Cuba

Cuba is located 90 miles south of Key West, and lies at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico between Florida and Central America. It is the largest island in the West Indies with a population of approximately eleven million people. Cuba’s geography is diverse with more than 400 keys and islets, over 300 natural beaches and four mountain ranges. The Cuban archipelago was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492. The first seven townships were founded in the late 16th century by Diego Velazquez, who led the conquest of the island. The Spanish domina¬tion lasted four centuries and ended in 1898 with Spain’s defeat by the United States in the Spanish American War. The United States granted Cuba independence in 1902 after four years of U.S. occupation, but in the Cuban constitution of 1902, the United States had the right to intervene in Cuban affairs to protect U.S. interests on the island. The country was dominated by a series of conservative dictators until Fidel Castro imposed a Marxist-radical government on the 1st January 1959.

This led to a cooling of relations between Cuba and the United States, who supported invasion attempts including the Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961. After several failed attempts the United States imposed an economic embargo on the island that still exists today.

Frontier Fly Fishing has formed an association with the owners of an exclusive fishing concession located in a remote and pristine area of Cuba. In 2009 we were amongst the first people to fly-fish this destination, which Unesco has declared a reserve of the biosphere. Casa Batida is situated on the north coast of the Villa Clara province, in central Cuba.

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