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Our customers come first.

Our customers come first.

Our Staff

Will Blair

When we say we know a place, we know it intimately. Owner Will Blair has spent the past 30 years working at the most remote locations on planet earth. Chile, Argentina, 20 seasons on Kamchatka as owner and guide, 10 years in Bristol Bay Alaska working in all these locations has taught Will how to find the best of the wild places left.

Quenton Smith

Quenton Smith has spent his entire life on the flats of the Bahamas.  AS our head guide at Lost Key Lodge he is a font of knowledge concerning where and when to intercept they monster Bonefish that make the Jumento Keys home.

The Wallace Family

The Wallace family is 7th generation Ragged Islanders.  This is a close knit family that cares deeply about success.  Phicol is a master mechanic and one of the most talented lodge owners that we have ever met.

Patrick Taendler

Patrick Taendler has been leading trips in Bolivia and Brazil for over a decade.  Passionate and hard working Patrick can get things done that seem impossible.

"I have fished for Bonefish at every imaginable location. Lost Key Lodge is the pinnacle of remote and unspoiled, yet so close to home. If you are looking for that one huge Bone and monster Permit this is the place.”

– Scot H, Wyoming, USA