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Pesca Maya Lodge – Mexico

Location: Ascension Bay, outskirts of Punta Allen, Mexico

Fishery: You’ll be fishing the fabled Ascension Bay. Mexico’s legendary bonefish, tarpon, permit and snook fishery. You’ll experience both the crystal clear flats, and mangrove lined lagoons mostly from a Panga with some wading opportunities mixed in. Bonefish, permit and jacks are around year-round. Tarpon season is April through October. Snook season is November through March.

Accomodations: Paradise on a white sand beach. All rooms have AC and private bathrooms, most have an oceanside view. The oceanside terrace is perfect for enjoying appetizers and an drink. Dinner menu is homestyle traditional Mexican, with possible barbecues. Breakfast is buffet, lunch is packed for on-the-water enjoyment.

Sample Itinerary:

  • Day 1 Arrive Cancun and transfer to lodge.
  • Day 2-7 Six full days of guided fishing.
  • Day 8 Depart lodge.

Rates:
Per person based on double occupancy:
At time of writing, subject to change

7 night/6 day package: $4,290
6 night/5 day package: $3,685
5 night/4 day package: $3,080
4 night/3 day package: $2,475
3 night/2 day package: $1,870
2 night/1 day package: $1,263

Included: Accommodations and meals at the lodge, private boat fishing, beer, soda and local liquor and cocktails, wine on the table, round-trip transfer from Cancun to lodge.

Not Included: Airfare, accommodations and meals in Cancun, imported alcohol, fishing license, staff and guide gratuities.

Season: Year-round

Capacity: 22 anglers

All arrangements are handled by our trusty friends at Fly Water Travel.

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Bonefish Flies

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    • Stiffness of calf tail allows the sili legs to flow in the current
    • Extremely effective on bonefish in the Bahamas and Mexico
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    • Epoxy head and rubber legs imitate small crabs
    • Proven effective on shallow bones in areas of South and Central America such as Mexico and Belize
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    • Bonefish fly that works worldwide
    • Tied with Brass Eyes for more weight then Bead Chains but a little lighter then Lead
    • Tied on an Tiemco 811S
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  •   Features

    • Great for big Bonefish and Permit
    • Tough, durable & shrimpy looking fly
    • Tied on a Gamakatsu SL11-3H with a prong style weedguard
    • Approx. 2.75″ long (to end of flash)
    • BC stands for Bead Chain eyes
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  •   Features

    • Great for Bonefish everywhere
    • Tough, durable & shrimpy looking fly
    • Tied with a prong style weedguard
    • BC stands for Bead Chain eyes
    • #2 approx. 2.50″ long; #1/0 approx. 3″ long
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  •   Features

    • Classic Bonefish fly that works everywhere
    • Larger the fly the heavier it is
    • Tied on a Tiemco 811S
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    • Classic Bonefish fly that works everywhere
    • Bead Chain Eyes work best in shallow water
    • Tied on a Tiemco 811S
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  • Beck’s Sili Legs – #6 Chartreuse, #4 Chartreuse
  • Gotcha – #8, #6, #4
  • Mantis Shrimp – #8, #6, #4
  • EP Spawning Shrimp – #6 BC Tan, #4 BC Tan, #4 Tan
  • Bonefish Bitters – #6 Amber
  • Christmas Island Special – #6 Orange
  • EP Ascension Shrimp – #6 BC Ghost, #6 BC Golden Sand, #6 Golden Sand

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Permit Flies

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    • Permit love this fly
    • Wouldn’t fish Belize without this pattern
    • Tied on a Tiemco 800S
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    • Designed for the flats of the Florida Keys
    • Tied with Lead Eyes and the material on the underside of the shank for better visibility
    • Rubber legs add extra movement
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  •   Features

    • Excellent bonefish and permit small crab pattern
    • Chicone takes the best features of his favorite crab patterns and leaves out their shortcomings, resulting in optimum castability, hook gap, tracking and sink rate
    • Realistic profile and mottled appearance
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  •   Features

    • Great for big Bonefish and Permit
    • Tough, durable & shrimpy looking fly
    • Tied on a Gamakatsu SL11-3H with a prong style weedguard
    • Approx. 2.75″ long (to end of flash)
    • BC stands for Bead Chain eyes
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  •   Features

    • Great crab pattern for Bonefish, Permit and Redfish
    • Tied on a Gamakatsu SC15
    • All have weedguards
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  • Features

    • Great for so many species.
    • Center-weighted mono keel.
    • Splay hackle claws.
    • Natural apprentice and movement.
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  •   Features

    • Works well on Bonefish and Permit
    • #6 felt body measures 1/2″ x 3/8″
    • Tied on a Tiemco 811S
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  •   Features

    • Works well on Bonefish worldwide
    • Sili Legs give it plenty of movement
    • Tied on a Tiemco 800S with Brass Eyes
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  • Rag Head Crab – #2
  • Squimp – #6
  • Bauer’s Flats Crab – #4 Light Olive, #4 Tan
  • Colby’s Corona Crab – #2
  • Contraband Crab – #4 Olive, #4 Tan
  • EP Crab – #2 Tan
  • Grand Slam Crab – #4 Tan
  • EP Ascension Shrimp – #1 Ghost, #1 Golden Sand

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Tarpon Flies

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    • A Bob Lemay tarpon fly with the perfect amount of movement
    • Color selection to match water conditions
    • Tied on extremely strong/sharp Tiemco 600SP
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    • Great for big predators snacking on Mullet
    • Tough, durable & realistic looking fly
    • Tied on a super sharp Gamakatsu SC15
    • #2/0 3″ long with weedguard; #3/0 5″ long
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  •   Features

    • Great for Tarpon worldwide, especially big fish in the Everglades and backwater bays
    • Wide flat profile tracks straight
    • Tied on a Gamakatsu SL12S
    • Approx. 3.50″ long
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  •   Features

    • Lands softly and has a lot of movement with short strips
    • Go-to for laid-up and moving tarpon
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    • Buoyancy from head keeps fly right above eyes of moving tarpon
    • Prey-like movements from bunny collar and tail bring fly to life
    • Polar fiber tail (Chartreuse/Yellow & Purple/Black)
    • Craft fur tail (Dirty Olive & Tan/Orange)
    • Two-prong style weedguard
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    • From oceanside migrators to ditch-bound juveniles, tarpon everywhere will eat this fly
    • Collar and bunny strip pulsate when stripped
    • Packed foam head keeps it riding high
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  • EP Mullet – 2/0 Black/Purple, 3/0 Black/Purple
  • Laid-Up Tarpon Fly – 1/0 Chartreuse, 1/0 Tan
  • Megalopsicle – 1/0 Chartreuse, 1/0 Purple/Black, 1/0 Tan/Orange
  • Tuscan Bunny – 3/0 Black/Purple, 3/0 Chartreuse/White
  • EP Tarpon SP Bunny – 2/0 Black/Purple, 2/0 Chartreuse/Yellow
  • Big Eye Tarpon Fly – 1/0 Sand Devil

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Snook/Jack Flies

  •   Features

    • Incredible movement from EP Craft Fur Brush tail
    • A bit more sparse with slimmer profile than EP A2Z
    • White/Chartreuse is a great all-around cleaner water snook, tarpon, jack fly.
    • Rust/Olive is a perfect back-country/canal dirty water fly for tarpon, snook, peacock, jacks.
    • Big eyes for predators to key into.
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  •   Features

    • Polar fiber breathes and pulsate through water
    • Epoxy head prevents fouling
    • #4 Length: 2 1/2″, #2 Length: 3 1/2″, 2/0 Length: 5″
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  •   Features

    • Tough foam, pops and gurgles water
    • Deadly backcountry topwater pattern
    • Subtle flash in body with micro-moving legs
    • Seductive craft fur tail movement
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    • Great backcountry fly that works on tarpon, snook, redfish, seatrout
    • Largemouth bass will also take this fly
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  • Kendrick’s Howitzer Mullet – 2/0 Chartreuse/Purple
  • Polar Fiber Minnow – #4 White, #2 Olive/White
  • RIO’s Guido Shrimp – 1/0 Black, 1/0 White, 1/0 Tan
  • EP Baby Tarpon Mini Diver – 2/0 White
  • Brushy Baitfish – #2 Grey/Orange
  • Tom’s Tantrum – 1/0 White

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Fly Rods

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    • Matte Midnight blank
    • Reel seat is type III anodized aluminum Midnight black w/Matte Midnight carbon insert
    • Blue accent wrap, black/black main wraps
    • REC recoil snake guides, SiC/titanium stripping guides
    • Reinforced blank increases loop strength and dampens vibration for straighter tracking and a truer cast
    • American made
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  • Scott Sector Fly Rod Video & Review

    Features

    • Guides are PVD coated in a low reflective coating for even greater durability and stealth.
    • Scott’s all new Carbon Web technology improves torsional stability.
    • Reel seat milled from aircraft grade aluminum.
    • CeRecoil stripping guides with nickel titanium frames and super slick Zirconia inserts.
    • Unmatched reliability for easily duplicated performance on the water.
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  • Fast-action 9′ 8 weight for bonefish
  • Fast-action 9′ 9 weight for permit and tarpon
  • Fast-action 9′ 10 weight for permit and tarpon

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Reels

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    • Designed to balance perfectly with lighter rods
    • Zero start-up inertia and precise low-end control protects light tippets
    • Lighter version of the sealed and maintenance-free carbon and stainless steel disc drag
    • Adjusts from zero to full drag in a single drag knob rotation
    • 30% lighter and 30% narrower than Mirage
    • Strong, yet lightweight, 6061 T6 aluminum, type II anodizing
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  • Why we love Tibors

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    • Made from solid aluminum bar stock
    • Lightweight to balance with modern fly rods and reduce casting fatigue
    • Triple outgoing line signals, easily removable for silent operation
    • World famous Tibor drag system
    • Made and assembled in the USA
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  • Durable 8 weight size reel with smooth drag system and at least 150 yds of #20 backing
  • Durable 9 weight size reel with smooth drag system and at least 200 yds of #20 or #30 backing
  • Durable 10 weight size reel with smooth drag system and at least 200 yds of #30 backing

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Fly Lines

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    • Ideal use in 70 + degree (F) temperatures.
    • Perfect for spooky fish.
    • Virtually invisible underwater
    • Hard PE+ coating shoots faster and farther than any conventional PVC floating line
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  •   Features

    • 16 strand braided monofilament core stays stiff in tropical heat
    • Welded loops on TT8F-TT9F
    • J3 coating for better shooting, higher floating, water repelling, and durability
    • Sand color shooting head blends into Tropical Blue running line to indicate optimal casting length
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  •   Features

    • Features the revolutionary AST Plus slickness additive for superior shooting ability and increased durability
    • The perfect line for bonefish, tarpon, and permit on the flats; also great for snook, redfish, and sea trout
    • Overweighted by .75 sizes to load rods quickly; use designated line weight for your rod
    • Short, powerful head turns over long leaders with heavy flies
    • Tropi-Core technology remains stiff and slick in tropical environments
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  • Weight forward tropical floating WF8F fly line, that loads easy, punches into the wind and can be presented softly.
  • Weight forward tropical floating WF9F fly line, that punches into the wind and carries heavy flies.
  • Weight forward tropical floating WF10F fly line, that punches into the wind and carries heavy flies.

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Bonefish Leaders & Tippet

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    • Medium-stiff material for turning over larger flies
    • Easy knotting, high strength leader
    • Hand tied perfection loop in the butt for quick rigging
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    • 100% fluorocarbon
    • Excellent abrasion resistance
    • Medium stiff
    • 8 lb – 12 lb 30 yd spool, 16 lb – 20 lb 25 yd spool, 25 lb – 50 lb 20 yd spool, 60 lb – 100 lb 15 yd spool
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    • Medium-stiff material with great knot strength
    • Easy casting taper design that casts typical saltwater flies
    • Maximum strength and abrasion resistance
    • Hand tied perfection loop in the butt for quick rigging
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  • RIO Saltwater Leader – 16 lb
  • RIO Bonefish Leader – 12 lb
  • RIO Fluoroflex Saltwater Tippet – 12 lb, 16 lb

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Permit Leaders & Tippet

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    • 100% fluorocarbon
    • Excellent abrasion resistance
    • Medium stiff
    • 8 lb – 12 lb 30 yd spool, 16 lb – 20 lb 25 yd spool, 25 lb – 50 lb 20 yd spool, 60 lb – 100 lb 15 yd spool
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    • Medium-stiff material with great knot strength
    • Easy casting taper design that casts typical saltwater flies
    • Maximum strength and abrasion resistance
    • Hand tied perfection loop in the butt for quick rigging
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  • RIO Saltwater Leader – 16 lb
  • RIO Fluoroflex Saltwater Tippet – 16 lb, 20 lb

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Tarpon Leaders & Tippet

  •   Features

    • 100% fluorocarbon
    • Excellent abrasion resistance
    • Medium stiff
    • 8 lb – 12 lb 30 yd spool, 16 lb – 20 lb 25 yd spool, 25 lb – 50 lb 20 yd spool, 60 lb – 100 lb 15 yd spool
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    • Medium-stiff material with great knot strength
    • Easy casting taper design that casts typical saltwater flies
    • Maximum strength and abrasion resistance
    • Hand tied perfection loop in the butt for quick rigging
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    • Hand tied for precision every time.
    • 100% strength advanced knots.
    • Heavy butt section for wind penetration and turnover.
    • Fluorocarbon bite tippet for abrasion resistance
    • 2 per pack, ready to fish out of the package.
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  • RIO Saltwater Leader – 20 lb
  • RIO Tarpon Pro – 20 lb class/ 60 lb shock
  • RIO Fluoroflex Saltwater Tippet – 40 lb, 60 lb

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Snook/Jack Leaders & Tippet

  •   Features

    • 100% fluorocarbon
    • Excellent abrasion resistance
    • Medium stiff
    • 8 lb – 12 lb 30 yd spool, 16 lb – 20 lb 25 yd spool, 25 lb – 50 lb 20 yd spool, 60 lb – 100 lb 15 yd spool
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  •   Features

    • Medium-stiff material with great knot strength
    • Easy casting taper design that casts typical saltwater flies
    • Maximum strength and abrasion resistance
    • Hand tied perfection loop in the butt for quick rigging
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  • RIO Saltwater Leader – 16 lb
  • RIO Fluoroflex Saltwater Tippet – 25 lb, 30 lb

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Fishing Apparel

  •   Features

    • Ultralight nylon/polyester blend dries in a flash and has 30-UPF sun protection
    • Mechanical stretch in the fabric allows for greater comfort when casting
    • 2.25-oz 52% nylon/48% polyester with mechanical stretch and 30-UPF sun protection
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  •   Features

    • Elastic back for comfort and great fit
    • Two back pockets one zipper closed; two front slash pockets with mesh drainage
    • Double layer fabric on front of leg for durability and protection; drop in utility pocket on right thigh
    • 50+ UPF sun protection
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  •   Features

    • Hood is designed to be worn over a baseball cap
    • Vertical zip closure on front pocket
    • Sculpted cuff with thumb holes for sun protection
    • 100% polyester double knit with 50+ UPF sun protection
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  •   Features

    • Lightweight, UPF50 sun glove with improved coverage & fit
    • Synthetic overlay on the index finger for stripping durability
    • Half finger style with extended coverage on index/middle fingers, long length to cover the wrists & pairing snaps for storage
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  •   Features

    • Quick-dry, breathable stretch fabric with laser cut breathing holes
    • Coolcore technology – up to 30% lower surface tempature when wet
    • Longer cape for better sun coverage at neckline
    • Tall enough to fit over back of fishing cap
    • One size fits most
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  •   Features

    • UPF 30
    • Durable and lightweight with COR3™ and Cool Control™ technology – perfect for warm weather fishing
    • Zip-secure back pocket and slash hand pockets with an internal cell phone pocket
    • Partial elastic, brushed tricot lined waistband for adjustability, comfort and moisture management
    • Crotch gusset for comfort and ease of movement
    • Inseam 30”
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  •   Features

    • Easy on/easy off saltwater wet wading shoe with gusseted zipper opening & YKK® locking corrosion-resistant zipper
    • Durable vulcanized rubber outsole & molded EVA sockliner & full length Bi-Fit™ lasting board for puncture resistance
    • Designed to be worn barefoot or with a light liner sock; order straight shoe size or nearest whole size up
    • Men’s whole sizes: 8 – 14, Width: EE
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  • Sun protection is critical. Lightweight, quick-drying technical fishing apparel with built-in UPF protection is best.
  • Simms Zipit II booties are perfect for wading sessions.

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