoor hot tub and some exercise equipment among the most recent) to make the place
Kay Fly Fishing Lodge
What we like Arguably Ascension Bay’s best deal, Kay Fly Fishing Lodge is an intimate, beachfront operation located in the small village of Punta Allen, the gateway to the Yucatan’s most heralded flats-fishing territory, where permit, bonefish, snook and tarpon are the protagonists of exciting tugs of war and make countless, unforgettable memories. Family owned
Grand Slam Lodge
What we like Few destinations consistently provide the number of shots at permit that fly anglers are afforded in Ascension Bay and its neighboring shallows. Even fewer places boast the abundance of bonefish, snook and tarpon to also present as many opportunities to achieve a rare flats slam. Strategically located in the outskirts of Punta
Casa Viejo Chac Lodge
What we like Opened in 2007 by local fishing guide Manuel Cauich Uitzil, Casa Viejo Chac offers well-appointed, air-conditioned accommodations, amenities like a pool table, a bar and spacious and welcoming gathering areas in and outdoors, and superb personalized service from the warm, friendly staff. Although not oceanfront, this lodge is situated a mere block
Isla del Sábalo Lodge
What we like Isla del Sábalo (Tarpon Island) is one of the few amazing places where anglers still have the opportunity to fish unpressured shallows teeming with tarpon that rarely refuse a well-presented fly. A small operation in a remote part of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, this lodge caters to a maximum of only 6 anglers