A Fly Fishing Adventure to Remember: Tarpon in Caño Negro

To reach this area the Tarpon have travelled from the Ocean and then 100 odd miles up the San Juan river & into the Rio Frío (Cold River) on the Costa Rican side of the border. It has got to be one of the trickiest & most technically challenging destinations on the planet but at the same time one of the most stunning, making it so worthwhile. It will literally chew you up emotionally & spit you back out. Watching Tarpon in the 100lb, 150lb & maybe even 200lb class roll or go gangbusters on schooling baitfish in front of you is a site to behold and in typical fashion that would usually happen after hours of zero activity which would have you questioning whether you are completely wasting your time. Catching one of them is another matter entirely but when they get active, which is the moment you are waiting for, you can feel a bite is near. In Costa Rica, The Caribbean Coast is most certainly the place to go for sheer numbers & your best chance at catching Tarpon but Caño Negro/Rio Frío is the place for crazies looking to cross something extra special & really really hard, off the Bucketlist.

The wildlife of this area is on another level also, Caiman, Crocodiles, Iguanas, Jesus Christ Lizards & the most fantastic array of birds, a few that we spotted included Osprey, Blue heron, Caracara, Kingfisher, Eagle, Egret, Ibis, Vulcher, Spoonbill, Cormorant plus a bunch of others.