Isla Blanca Fly Fishing - What Gear To Bring
We provide all fly fishing gear or light tackle gear on your Isla Blanca trip if needed but you ar ewelcome to bring your own.
Fly Fishing Gear for the Isla Blanca Flats
Fly Rod Choice - The best rods for the fishery are 9ft. fast action fly rods in an 8wt or 9wt.
Fly Reel Choice - 7-8-9wt. Fly Reelswith weight forward floating line is the best for the flats and should have 150yds to 200yds of backing.
Leaders
Tarpon and Snook leaders should be a 9 ft. leader starting with a 4 ft 20lb to 25lb butt then a 3 ft 16lb section followed by a 1 ½ft 12lb section then a 6 inch long shock tippet of 20lb to 25Lb.
Bonefish and Permit leaders should be a 9 or 10ft leaders starting with 3 ft 20lb to 25lb butt then a 2 ft of 16lb section followed by a 1 ft section of 12lb and then 3 to 4 ft of 10 lb tippet.
Premade leaders for these species are available online or at local fly shops in your area.
Saltwater Flies
Tarpon and snook flies should be on 1/0 or 2/0 hooks.
Bonefish and permit flies on hooks in size 2, 4 and 6.
Tarpon - The Cockroach, Deceivers, Clouser Minnows, Seaducers, Tarpon Toad, and the Whistler Fly. Popular color patterns would be brown, root beer, tan, olive, white with red, black, and purple.
Permit - Plenty of crab patterns in tan, brown, olive, and tan with green. Popular patterns include the Raghead Crab, The Merkin Crab, and The McCrab Fly
Bonefish - Crazy Charlies and Gotchas in tan, pink, olive, and brown as well as assorted shrimp patterns.
Snook - An assortment of Clousers, Deceivers, and minnows in white or white and red. One of the best Snook flies is The Schminnow,
Saltwater Flies For Tarpon, Snook, Bonefish, and Permit
Light Tackle Spin Gear
Light Tackle Rods - Medium and Fast Action Rods. 6ft and 7ft Rods.
Light Tackle Spin Reels - 10lb, 12lb, and 15lb capacity Reels with 150ft to 200ft of line.
Lures - Assorted feather jigs in 1/8 and 1/4 in brown, root beer, tan, white/pink, white/chartreuse, and olive. Top water include Yozuri's, Rapala's, and Mirror lures in the same size category. Soft baits including shrimp, minnow imitations, and grubs with jig heads.
