Fly Fishing
Fly Fishing
Guatemala is one of the best places in the world to target billfish on the fly. Why?
Because we get so many chances. In most other places in the world, you simply don’t raise enough fish to make fly fishing a viable option.
Sailfish and Blue Marlin on the Fly. A Click Away.
Sailfish Oasis has illustrated how to catch marlin and sailfish on the fly for InTheBite Magazine and other media outlets. The bite is super exciting and it takes places right behind the boat.
And because you’re casting a large floating popper, it’s a surface bite in full view. There are few things more exciting than seeing a sailfish, or even a blue marlin, charge the fly right behind the boat.
How Billfish on A Fly Works
When we’re fly fishing, we will troll all teasers. We’ll have one outrigger down and the other up. When it’s time, the angler will cast from the side with the outrigger up so that the back cast doesn’t tangle in the outrigger.
We’ll troll along about eight knots. When a fish comes up on the teaser, the mate will retrieve it back the boat, allowing the fish to stay interested and on the teaser.
The idea is to get the fish as close to the boat as possible and into fly range.
When the fish is near enough to cast to, the captain will pull the boat out of gear. According to IGFA rules, for a fly catch to count, the boat must be in neutral at the time of the angler’s cast.
The captain will also sometimes turn the boat at the last minute so that the fly will land in water that is free of wake and aeration. As the captain yells, “Cast!” the mate pulls the teaser free of the fish.
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When it all goes according to plan, the fly lands in the water. The angler will strip the line to make the popper pop and the fish will engulf it. The angler then sets the hook by pulling the fly line, rather than with the rod.
Once hooked, the fish will pull line from the reel until you’re one-to-one. Then the angler will fight the fish, and the captain will drive the boat on the fish to get the release.
This is true teamwork. For it to go right, the mates, the captain, and the angler must all do their parts. When it comes together, it’s a real pleasure to be part of.
We are really good at catching billfish on the fly and enjoy putting our clients onto the experience.