Ryan and I had the wonderful opportunity to introduce Dan Blanton to two of our destinations in the Yucatan - Tarpon Cay Lodge and Isla del Sabalo. We met up with Dan 
in Houston and boarded our plane for Cancun, Mexico. After arriving Cancun, we were greeted by Jesciel Mena and he shuttled us to San Felipe.
Our first stop on this "tour" was at Tarpon Cay Lodge. We fished for 3 days and were challenged everyday with an unseasonal blustery morning breeze and a howling afternoon wind. Despite this less than ideal fishing conditions, we had very good fishing sessions for both migratory Tarpon on deeper flats and baby Tarpon in the mangroves creeks. Here is the selection of flies that fished well on this trip at Tarpon Cay Lodge:
Migratory Tarpon Flies
d wide dead-calm window along the mangrove shoreline. This glassy water enabled us to effectively sight fish to rolling and even cruising Tarpon. Additionally, we even ventured up the rios where we intercepted Tarpon on their way out with the ebbing tide. Here are the top producing flies at Isla del Sabalo during this trip:
-Keith
in Houston and boarded our plane for Cancun, Mexico. After arriving Cancun, we were greeted by Jesciel Mena and he shuttled us to San Felipe.Our first stop on this "tour" was at Tarpon Cay Lodge. We fished for 3 days and were challenged everyday with an unseasonal blustery morning breeze and a howling afternoon wind. Despite this less than ideal fishing conditions, we had very good fishing sessions for both migratory Tarpon on deeper flats and baby Tarpon in the mangroves creeks. Here is the selection of flies that fished well on this trip at Tarpon Cay Lodge:
Migratory Tarpon Flies
- Blanton's Whistler in red/white
- Tarpon Whistler in red/black (Dan's variation of his famous Whistler)
- Haskin's Flatliner in chartreuse/white
- Bisharat's Mullet
- Mini Whistler in red/white and white/silver flash
- Haskin's Deep Cover Shrimp
- Pultz's Mangrove Slider in black/silver
- Puglisi's Tarpon Streamer in orange/yellow
d wide dead-calm window along the mangrove shoreline. This glassy water enabled us to effectively sight fish to rolling and even cruising Tarpon. Additionally, we even ventured up the rios where we intercepted Tarpon on their way out with the ebbing tide. Here are the top producing flies at Isla del Sabalo during this trip:- Sherman's Laid-Up Tarpon in tan
- Hanley's Mayan Warrior in orange or yellow
- Blanton's Whistler (mini) in red/black
- Haskin's Foxxy Minnow in tan
- Haskin's Floating Minnow in red/white and orange/yellow
- Puglisi Tarpon Streamer in orange/yellow
-Keith
