EVERGLADES CITY, FL FLY FISHING GUIDES

Everglades City and Chokoloskee Island, Florida

Travel south down the west coast of Florida and when the beaches and condos turn into mangroves and mosquitos, keep going. Everglades City and Chokoloskee Island are the last stop before a boat is needed to go any further, and sit between the 10,000 Islands National Wildlife Refuge (to the north) and the Everglades National Park (to the south). With their laid back pace of life and roots in fly fishing, Everglades City and Chokoloskee represent what is left of old Southwest Florida. There are a few places to eat, a handful of places to sleep, and thousands of spots to fly fish.

Fly Fishing Trips in Everglades City, FL

Fly fishing around Everglades City and Chokoloskee in the Everglades National Park and the 10,000 Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a year-round activity. The area is a vast shallow water coastal backcountry where fresh water from the Everglades meets the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico. Mangrove shorelines surround the bays, flats, rivers, and creeks, that comprise the area and are home to many species of saltwater fish, including our primary targets: snook, redfish, and tarpon.

The Everglades National Park and 10,000 Islands NWR offer fly anglers protection from wind in all directions where calm water creates lee shorelines perfect for fly fishing. The water clarity in the Everglades can vary from chocolate milk, to iced tea, to gin clear and the conditions dictate the fishing. We fly fish from technical poling skiffs. Most days are spent in water less than three feet deep, poling the shallows while either sight fishing or blind casting likely areas.

Lee Guide Co. offers guided fly fishing trips in Everglades City and Chokoloskee, FL year-round. Contact Us for our current fly fishing packages, rates, and availability.

Everglades City, FL Fly Fishing Guides

Lee Guide Co. is Southwest Florida’s premiere fishing guide service and is comprised of brothers Capt. Derill Lee and Capt. Casey Lee. Derill and Casey are native Floridians, 2nd generation guides, and have been fishing Southwest Florida and the Everglades their entire lives. These brothers live to fish and promise to make your fishing charter with them a memorable one.