Fly Fishing Costa Rica

On the Pacific coast there are also good opportunities to wet wade and fish the more tropical rivers for Machin, Snook, Drum, Machaca and Guapote using light tackle.

Pacific fly fishing has been very good along the Central and Northern coast, with lots of success on Sailfish, Marlin, Giant Tuna and Dorado. Coastal Pacific fly fishing is also giving results for Black Snook, Roosterfish and Snappers. Coastal fishing is consistently good off Golfito and Osa Peninsula in the South and off the rocky points or river mouths in the North. Special inshore fishing trips to the northern Pacific near the Santa Rosa National Park are ideal for fishing Roosterfish and Pacific Snook. This is mainly a tidal fishery and so will depend upon the ideal tides and water conditions. Fishing the river mouths flowing into the Pacific is also very productive at present. These are mainly custom trips and are a lot of fun and a great eco-adventure. The fishing off Garza and Nosara has been very good, especially the Inshore Fishing.

The new fishing Season looks very promising with ideal conditions existing on both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts with the intermediate rivers improving to near perfection. We are also discovering some new fishing areas in the northern border of Costa Rica with Nicaragua where we have had a lot of success with top water poppers in clear water for giant Machaca and Guapote. A new frontier for fishing adventure and flyrod excitement.