FLy Fishing the Planet in Search of Fly Fishing Heaven  

Ed Blank's ADVENTURES on the Fly specializes in affordable fly fishing expeditions to remote areas of the world that have large quantities of cool fish!  I love to fly fish so much, that that's all I do! No light tackle and fly fishing here,  just fly fishing.

  The summer finds us on week long float trips fly fishing for big rainbow trout and salmon in  Alaska's Katmai National Park. Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is the last frontier for untouched rainbow fly fishing from our comfortable tent camp trips or on our Alaska style float trips.  www.katmaiwaters.com

In Mexico, try fly fishing Ascension Bay our delightful relaxed lodge. The fall, winter and spring is perfect for stalking bonefish and permit on the flats of Ascension Bay. The Tarpon flats off Isla Holbox could very well be the best fly fishing destination for tarpon in the world. Xcalak is the best kept fishing secret in the Caribbean with charming accommodations and pressure free flats .  Rio Lagartos is the baby tarpon capitol of the world. We also have day trips flats fishing out of Cancun or Playa del Carmen, Cozumel and Tulum.

Patagonia gives us the chance to  go fly fishing for trout in our winter. In Argentina's Patagonia region we offer the choice of camping/float or Lodge trips. Northern Argentina has the hottest new developing fishery - fly fishing for freshwater Dorado. In Chile we have a selection of the premier fly fishing lodges in all of Patagonia. The South Pacific 's legendary Christmas Island now has a small fly fishing lodge that caters to small groups that love to fly fish and want to spend extra time on the flats. This is a year round destination for bonefish 2-12 pounds.

Belize's Coastline has grand slam fly fishing written all over it, and it is year round. Here we have a full service resorts, lodges, remote island camps and budget trips that will make a great family vacation or just the trip for serious fly fishers.  Diving, pools, snorkeling, tennis, air-conditioning, Mayan ruins and world class flats fly fishing for bonefish, permit and tarpon. Belize is unmatched for providing perfect fly fishing with perfect accommodations and amenities for the non fishing members of your group. Honeymoon anyone?

The Bahamas have long been a  a fly fishing enthusiast's mecca for bonefish, and we have added two affordable trips, one on North Andros ( the undiscovered end) and Sandy Point in the Abaco's. Finally the rainforests of Costa Rica  or the Amazon off unique fly fishing trips, or should we say adventures! Costa Rica has a warmth that emanates from it's jungles.   The fish are of world record dimensions on either coast,  the tarpon on the eastside and the sailfish and marlin on the west. Brazil's Amazon basin is filled with exotic fish that blast flies and exotic animals that delight your eyes!

SUMMARY OF TRIPS

Fly Fishing Alaska:
Our favorite way to fly fish Alaska is on a float trip and our favorite fish is the rainbow trout. Try one of the three different float trips that we offer to the rivers in Katmai National Park.  We have the largest run of salmon in the world, our rainbow trout are wild and fight like it!  We can put you on three different rivers in Katmai,  The Alagnak with spring dry fly fishing for trout and incredible salmon runs, the Moraine ( some of the largest trout in the world), or Grizzly Creek, our secret little river that will challenge your endurance.  Our fly fishing only float trips offer an exhilarating way to explore this incredible fishery.  Imagine camping on the bank of a remote stream, fishing until midnight, waking up to the sound of salmon splashing their way upstream.

Fly Fishing Belize:
In Belize we have found a number of  fly fishing destinations that offer world class fly fishing for bonefish, permit and tarpon but at the same time offers the fly fishing impaired guests all the amenities and activities you could expect.  From a budget trip to Ambergris to the best permit fishing in in the world near Punta Gorda. Destinations include: Turneffe Flats Lodge, El Pescador -Ambergris Caye, El Pescador-Punta Gorda, Journeys End, The Sundiver Beach Resort, The Tides, Whippari Caye Lodge and the Inn at Robert's Grove.  These selected resorts and lodges are sure to please couples, families or a group of serious fly fishers.   Belize is a year round fishery! This is by far the best trip for groups or couples where some want to fish every day and some don't.  It is world class fly fishing combined with world class Caribbean vacation amenities.

Fly Fishing the Bahamas:
It is hard to believe the Bahamas are so close to the States.  It is a world away with beaches and bonefish, mangrove and tarpon, and permit to!  We currently offer two trips or destinations that offer exceptional value, with extended  fly fishing times,  seasoned  fly fishing guides, and hundreds of square miles of deserted flats.  On North Andros we have put together the best guides on the island, and a local hotel to create a trip that previously did not exist on North Andros,  There is virtually no one fishing the North End.  On Abaco's Sandy Point we have teamed up with Rickmon Bonefish lodge which opens up another rarely fished area of the Bahamas.  Long days and personal attention are the only way to go and both these  fly fishing lodges will satisfy your serious bonefish addiction.

Fly Fishing Christmas Island:
Christmas Island is located near the equator which means the weather is exactly the same all year long, creating one of the few true year round bonefish destinations.  The stories you hear are true, lots and lots of bonefish averaging 2-5 pounds,  many over ten!! Being the much smaller of the two lodges on the island we cater to the fly fishing fanatic.  We offer you unlimited time with your guide at no extra charge, more opportunities to fish the flats you want, offshore fishing included with the package, no long drives to get to the boat launch. If you want more fishing and flexible schedules and individual itineraries than this new lodge trip is for you. This is a week long trip with departures out of Hawaii only once a week.  You get 6 days of fishing and I have had 60 bonefish days here.  There is no other place that I know that fishes so well year round year after year.  Fly fishing on Christmas Island has a new option!

Fly Fishing Mexico:
In Mexico we offer two fly fishing trips to Ascension Bay one to the Island of Holbox, one to Isla Blanca just north of Cancun, Cozumel, Rio Lagartos for tarpon, and Xcalak. All of these destinations are on the east coast of Mexico: Our "Out Island Safari" is a camping adventure which is similar to our Alaskan float trips. We camp on some beautiful islands in a remote section of Ascension Bay which is surrounded by bonefish flats.    We also offer a very peaceful, comfortable lodge right in Ascension Bay (not just near it as other lodges are). Ascension Bay is remarkable in that it is entirely in the Sian Kaan Biosphere Preserve  which will keep this resource from the development the rest of the coast has suffered. At Isla Blanca you can enjoy a charming lodge or get days trips with our guides from Your hotel in Cancun or as far south as Playa del Carmen.

Isla Holbox is on the undeveloped north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and offers the chance to hook, jump and perhaps even land the tarpon of your dreams.  With so little fishing pressure these huge tarpon are much easier to entice to a fly than their Florida cousins. Most of these fish have never seen a fly before. Xcalak is a new destination just north of Belize and is a great value, Rio Lagartos and Campeche are the worlds best baby tarpon fisheries.  Fly Fishing trips in Mexico -let us help you plan your next trip!

Fly Fishing Argentina:
Argentina's Patagonia region offer some of the worlds most spectacular trout fishing in the shadow of the Andes Mountain range.  Picture Montana 50 years ago with fish that have never seen a fly!  The fly fishing is untouched with great fishing for rainbows, browns, brookies and landlocked salmon. We have many types of trips to offer, from week long lodge trips ( sometimes moving mid week) to week long float trips for those who want to be on the water 24 hours a day.  You can also combine some nights in an estancia or lodge with other nights on a river, it is completely customized for you.  Unlike a fixed lodge we follow the fishing and utilize rafts to access any water.  There is no such thing as private water in Argentina even though the lodges would like you to think so.  We have access rights to different rivers and once we launch the boats we can float through any "private" sections of a river. You will almost never see another fishing party. As one river peak early in the season and the trout move we can follow them rather than be locked in to the same river. Flexibility is the key to these trips.

Northern Argentina has freshwater Dorado. This Golden scaled fish is a fierce fighter that jumps and runs with the best of them. The Esquina area offers some unique wading opportunities for these fish. The lodge will charm you with its Argentine hospitality, beef and wine and the rivers, creeks lakes and lagoon will keep you on the hunt for dorado. Most of our watercraft is kept on trailers to make sure we can chase the Dorado as their location changes with the season. Like in Patagonia we are not stuck fishing one part of one river, we maintain flexibility in order to catch more fish. Dorado are predators that will attack a fly when presented in a half-way decent manner. They are not particular in that regard. The dorado will range in size from 3 pounds to 15 pounds. Try a back to back trip with one week fishing for Dorado and the next fishing for trout.

Fly Fishing Costa Rica:
Costa Rica has incredible fishing on both of it s coasts.The Caribbean side is famous for tarpon and the Pacific side is famous for billfish. It is a tough bet to fly fish for these species but it can be done with success. Our small lodge on the Caribbean coast is set in the jungle with howler monkeys waking you up at dawn instead of roosters.  We fish the ocean and the rivers in the less crowded waters near Parismina for small to world record size tarpon.  The Pacific coast holds world record sailfish and marlin as well as roosterfish and a host of other tackle busters. Both sides offer some unique jungle experiences.  The west coast has more choices for luxury accommodations. Fish one coast or the other or if you can't decide try both with a week or longer trip that allows you to sample the best of both sides!

Fly Fishing Chile:
Chile is a wonderful option for a freshwater trip during our winter here in the US.  We offer  three different trips to lodges and camps owned and operated by the same American couple. The lodges range from five star luxury to a remote tent camp.  They own over 3,000 private acres for you to fish .  Chile has incredible numbers of rainbows, browns, brook trout,   well as steelhead, sea run browns, Atlantic Salmon, King Salmon and Silver Salmon. 

The variety of fishing terrain will astound you from estuaries to spring creeks with rivers streams and lakes in between.  There is a incredible array of outdoor adventures for the non fishing members of your group, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, trekking, rock climbing just to name a few. These trips could keep you busy for a month! This is the most beautiful area I have ever fished.  The snow capped volcanoes above and the lush rainforest feeling around the rivers, it is spectacular!

Fly Fishing Kamchatka:
Russia is truly the last frontier for untouched rainbow trout fishing.  The reason to spend the extra money is pure and simple: Kamchatka has huge numbers of big, wild rainbows and char that eat dry flies all summer long!

When is the last time you hooked a 10 pound bow while skating a caddis? We have three types of trips, a full service lodge on the Zupanova river ( home of the largest bows on the peninsula), a comfortable tent camps on several rivers that have heat and electricity an Alaskan style float trip on small wadeable rivers even deeper into this amazing peninsula. There are all five species of salmon here but the real reason to visit is the trout.  Many trout, many big trout, many big trout that eat dry flies!  

Fly Fishing the Amazon:
Brazil's Amazon is so different from any other fishing I have done it is hard to describe.  The rainforest that surrounds you is magnificent, and the fish are so aggressive it is scary!   The lodge is on the Sao Benidito river, deep in the upper reaches of the Amazon system. You will spend part of your trip in an out camp established in cooperation with the indigenous people in the area.  These rivers are fished exclusively by our lodge. Peacock Bass are the main draw but you may well prefer the high flying Matrichana, or a pacu in the rapids, or how about a piranha chomping at your tatter ed fly!

We think all of these trips are pretty special so I hope you have time to take a look at them. please feel free to email me with any questions you might have.

Thanks for visiting,

         Ed Blank

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