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Mexico checks all the criteria off when planning a destination fly-fishing trip. The remote setting, cultural richness, and epic fishing make Mexico the ideal "hot sauce" for fish nirvana. Guide Flies believes that studying the small things about a fishery is what makes the difference. What color is the turtle grass? What abundant food source in the area? Most importantly, who's the best guide with quality flies! Anglers targeting Permit on the flats or Tarpon in the Mangroves will feel confident knowing we have developed patterns specifically for those fisheries. So relax, drink a cervesa, and enjoy your next fishing trip to Mexico! |
Mexico PErmit Flies |
Permit fishing is what Guide Flies knows best. Developing patterns that make Permit commit is a challenge we graciously accept. Dave's Psycho Mantis is a Permit cheeseburger, pick a color, and watch the fish take a bite. We also recommend HD Camo Crabs and the proven Flexo Crab.
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Kung Fu Crab
We spared no detail when we set out to make Kung Fu crabs that were superior to the standard commercially available options. Our Kung Fu Crab's use a custom body material, realistic matching rubber legs, Solarez UV finished claws and weed guards to keep you fly fishing instead of snagging. Available in standard size #2 with lead eyes or our #4finesse version, Kung Fu Jr.
Kung Fu Crab Jr.
Designed for those times when a stealthier Kung FuCrab is required for getting close to a shallow tailing permit or bonefish. Our Guide Fu's use the highest quality materials from custom colored rubber legs to hand made glass bead eyes. We use a smaller hook and lighter bead chain on our version of this classic. Secret, Deadly, Durable.
Available in sizes 4 & 6
Crab Brulee
The Crab Brulee is one of Guide Flies biggest secrets revealed. Look under every piece of coral on the flats and you find this creature. It’s our impressionistic answer to the Bauer’s Crab and every other imitation. Dave McKenna engineered this fly throughout the Caribbean for several years. After countless test drops, casts, splash analysis, and finally presentation, we are unleashing the beast. We can honestly say that every permit has attacked this fly when properly presented, granted it’s been in the field for only a short time. Enjoy the supreme dessert of permit flies, the Crab Brulee.
Tim's Quartz Crab
Tim Gorrell has spent several decades perfecting his flats flies while wading the exploring the vast fisheries of the Bahamas, Belize and Mexico. The Quartz crab closely mimics the small olive, grey and sand colored crabs that inhabit the shallows. Quartz Crabs move and position themselves to stare down approaching permit and bonefish, daring them to take a shot! This is a staple fly at a few well known permit lodges through out Belize and proves itself on our home Guanaja flats every week.
McKenna's Crusher Buster
The Crusher Buster is one of Dave McKenna’s unexplainable, game-changing strokes of genius. What is it? It’s a squid-crab-like-shiny-thing, "Yeah but, WHAT IS IT?" Thinks the fish as it pounces, helpless to the tantalizing seduction. The Crusher Buster lands soft, then wiggles, and pulses, then WHABAM! Bonefish and permit have been crushing this buster beyond belief throughout the Caribbean.
Guide Fleeing Crab
The claw becomes the target on this custom fleeing crab. Designed by Dave McKenna to quickly grab a permit's attention, as the crab naturally dives away from permit. The special attention to detail, like the glass eyes, lifelike dubbing and rubber legs, makes this 3D crab one of a kind.
Avalon Shrimp
We've put together the widest selection of custom colored Avalon Shrimp for a few reasons. #1, commercially Avalons were coming apart after a single fish or a few casts- these are made more durable at every step of the tying process. #2, the standard Avalon Shrimp colors worked but fish had seen them all. We've seen great results with our new Spawning Orange and Key-Lime Blue Avalons. These colors often get the attention of the alpha permit in the school. Our #6 ultra-lite Olive Avalon has been the ticket for shallow water, tailing permit.
Guide Bitters
Guide Bitters are tied in more natural and realistic colors than ever before with a little UV flare to entice those double digit bones that have seen them all. Finally a bitter with weed guards, this fly fears no bottom. Guide Bitters are not only deadly in Guanaja, but an essential fly to best tricky bonefish in varied terrain around the world. You simply cannot buy these babies anywhere else. In your face trophy bonefish.
Dave's Psycho Mantis
The Psycho Mantis was my first attempt to match the profile of a big mantis shrimp we were finding around the coral of the Faraway Keys base camp. Those one's were a whole variety of colors from white to tan and even bright green. It depended on the bottom they were living on. I knew it's what the big permit out there were smashing with their faces as they went tails up around the coral heads.
A few prototypes later and I had something that was delivering serious results for the first few anglers bold enough to throw a bright green peacock mantis imitation to a permit of a lifetime. The fly produced and continues to trick some of the most skeptical permit we encounter. We're excited to share the fly with even more fisheries and lodgesthis season!
The Psycho Mantis uses a custom combination of bright blue eyes, highly animating claws, micro rubber legs, contrasting rubber legs and a multi colored rabbit belly that pulsates and taunts permit and trophy bonefish. Hot orange dumbbells and a weed guard balance the Psycho so that it swims naturally and lands softly.
These are tied in small batches and sell very quickly!
Nano Crab
The Nano Crab is a tiny crab that's designed by Dave McKenna to sneak up on the pickiest bonefish and permit. After receiving a pack of Semperfli's new Guard Hair Chenille and matching micro chenille, Dave set out to make a better finesse crab. This fly lands like an Olympic diver but gets into the zone quick, without spooking tailing fish.
To keep this fly top-shelf quality, we use all Semper Fli Nano Silk Thread, UV Straggle Chenille, Guard Hair Chenille and Micro Chenille for matching claws. Nano Crab's are tied on short-shank, big game hooks to ensure solid hook sets into the hardest crushers.
Body Guard Crabs *NEW*
The Body Guard Crab is one of the most exciting crabs we've seen in a long time. This is one of our favorite additions to the 2020 lineup. It's another pattern made perfect by the new synthetic body chenille from Semper Fli. It lights up with natural coloration from a blend micro UV tinsel and translucent micro fiber. It mimics the natural moss and algae that cover natural crabs on the flats.
The Body Guard Crab is a crab that knows he's been spotted by a feeding permit. One claw is buried, digging for dear life, the fighting claw is out and swinging for faces. The hot orange brass eyes balance the fly just right to posture the claw up and towards the permits mouth. Micro chenille legs keep it animated and a belly of natural Guanaja sand leaves no doubt in the permits mind that he's in for an easy meal.
Our Tan Body Guard Crab is dyed with dark Honduran Coffee for the most natural sand color. These are tied in small batches and sell quickly when available.
HD Camo Crabs *NEW*
By blending different colors of a new synthetic chenille from Semper Fli, we get a perfectly colored shell that absorbs light very naturally and moves like the moss and fuzz that real crabs are covered in across the flats. The naturally moving body material and complimenting colored legs bring the fly to life. The hot orange brass dumbbell adds a subtle trigger when light passes through the fly. We coat the bellies of all the HD Camo Crabs in special sand from our Guanaja beaches to give them the extra detail that set Guide Flies apart from all other flies.
These are tied in small batches and sell very quickly.
-Dave McKenna
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Mexico Bonefish Flies
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When Guide Flies designs a Bonefish pattern we take pride in creating a realistic replica that can be mistaken for the real thing. Quality imitations like the Guide Shrimp mimic the movement a fleeing shrimp creates. The Guide Goby is a perfect slider imitation that is preferred on the flats across the globe.
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Kung Fu Crab Jr.
Designed for those times when a stealthier Kung FuCrab is required for getting close to a shallow tailing permit or bonefish. Our Guide Fu's use the highest quality materials from custom colored rubber legs to hand made glass bead eyes. We use a smaller hook and lighter bead chain on our version of this classic. Secret, Deadly, Durable.
Available in sizes 4 & 6
Tim's Quartz Crab
Tim Gorrell has spent several decades perfecting his flats flies while wading the exploring the vast fisheries of the Bahamas, Belize and Mexico. The Quartz crab closely mimics the small olive, grey and sand colored crabs that inhabit the shallows. Quartz Crabs move and position themselves to stare down approaching permit and bonefish, daring them to take a shot! This is a staple fly at a few well known permit lodges through out Belize and proves itself on our home Guanaja flats every week.
Guide Goby
Guide Goby is our Kwan/Slider blend that imitates succulent little gobies found all over the flats. This fly embodies another Guanaja bonefish breakthrough from the early days. If you slow down enough to watch critters as youmove through the flats, you find goby after goby, the little suckers are everywhere. There are over 2000 species of gobies and the Guide Goby imitates 1,642 of them.
#4 tied with small yellow/black dumbbell eyes.
#6 tied with black medium bead chain.
Dr. Talyor’s Guide Puff
This fly has a history not many people know about. One of our favorite anglers, Dr. Flip Taylor brought these flies to Guanaja in the early days. He told us how his Dad invented the pattern many years ago. Orvis tested it and found bonefish to eat it at every single destination. They offered Dr. Taylor Sr. a fly rod for the pattern. He refused. They took the pattern anyway and called it the Mini Puff. So not only have we engineered this fly in a variety of colors, with better materials, weed guards, we’ve given the rightful name back to the Doctor. Enjoy our Dr. Taylor’s Guide Puff, as verified in Dick Brown’s Fly Fishing for Bonefish.
Tim's Bugger Mantis
Designed by Tim Gorrell, this fly is one of the best kept secrets in the Caribbean. Tim’s Bugger Mantis takes one of the most reliable patterns ever known to fly fishing and adds everything that bonefish love. Marabou, Shaggy Dub, barred rubber legs, realistic epoxy eyes and barred hackle bring Tim’s Bugger Mantis to life.
Guide Bitters
Guide Bitters are tied in more natural and realistic colors than ever before with a little UV flare to entice those double digit bones that have seen them all. Finally a bitter with weed guards, this fly fears no bottom. Guide Bitters are not only deadly in Guanaja, but an essential fly to best tricky bonefish in varied terrain around the world. You simply cannot buy these babies anywhere else. In your face trophy bonefish.
Guide Squimp
Guide Squimp is our go-to bonefish fly, anywhere, all the time. It takes the thinking out of bonefishing: match the color, make the cast, that’s all she wrote. We dare bonefish to refuse this fly, at least it would be something different. Most of our bonefish in Guanaja are being caught with this perfect blend of our favorite patterns. When you would throw a Gotcha, Puff, Charlie . . . trump all with a Guide Squimp. A dozen of every color would complete any bonefish box if you could only take one fly pattern. Keep this one as a secret on your next saltwater trip and bring your friends to their knees, it’s ok to do that once in a while.
Natalie's Mantis
This mantis shrimp is designed by our very own tier Natalie. She's put together a special blend of dubbing and Olive EP Fox Brush for her version of the deadliest olive shrimp on the flats. It's a perfect fly for hunting large bonefish and permit.
#2 Feature Medium Lead Eyes
#4 Feature Medium Bead Chain Eyes
Guide Spawning Shrimp
The Guide Spawning Shrimp isn't just the average spawning shrimp. We blend just the right amount of barred rabbit, lifelike faux fox fur, and UV Micro legs for fly that has to be seen to believe. Large bonefish and mature permit have been smashing every variation of this fly. Our Spawning Shrimp are quickly proving themselves to anglers as the best spawning shrimp pattern they've ever used.
#4- Tied with Fish Mask Shrimp tail for added weight and swimming action.
#6 - Tied with bead chain for weight.
Guide Gummy
The Guide Gummy stands alone as the most twitchy and nervous gummy-style baitfish ever developed. Designed by Dave McKenna, this version utilizes a special core of shimmering minnow blend dubbing and flexible Solarex Resin. In between the outer skin and body are a set of Living Eye's to give The Guide Gummy a perfect profile from every angle. It's been fooling the most selective tarpon like no new fly we've seen.
We match this to a short shank, big game hook, guaranteeing a fly that's worthy of any big game species or grand slam opportunity.
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Predator Mantis
It takes a real predator to hunt permit. Over the last decade this fly has been taking down large permit and trophy bonefish across the Caribbean with reckless abandon. We've combined the best parts of the coyote with our custom designed eyes and favorite rubber legs. This is one fly that is a must have for our Guanaja and Faraway Keys anglers.
#2 Features Brass Eyes
#4 Features Medium Bead Chain Eyes
Nano Crab
The Nano Crab is a tiny crab that's designed by Dave McKenna to sneak up on the pickiest bonefish and permit. After receiving a pack of Semperfli's new Guard Hair Chenille and matching micro chenille, Dave set out to make a better finesse crab. This fly lands like an Olympic diver but gets into the zone quick, without spooking tailing fish.
To keep this fly top-shelf quality, we use all Semper Fli Nano Silk Thread, UV Straggle Chenille, Guard Hair Chenille and Micro Chenille for matching claws. Nano Crab's are tied on short-shank, big game hooks to ensure solid hook sets into the hardest crushers.
Mexico Tarpon Flies |
The pristine Mangroves of Mexico provide ideal habitat for huge Tarpon. The aerial display of these fish will leave you bowing from the front of the boat. Industrial strength tarpon patterns like the Guide Gummy and Guide Toad provide anglers with confidence from hook-up to release.
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Avalon Shrimp
We've put together the widest selection of custom colored Avalon Shrimp for a few reasons. #1, commercially Avalons were coming apart after a single fish or a few casts- these are made more durable at every step of the tying process. #2, the standard Avalon Shrimp colors worked but fish had seen them all. We've seen great results with our new Spawning Orange and Key-Lime Blue Avalons. These colors often get the attention of the alpha permit in the school. Our #6 ultra-lite Olive Avalon has been the ticket for shallow water, tailing permit.
Natalie's Mantis
This mantis shrimp is designed by our very own tier Natalie. She's put together a special blend of dubbing and Olive EP Fox Brush for her version of the deadliest olive shrimp on the flats. It's a perfect fly for hunting large bonefish and permit.
#2 Feature Medium Lead Eyes
#4 Feature Medium Bead Chain Eyes
Guide Gummy
The Guide Gummy stands alone as the most twitchy and nervous gummy-style baitfish ever developed. Designed by Dave McKenna, this version utilizes a special core of shimmering minnow blend dubbing and flexible Solarex Resin. In between the outer skin and body are a set of Living Eye's to give The Guide Gummy a perfect profile from every angle. It's been fooling the most selective tarpon like no new fly we've seen.
We match this to a short shank, big game hook, guaranteeing a fly that's worthy of any big game species or grand slam opportunity.
Guide Mullet
Guide Mullet baitfish pattern is a unique blend by Dave McKenna. It pushes water and moves like a real baitfish. Materials chosen as much for lifelike movement as their cast-ability. Anglers can throw this fly all day without tiring, it’s light for its size, a key feature when hunting big animals with big flies. Guide Mullet is an absolute destroyer with tarpon of all sizes, snook, and the multitude of jack species we encounter all over the Caribbean. Any predator that eats mullet, bunker or sardines will attack this stealthy beast.
Guide Toad
The Guide Toad has proven itself in a variety of situations. Lightweight and designed to sink slowly this fly lands softly on the water barely giving off a ripple. Whether you retrieve is slow, fast, or suspended. The Guide Toad is one fly that should be in every anglers fly box when tarpon are on the prowl!
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Predator Mantis
It takes a real predator to hunt permit. Over the last decade this fly has been taking down large permit and trophy bonefish across the Caribbean with reckless abandon. We've combined the best parts of the coyote with our custom designed eyes and favorite rubber legs. This is one fly that is a must have for our Guanaja and Faraway Keys anglers.
#2 Features Brass Eyes
#4 Features Medium Bead Chain Eyes
Yum Yum Shrimp
This big shrimp was designed this season by Steve Brown while at the Faraway Cayes basecamp in Honduras. Lots of legs, natural rabbit and arctic fox are the combination that drives permit absolutely nuts! It proved itself the first day on the flats with multiple permit brought to hand. Since then it's been a go-to fly for the guides at Fly Fish Guanaja.
HD Camo Crabs *NEW*
By blending different colors of a new synthetic chenille from Semper Fli, we get a perfectly colored shell that absorbs light very naturally and moves like the moss and fuzz that real crabs are covered in across the flats. The naturally moving body material and complimenting colored legs bring the fly to life. The hot orange brass dumbbell adds a subtle trigger when light passes through the fly. We coat the bellies of all the HD Camo Crabs in special sand from our Guanaja beaches to give them the extra detail that set Guide Flies apart from all other flies.
These are tied in small batches and sell very quickly.
-Dave McKenna
The McSquid
I saw the new Squiggle Legs from Hareline and knew I had the final component to the ultimate squid imitation. All the materials on The McSquid imitate every thing about a real squid. The shiny translucent body, the large glowing eyes, constantly moving legs and an articulating body that keeps the fly in motion all work together to make this one of the best squid imitations I could ever imagine.
-Dave McKenna
The large glowing 3D Crocodile eyes are epoxied over a Flymen Fish Mask and heavy duty Allen big game hook.
These are very limited production and can be pre-ordered once the first run is gone.