BONEFISH Flies

Size #10 to #6

A variety of bonefish flies work well at Turneffe, and the best patterns vary somewhat from day to day. Small flies (6's, 8's, and some 10's) work best on our shallow, wadable flats.

Bonefish flies for the ocean side flats at Turneffe should be unweighted or very lightly weighted. These bonefish are often in a few inches of water and weighted flies  hang up too easily.

On deeper flats and particularly around the mangrove islands in the center of Turneffe, larger, weighted flies are preferable. Small crab patterns also work well here.

Some of the better Bonefish patterns for Turneffe are the following:

• Pop's Bonefish Bitters, #6 and #8 (Olive and Amber)

• Pop's Egghead Bitters, #6 and #8 (Olive and Amber)

• To-Dy-For, (a small unweighted shrimp pattern in white and green)

• Crazy Charlies - chartreuse, white, pink & brown (unweighted for outer flats)

• Gotcha, #6 and #8

• Horror, #6 and #8

• Baited Breath, #6 and #8

• Various small crab patterns and several other unweighted shrimp patterns

PERMIT Flies

• Size #2 to 1/0

• Del Brown's Permit Fly (Merkin)

• Turneffe Crab

• Various other Crab patterns #2 and 1/0

TARPON Flies

• Size 3/0 to 4/0

• Apte style tarpon flies in various color combinations. Dark colors tend to be better in the early morning and brighter colors work best when the sun is bright.

• Deceiver patterns - various colors

• Abel Anchovy

BARRACUDA Flies

• Size 1/0 or 2/0

• Various barracuda patterns with 2/0 tandem hooks and wire leaders.

• Saltwater Poppers #2

Other Flies to Bring

• Clouser Minnows #4 to #2

• Saltwater Poppers #2 to 1/0