Placencia · Southern Belize

Fish the flats with the family who helped map them.

Private fly-fishing days shaped by tides, weather, experience, and more than six decades of local knowledge.

Belizean ownedLicensed local guides1–2 anglers per boatCatch and release
Three generationsA family guiding tradition
Four speciesPermit, tarpon, bonefish, snook
One private boatPersonal attention all day
Southern BelizeFlats, bays, creeks, mangroves

Choose your experience

A better day starts with the right plan.

Tell us how you fish, what you want to chase, and how much time you have. We’ll recommend the trip that fits.

Fly angler casting across a shallow flat in southern Belize
Private flats charters

Fly Fishing

Full-day and half-day private charters for one or two anglers.

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Vintage photograph of Charlie Leslie Sr. guiding from a skiff
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Fish With Charlie Sr.

A private day built around knowledge, patience, and a lifetime on the water.

Meet Charlie
Aerial view of Tobacco Caye surrounded by the clear Caribbean Sea
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Tobacco Caye

Put yourself closer to the water with a simple island-based fishing escape.

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The fishery

Four species. Endless possibilities.

Conditions change by the hour. Our guides read the light, wind, tides, and fish movement, then build the day around the strongest available opportunity.

How we fish
Permit

Permit

The defining challenge of the flats. Wary, powerful, and never taken for granted.

Tarpon

Tarpon

Explosive eats, airborne fights, and moments you remember long after the trip.

Bonefish

Bonefish

Fast, alert, and available year-round across the shallow flats.

Snook

Snook

Aggressive around mangroves, creeks, and structure throughout southern Belize.

A Belizean legacy

Experience cannot be manufactured.

Charlie Leslie Sr. began guiding in 1964. He learned by watching water, weather, fish, and the anglers in his boat. That knowledge was passed to his family and apprentices, shaping a guide team grounded in preparation, honesty, patience, and respect for the fishery.

“We fish the tides, not the clock.”
Charlie Leslie Sr.
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Historic photograph of Charlie Leslie Sr. guiding from a skiff
Charlie Leslie Sr. · A lifetime on Belizean waters

Real days on the water

The fish are the proof.