Great day fishing with Captain Clery.  Very organized and professional.  Beautiful morning of fishing and catching some nice fish.  Highly recommend.

Booked a last minute 6 hour trip for my girlfriend and I. She hung out on the boat and I fly fished the whole time. Tommy was a great guy to hang out with, we both felt safe and comfortable the whole time, and we both had a ton of fun.

I was hesitant to book a trip with any of the San Juan tarpon guide services after seeing pictures of bleeding adult tarpon dragged into the boat and laying across peoples laps. Tarpon deserve respect! I chose to go with Backwater Fly Fishing Charters because they were the only guys who left the big fish in the water, handling and releasing them safely!

Fishing with Captain Tommy was great. We were on fish the whole time, we got plenty of bites, and we landed multiple tarpon on fly. Beyond that, I could Captain Tommy loves and respects tarpon, and I learned a lot about chasing tarpon with a fly!

For tourists fishing bait who just want to pull on big fish, I’m sure these guys are great.

For real fly fishermen who want the complete experience and who care about the fish, this is 110% the guys to go with.

Great morning on the water. We was pretty inexperienced with fly fishing but the guide got us casting up to snuff in short time. The tarpon were rolling early before we was able to get our casting down and by the time we was casting decent the fishing slowed down. We still had 4 bites, 1 got off on its second jump and we landed 1. All in all we had a great time and learned a lot of fly fishing techniques. Highly recommend!

Excellent time on the water. Great fishery. Jorge was a blast and knew the water extremely well. Boat was perfect for the situation. Highly recommend.