Honduras
Honduras, Central America
If you are looking to branch out of the typical bonefish lodge, and add some adventure to your next trip, then Honduras could be your answer.
We would also add, if you want to save money and eat fresh wahoo and crabs for next to nothing, eat like a king, then this is your place. Just getting to the flats of Honduras is a trip. We travelled through the San Salvador airport in El Salvador to San Pedro Sula, Honduras (neither of these airports would I call “organized”), then we got on a plane to Roatan, and from there took a flight in a 6 seat Cessna to Guanaja. The service light came on about every 2 minutes of the flight and the pilot just kept turning it off as if he were hitting the snooze on his alarm clock. When we arrived at the grass roofed airport in Guanaja, we learned that the actual town of Guanaja is entirely built on stilts, and is entirely built for fishing; perfect. Although you can get nice flats fishing out of Roatan as well, and don’t have to go to Guanaja, if you want to be off the beaten path you may want to travel past Roatan.
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Streamer fishing, swinging flies with 5-6 weight spey rods and nymphing will all produce results. We were accessing the waters via jet boast so this was mostly walk and wade. However, this could change based on what you want to do as the guiding service is very flexible.
Rods: Single hand 6 weight rods or 5-6 weight double hand rods is all you will need.
Line: I highly recommend a sink tip line for quickly getting flies deeper into short and quick buckets. Floating line for nymphing (although we never really used them as the streamer fishing was so good). For double hand rods, I would have Skagit heads with sink tips of probably 10 feet T-11, as well as, a double hand floating line like a scandi or dry line for skating mice or other skaters.
Flies: Bring a large selection of big, articulated streamers in lighter colors like tan, white, and silver. However, bring some darker patterns as well. These are glacial rivers and can turn a "steelhead green" color. I would recommend the Smoke n' Mirrors, Mongrel Meat, and other large articulated streamer options. For swinging flies, we highly recommend the Bald Eagle fly, and any other pattern you love to swing trout with, but, 3 inches plus -in size- is a good idea. Bring a selection of mice skaters as the Bull Trout seem to be very active on them.
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