tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50630401445757354232024-02-18T22:03:43.214-08:00ANGLING ON THE FLYA FishBLOG for the avid angler... Fishing Destinations, Travel Reports, Fishing News, Tips and Techniques, Tackle Reviews, Photography, Videos, and more...Angling On The Flyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13423188653548939262noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-75169908824627164182014-08-02T16:07:00.000-07:002014-08-02T16:12:05.896-07:00Trip Report: Isla del Sabalo (July 13 - 19 , 2014)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Guide Samuel, "Oz", and Baby Tarpon on the flats...</div>
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A group of our most avid baby Tarpon clients have recently returned from <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/IslaDelSabalo.html" target="_blank">Isla del Sabalo</a>. This was their 6th annual trip to this fishery and they reported in with smiles once again! I must give tribute to this group because they truly understand that ebb and flow of Tarpon fishing. They reported back with an atypical fishing report,... not a bad report, just a different experience this time.</div>
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Isla del Sabalo is renowned for its incredibly vast system of mangrove-lined "rios" that are the arteries for baby Tarpon migrating in and out with the tides. It is along these routes that guides and their anglers will ambush the baby Tarpon as they migrate out of the rio with the falling tide. This group has always cherished stalking these fish in the channels. Intercepting the baby Tarpon as they unsuspectingly and lazily roll on the surface, revealing their presence. But again, this trip was different.</div>
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On this trip, there were not many baby Tarpon in the channels. This trip was booked on the same tide profile as past trips, but Mom-Nature served up a different playing field on this trip. During this week, the baby Tarpon were out of the mangrove rios and were cruising the shoreline flats. As such, this group adapted their strategies and played the flats fishing game instead with the baby Tarpon. What an exciting pursuit,... to pole across thin flats and encounter sight fishing opportunities for baby Tarpon. Even more, the group reported that they found some larger baby T further off the coast in the deeper flats. </div>
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Isla del Sabalo has a multitude of facets, and that is what makes this remote fishery such a gem. This group understands the jewel they have available to them. The quality of this fishery keeps them coming back. And yes, they are already looking forward to their 7th trip to <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/IslaDelSabalo.html" target="_blank">Isla del Sabalo</a> in 2015!</div>
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Robert and a gem of the baby T taken on the flats...</div>
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Majestic ocean-front view from the lodge...</div>
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Judy hooked up with the largest Tarpon of the trip...</div>
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... and a "grande" this was!</div>
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Some baby T were found in the channels...</div>
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Happy guides and...</div>
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Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-20030022327932029672012-12-01T23:25:00.000-08:002012-12-16T23:29:51.025-08:00Trip Report: Anglers Inn - El Salto (Nov. 2012)<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recently, repeat client Charlie and his friend Brad (Camas, WA) returned from <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/AnglersInn-ElSalto.html" target="_blank">Anglers Inn at Lake El Salto</a> with a stellar report and testimonial about their fishing and overall experience. This was Charlie's 3rd season fishing El Salto during the fall topwater Largemouth Bass bite. Here are the reports from Charlie and Brad respectively...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Hi Keith,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All smiles for El Salto Bass! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Now let's talk fishing, I won't speak for charlie but your choice of guides was spot on! Juan was incredible, from his boat handling skills to his making sure we both were seated before throttling the boat up to get it on plane he projected safety confidence and knowledge and I very much appreciated that. Juan also put the both of us into personal best trophy Bass and as an added bonus the man has a unnatural ability to spot wildlife, he pointed out a huge Mexican black snake, large lizards in the trees and sunning on the rocks charlie and I had no clue they were even there! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Back to the fishing, the morning bite for the both of us was terrible...... charlie for months told me how outrageous the morning bite would be but the afternoon/evening bite more than made up the disappointment of slow morning fishing with the clincher being the first evening as Juan took us to a shallow bay close to camp and ask us to cast against the bank pulling our Dalhberg Diving bugs over bushes and other debris only to watch in amazement the water explode taking turns hooking and landing back to back to back 6+lbs fish to cap off an already great day! Charlie and I hooked fish on a variety of surface and subsurface patterns, with deer hair bass bugs, foam and standard deer dalhberg divers, foam gurglers, foam divers in a variety of styles and colors, my personal favorite colors white, yellow, black purple and blue and green frog representing the floating aspect..........and silver and white clouser minnow, airheads and gummy minnows doing the damage subsurface. Again Keith the fishing, especially the surface bite exceeded any and all expectations that I had and am already looking to next year! Thanks again and tight lines! ~Brad</i></span></div>
Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0Sinaloa D-1, Campanilla, Sinaloa, Mexico24.148006717536955 -106.7253112792968824.090068217536956 -106.80427527929687 24.205945217536954 -106.64634727929688tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-43999901253494804122012-10-25T10:20:00.000-07:002012-10-25T11:39:06.931-07:00Back on the Blog "Grid"... South Caicos, Yucatan, Alaska, and, coming next, Amazon...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To start, I must apologize to all you that have frequently and faithfully followed my blog over the years. I have been quite absent from posting since the New Year (YES, almost 10 months ago!) Although my hosted travels continued throughout the year, I was simply challenged by the lack of time and energy because of some unfortunate events in the family (multiple funerals... ugh.) Anyhow, the family and I are coming out of the "fog" now and, therefore, you will now see frequent and consistent posts from this point forward. I am back on the GRID!</div>
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OK, enough of the personal blab... let's show and tell about fly fishing travel! Over this past year, I hosted a number of trips to my favorite destinations. On these trips, I focused much of my time capturing imagery of these favorite destinations. Over the past years, I learned a great deal about the fine art of photography from the likes of Ken Hanley, Gregg Holland, John Sherman, Brian O'Keefe, Dan Blanton, and many other photographers' work. From each trip, I created a photo journal that I hope will give each of you the feel (or rather, the BUZZ!) about each destination and all that each has to offer. Here is a sampling of my favorites photos from each trip and a link to my photo journal from each trip:</div>
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<b>South Caicos Bonefish (April 2012) </b>Beyond the Blue Charters<b><br /></b>
<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/BtB_SouthCaicos_Apr2012/?albumview=slideshow" target="_blank">South Caicos Photo Journal</a><br />
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<b>Yucatan Tarpon (July 2012)</b> Isla del Sabalo and Tarpon Cay Lodge<br />
<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/YucatanTarpon-July2012-HG/?albumview=slideshow" target="_blank">Yucatan Photo Journal</a><br />
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<b>Alaskan Silver Salmon and Jumbo Rainbows (August 2012) </b>Alaska West<br />
<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/Alaska%20West%202012%20HG/" target="_blank">Alaska Photo Journal</a> (some photos compliments of Bill Kalm and Jim Bare)<br />
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<b><u> South Caicos - Beyond the Blue Charters</u></b></div>
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<b><u>Yucatan Tarpon - Tarpon Cay Lodge and Isla del Sabalo</u></b></div>
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And finally, I am in Miami (MIA) now and en route to the Amazon (Manaus, Brazil). I will be hosting another group for the brutish Peacock Bass! Check back in a couple of weeks for a complete trip report and photos. Fish ON!<br />
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The target species this coming week... YEAH!</div>
Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-61417216287783311692012-02-01T19:08:00.000-08:002012-02-16T17:09:20.984-08:00Trip Report: Amazon Peacock Bass by Bill Blanton<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGt1KF9qj9HlepnwofWN3mkYGoWpK8pU9vN5II-wjAgxtxmRdgnTtoIxk16q7dYV9963rp4crqOkWHG4JGKfibfuOhh7sTqaa0ma0vDkr0JSVdRRqbBJx1uF2aHdyIi3FwXDriQ7sakY/s1600/164852-w-BillBest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGt1KF9qj9HlepnwofWN3mkYGoWpK8pU9vN5II-wjAgxtxmRdgnTtoIxk16q7dYV9963rp4crqOkWHG4JGKfibfuOhh7sTqaa0ma0vDkr0JSVdRRqbBJx1uF2aHdyIi3FwXDriQ7sakY/s400/164852-w-BillBest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704371351284953474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A big thank you to Bill Blanton (Ft. Myers, FL) for writing this wonderful report from last month's trip to the Amazon with <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/RiverPlateOutfitters.html">River Plate Anglers</a>. Also, Bill is an exceptional photographer and surely captured a visual representation of the trip too. It begins here...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In the world of freshwater fish, the peacock is the badass. He’s the snotty kid with the mean attitude. He’s the playground bully who’ll take your lunch money, bloody your nose, send you crying to the teacher after recess.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">He’ll straighten your hook, pop your leader, wind your flyline through a maze of roots and underwater tree branches. Give him a chance, he’ll break your rod.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Once you subdue him and get him in the boat, he glares defiantly with those blood-red eyes as if to say, “So … is that the best you’ve got?”</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">In mid-January, I joined Dan Blanton and five other pilgrims for a journey into peacock country. From Miami we flew to Manaus, Brazil, where two massive river systems, the Rio Negro and the Rio Madiera, join the Amazon. We spent one night there in a luxury hotel, then flew by single-engine, 12-passenger prop plane to the tiny community of Santa Maria on the banks of the Rio Branco, a tributary of the Rio Negro. We boarded a launch at Santa Maria, motored downstream on the Branco to its junction with the smaller Rio Xeriuni, then headed back upstream a ways on the smaller river until we encountered our mobile camp — four air-conditioned cabins for anglers, a cook shack, dining hall, guide quarters and generator barge — all mounted on pontoons so they could be towed from site to site by a riverboat “tug.” The camp moved three times during our eight days on the water.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">By mid-afternoon of the first day, Dan and I were rigged and on the water fishing out of a 21-foot jon boat, equipped with 30-horsepower Suzuki and stern-mounted trolling motor. Our captain was Moe, the head guide. For about an hour or so, Dan and I politely took turns manning the bow, with one angler resting while the other fished. It only took a few hard pulls from peacocks to change that arrangement. For the rest of the six-and-a-half fishing days, we both cast at the same time, one from the bow, the other from midships. We alternated positions daily. We fished it like it was a job, casting continuously, pausing only to change flies, grab a drink of water or stretch weary muscles. </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The work paid off in fish. Over the six-and-a-half days, we caught 270 fish ranging from two to 14 pounds. There were several other double-digit beauties and a whole bunch of seven- and eight-pounders that put a good bend in our rods. We caught all four species of peacock common to our area: the Azul, the Butterfly, the Paca and a fourth whose name I could never master, a fish that looked like a blend of Butterfly and Paca. In total, our group of six anglers caught 909 fish over the same period. One angler, John Waldum, landed fish of 22 and 18 pounds. We also caught a mixed bag of piranha, oscars, dogfish and other weird species endemic to the Amazon region.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The fishing was brutal. We were casting stout nine-weights equipped with Rio Tropical Outbound Short intermediate lines, frequently out to 70, 80, 90 feet, with large, wind-resistant flies. On no other fishing trip have I cast so many times at such distance. Each morning, I’d strip line off my reel until there were only a few turns left around the arbor, load it into the absolutely essential vertical line management device, in this case a travel bucket from Sea Level Fly Fishing, and go to work. For efficiency, we made a lot of casts with water hauls instead of aerializing the line. But there were times when, for accuracy’s sake, we had to false cast a few times before placing the fly.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">With the two of us casting at the same time, large hooks were continually flying through the air around and over the boat. I only hit Dan three times, thankfully, in the back with the hook eye instead of in the face with the point. He was kind enough not to return the favor.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Accuracy was essential. The dynamic of the Amazon riverbank is that large trees, up to 50 or 60 feet in height, grow right up to the water’s edge. In times of high water, the bank erodes away from the root systems, and the trees fall in the water. On a typical shoreline, you don’t encounter one or two logs. Instead, it’s a maze of very large fallen trees, rotting logs, entangled branches — peacock heaven but hell for anglers trying to place a fly in an unobstructed spot.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The trick was to drop the fly as close to the obstructions as possible, swim it though the tangle of branches, then let it sink a bit once it reached the open water. Oftentimes, the water by the banks would be three to six feet deep. That changed, of course, depending on overall water levels. During our trip, water was high, but not unfishable.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A common exchange after one of us seemed to get a bump on the retrieve would go like this:</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“Bite?”</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“Wood.”</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“Damn.”</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">As a guide in South Florida, I’m used to poling my boat over to a mangrove shoreline to help an angler pluck his fly out of the branches. I never make a big deal out of it. It’s all part of the game, so I didn’t feel bad at all when our Brazilian guides had to troll or paddle to a branch so I could dislodge my fly. Call it karma.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">However, it was above and beyond the call of duty when two guides had to dive into the water to retrieve fish that had tangled themselves up in the roots.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Before Brazil, I’d heard talk about how hard-pulling peacock bass are. Since fishermen are known to exaggerate, I was somewhat skeptical. Anglers said they used “gorilla” leaders of straight 40-, 50- or even 60-pound mono. I was determined not to do that since it sounded like a good way to break a rod or lose a fly line. Instead, I employed one of Capt. John Quigley’s excellent five-foot twisted leaders for a butt section, then attached a three-foot segment of 40-pound mono for a tippet. The twisted leader is created from 20-pound mono, but its built-in stretch gives it a cushioning factor that reduces break-offs and still protects line and rod.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The pull? That was no bull. The first take, even from a small fish, is a shock. You’re stripping in the line on the retrieve, when, suddenly, it stops. I don’t mean you get a jolt; I mean, the line stops.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Then it goes the other way … fast.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I’ve pulled a lot of snook out of the mangroves over the past 18 years. When a snook turns and heads for the roots, I try to steer him the way he wants to go and use his own momentum to keep him out of the bushes.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">You can’t do that with peacock. You’ve got to pull straight back against the run — immediately — and not give an inch. Then you’ve got to keep pulling for all you’re worth, being careful to play the fish off the butt of the rod instead of the more fragile tip, all the while hoping your guide can get the trolling motor turned around quickly enough to ease you away from the bank.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Forget the reel. Both Dan and I lost large fish trying to put them on the reel. (On the other hand, John Waldum lost his line and 100 yards of backing to a fish he hooked in the open water and had to play off the reel).</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The fight continues when you get the fish away from the woods. The peacock will jump, make short runs, dive under the boat. Once it’s subdued and in hand, the game’s still not over. More than once during picture taking, a seemingly dormant peacock suddenly came back to life while being held for the camera, wrestling itself out of our hands and thrashing around in the boat. This might happen three or four times with one fish. Even after several minutes of posing for photos, they were very strong during the release. Red eyes glaring, they’d give one powerful tail kick and be gone.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">More about that pull: On the second day, when we’d gained a little experience, I got a hit from a very large fish, perhaps the largest we encountered during the entire trip. I was an instant late in controlling the line, so the fish accelerated toward the bushes. When I finally got a good grasp on the line, it was too late. He had gained too much momentum. I pulled. He pulled. The leader broke.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The 20-pound twisted leader butt section held, but the 40-pound tippet parted at the knot to the fly. I’m real careful with my knots and proud of how they hold up, but after studying the tippet for a few minutes, I abandoned the Improved Homer Rode Loop Knot I’ve used for tarpon, sails and other large critters and switched over to the knot Dan was using, the Harro version of the Non-Slip Loop Knot. No more problems after that.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We all exhibited combat wounds. Under normal fishing conditions I wear sungloves on both hands. On the middle finger of my rod hand, I place a finger guard. After three days of battling peacocks, I had to increase the protection to three finger guards on the rod hand: one on index, one on middle and one on the third finger. Under the finger guard on the third finger, over the big open bleeding blister, I placed a band-aid and over-wrapped that with a one-inch wide strip I’d cut from a bandanna. I wound the rest of the bandanna around my palm to cushion it and slid the sunglove over the whole bandaged mess so my hand resembled a small pillow with fingers sticking out of it.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">On the line hand, I placed finger guards on thumb and index finger. By Day Four, the back of my line hand swelled up in a puffy mound, a reaction, I guess, to the constant rapid stripping. My back hurt, my shoulder ached. The first few casts in the morning were reminiscent of a pitcher warming up in the bullpen: A few easy throws of 20 feet or so, a few more out to about 30 feet, then a little more velocity, a 40-footer with a little heat on it, then, finally, the fast ball, a long cast into the wooded banks. </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Even landing 270 fish, we encountered dry spells. We’d work a bank for a while catching nothing, then one of us would get a bite. Sometimes, that’d be the only fish in the spot, but, more often, one fish meant others, perhaps many others, in the vicinity. The last day of fishing started slowly until we found a pod of Paca lying in the deep water off a sharp point. We cast our flies up to the point, stripped a couple of times, then let our flies drop for 10 to 12 seconds before we resumed the retrieve. The hit would come on the first or second strip after the drop. We caught seven or eight fish there before they wised up.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Later that day, we worked a U-shaped indentation in the main river channel right across from a small village. In a stretch of about 40 feet, we landed 23 fish in an hour and a half, the largest running seven pounds. That afternoon, we hit the same spot again and caught another 10 or so, including our best fish for the trip, Dan’s 14-pounder. Our total for the day was 52 fish, so three-fifths of our grabs came from one spot.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Based on my experience of just one trip, fly selection is important but not critical. The most important thing was to put the fly in the right place.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Still, some patterns worked better than others. We both caught fish on a wide variety of flies and fly types. My favorite was a version of Rob Anderson’s Reducer tied, like almost all of my flies for the trip, by Bill Logan of Roseburg, Oregon. It was buoyant enough to swim though the branches but heavy enough to sink effectively once it reached the open water. The orange, yellow and blue bucktail and orange grizzly hackle seemed an appealing color combination. The fish loved it. The Reducer was most effective in the morning. In midday, fish seemed to want a change-up. One day, I pulled out a 3/0 black and yellow Enrico Puglisi tarpon fly. The “Rotten Banana Peel” fly worked great for an hour or so, then lost its effectiveness. Another great midday fly was a small chartreuse and white Clouser. Late in the afternoon, fish seemed to want something with more bulk, so I changed to variations of Dan’s Flashtail Whistler. The most effective color combo for me was chartreuse and white.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Dan fished a wider variety of flies than I did but probably caught most of his larger fish on versions of the Whistler.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Because of the high water levels, topwater flies weren’t effective. Everyone tried them for a bit — Dan cast a Ron Dong Crease Fly for an hour or so on our last morning — but the fish just wouldn’t come up for it. Intermediate lines with bulky or weighted flies were the ticket.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The trip was organized by Keith Kaneko of <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/RiverPlateOutfitters.html">Angling On The Fly</a>. Unfortunately, Keith was not able to accompany us. River Plate Outfitters did a magnificent job of getting us there and putting us in a position to catch fish. Our camp host, John Silvia, was a genuine delight, a great organizer, host, fishing adviser, emergency field surgeon. Guides were professional and capable. Food and accommodations on the river were first-class.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">It was a great trip for a great fish.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bill Blanton</span><br /><br />Gallery of Bill's photos - <a href="http://www.danblanton.com/viewpictures.php?id=164852">CLICK HERE</a><br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-43975491434324282832012-02-01T13:19:00.000-08:002012-02-01T18:20:58.579-08:00The Third Time's the Charm - Peacock Bass in Brazil with River Plate Outfitters (Jan. 14-21, 2012) by Dan Blanton<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNrz5nz3a4pj4lPPQort4QIXKbkmE2jKkRicm_mXIqyUHRf18ck2KSAhmVscH8wlfD7Z78KlyVHXA1WoPMunb-pUATHgx1g0r0tcEn2JZrLP9mv_LHYr5V8Uu_qxVgwkMO7eHQ7uantU/s1600/164852-w-Dan14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNrz5nz3a4pj4lPPQort4QIXKbkmE2jKkRicm_mXIqyUHRf18ck2KSAhmVscH8wlfD7Z78KlyVHXA1WoPMunb-pUATHgx1g0r0tcEn2JZrLP9mv_LHYr5V8Uu_qxVgwkMO7eHQ7uantU/s400/164852-w-Dan14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704356771777148562" border="0" /></a><br />Below is a great report and photos by <a href="http://www.danblanton.com/viewmessage.php?id=164730">Dan Blanton</a> who fished with us in the Amazon in mid-January:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Third Time’s the Charm </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Peacock Bass in the Brazilian Jungle with <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/RiverPlateOutfitters.html">River Plate</a></span><a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/RiverPlateOutfitters.html"> Outfitters</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Well, it took two years after our original booking date to get there – Where? The Brazilian jungle and peacock bass with world-renowned remote camp operator, River Plate. We had first scheduled a departure date in January of 2011 but were cancelled because the river banks were overflowing into the jungle a half mile from unprecedented rainfall. We rescheduled to March same year and again were cancelled the night before departure, bags packed, and drooling to get going – high water again. River Plate gave us a full credit for the coming year. They are extremely honorable folks. </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What a let down – a serious heartbreaker for all in our group of eight anxious anglers. Only three of our group had ever fished the Amazon for peacock bass before; Keith Kaneko of Angling on the Fly travel and the Leonard boys – father and son, John and Jon. Actually there would be five Johns in our camp when we finally made it there: John Waldum (JW); John Franzia (Franzia) and his wife Mary Lynne; John Leonard; Jon Leonard and our camp host, John Silvia. I called Jon Leonard “Little Jon” just to help keep things straight. JW just fit JW...</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We had a wonderful group of people who all got along splendidly. It couldn’t have been a better assembly if they had been picked by Dr. Phil.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The first leg</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Our last and final re-booked date was to depart Miami International on TAM airways, January 13, 2012 (a Friday) – good thing I’m not superstitious...</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We arrived at the Manaus International airport right on schedule and after a slow time getting through immigration and customs, we were met by River Plate owner, Luis Brown and his superb transfer people. After introductions and a bit of a wait until all of us had our luggage and were re-grouped, we were transferred by van to the Five-Star, Cesar Hotel; and believe me, it was 5-star, with a marvelous staff, excellent rooms and a wonderful restaurant. The entire River Plate operation and its logistics is nothing but first class – but I knew that already from reports I’d read; and from anglers I’d spoken with about their operation over the years. Now I was there with partner Bill Blanton to witness it first hand and to be able to heartily confirm that everything I’d heard and read about the operation was true.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">As the old saying goes “The third time is the charm” and all went off with out a hitch this time – well with almost no hitches – nothing to obsess over anyhow.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Reports were that the water was still a bit high in the river system we were scheduled to fish; but with luck, it would drop and we’d experience good opportunity; hopefully, good fishing. Suffice it to say:</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We SLAMMED THEM! </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">About the fish and the fishing</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">As it turned out there were only 7 out of 8 scheduled people in our group since Keith Kaneko had to cancel for personal reasons. There was one couple with us, the Franzia’s, John and Mary Lynne. Mary Lynne was our camp morale booster and official “happenings” photographer. Mary Lynne didn’t fish; which reduced our total rod-wavers to six. In just 6-1/2 days of hard-ass fly fishing, we landed more than 900 fish (the guides are required to keep accurate daily counts with clickers). My partner, Coz, Captain Bill Blanton and I landed more than 270 to 14 pounds with lots of 6- to 12-pounders in the mix; and we lost count of the 3- to 5- pounders and smaller, medium-all-purpose fish caught and released, keeping only a few daily to augment camp dinners. Bill’s largest Azul peacock was a bit over 10-pounds and I managed to best a 14-pound Azul. Of the four species of peacock bass: the Azul (or Assu), the Paca, the Butterfly and the Popoca, the Azul grows the largest – but the Paca might be meaner for its size, somewhat like a smallmouth bass, often preferring moving water.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The largest fish of the week went to JW (John Waldum) with a 22-pounder; his second gargantuan, an 18-pounder. He also got his clock cleaned by a monster that got into his backing about a hundred yards breaking off his entire fly line around a bloody stump or something. There were certainly plenty of those around – lots visible and many that weren’t. We were fishing in hazardous conditions when it came to flies and lines. Everyone in our group though, managed to land double-digit fish, a few teeners.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Casting requirements </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Casting requirements and conditions (structure – blow-downs, stumps, brush trees, you name it) demanded extreme accuracy, with both long and short casts and so many of them that we all developed several blisters on our casting hand within the first day-and-a-half. Thank God JW had brought a large bottle of squeeze, instant glue, and the perfect stuff for sealing blisters and cuts after proper cleaning. I had packed a bottle of brush-on Krazy Glue for that express purpose but it never made it to camp – TSA? And, yes, we all wore Armara palmed Sun Gloves – which didn’t provide enough protection for our obviously tender casting hands. Thank God for Stripping Guards too – lest we suffered sever finger line burns. Bottom line – if you couldn’t throw tight loops and lots of them, you had better have flies with good snag guards...</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Our final destination</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The river we fished was called the Xeriuni, a trib off the Rio Branco which branched from the Rio Negro. It took almost two hours in our charter plane, flying over jungle so thick you couldn’t see through the canopy anywhere except when a decent-sized river cut a swath through it. The vastness of the Amazon is truly astounding and from high above it takes on the appearance of a thick, green, impenetrable carpet. We finally landed on a short, grass airstrip at the small village of Santa Maria. There we were met by our guides who led us to transport boats for another two hour ride down the Rio Branco to the Xeriuni and our floating, movable camp. I can’t tell you how happy I was to see the water color change from red/brown to clear tannin and finally to glimpse the camp as we rounded a river bend. “It won’t be long now”, I thought. I didn’t think I could get that excited about fishing anymore.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">After a quick lunch, camp orientation and introduction to house staff and guides by host, John Silvia, we headed to our assigned cabins to unpack and rig gear.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Guides and gear</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Our guide the first day was called “Moe” and he was a BIG boy; head guide and ran the camp maintenance and overall operation. He was a superb guide and was incredibly fly-savvy. All the guides were. It didn’t take Bill and me long to rig three rods each: a floater, intermediate and fast-sinker. The floaters and I-lines were Rio Tropical Outbound Short lines in 9- and 10-weights. Quigley twisted leaders were looped on the line-loop and a tippet of straight 40-pound about 4 feet long was decided best choice for surviving wood and other line-severing obstructions, plus twisted leaders provided stretch for shock absorption – the hell with IGFA 20-pound...</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I chose a TFO 10-weight Baby Blue for a primary rod although I brought along two 9-weight sticks: an Orvis Helios and one of Sea Level FlyFishing’s new “Stealth” rods. After a half day of swinging the BB, developing several blisters on my casting hand and straightening three jig hooks on three bruiser fish, I made the switch to the Stealth 9 with a 435 grain intermediate and stayed with it the rest of the week. It cast, fished and fought those critters brilliantly; I fell in love with that rod. The reel happened to be a Sage 3400D but that was inconsequential – we never played a single fish off the reel all week. There was no point in it once we hauled them out of the sticks; the fight was pretty much over by then.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">In retrospect I wouldn’t take any 10-weight rods for this fishing. Strong 9-weights with guts for pulling hard but with a tip for extremely accurate casting – lots of casting from 40 to 80 feet – will suffice; and you won’t destroy your hand, arm and rotator cuff. Some of our folks did break rods but all admitted to making angler errors, usually high-sticking. Bring at least three, better four rods if you make this trip. Reels should hold the appropriate line but should also be light. Beefy drags are not required from what I could tell; but one trip certainly doesn’t make me an expert.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">As for fly lines: from what I learned, I wouldn’t even take a floating line next trip because I found I could cast both subsurface flies and poppers/sliders/darters and fish them properly with the ROS Tropical Intermediate. The big poppers and Pole Dancers could be cast much easier with the I-line, than with a fat floater – just something to think about. I would take a fast-sinking line of some kind just in case although Bill and I never needed one.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Boats</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The boats we fished from were well-appointed 21-foot, fairly narrow, aluminum John Boats powered by fast 35 hp outboards and controlled with good electric motors that always worked – all day long! The skiffs felt a little tippy at first but you soon got your “legs”. Wider boats wouldn’t be able to snake through the many narrow, wood-choked creeks, water pathways to productive open bays and slow moving branches of the Xeriuni. The skiffs were fast, well-suited for the job and I found them perfect platforms. Bill and I would take turns fishing from the bow platform, alternating each day. </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Flies </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I got advice on all the hot peacock bass flies and I had the bases covered. Between Bill and me we could have supplied the entire camp with flies and a fly shop or two. I caught fish on every fly I showed them; but some did produce better than others. Pelado flies, sparse with a red tail worked very well as did any fly with lots of yellow/red/orange and orange/griz in it. Bill hammered them on a slim version of Rob Anderson’s “Reducer” fly. Bill’s version was more “Deceiver-like” and not as full as Rob’s. </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I did well on a red FT Pelado. They loved it; but so did the piranha, which chomped the Flashtail off; but not before I landed a good number of fish on one. I also slew them one afternoon on my old FT White Whistler Grizzly tied on a jig hook. Of course I just had to catch my first peacock bass on a Whistler and I did it with the classic FT red/white/griz. FT Clousers scored well too, especially in white/chart with a chartreuse pearl Flashtail. I tied some Pelado flies using yellow brush tails with a flame tip made for me by Pat Dunlap of Cascade Crest Tools. The big Peacocks loved those, including a couple of Faux Fur flies Pat sent me to try. Anyhow, they are not too particular if you can get the beef through the doorway and into the dining room. </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Most of my flies were tied on 3/0 Targus 9413 jig hooks; some on the old EC413 and some were on 600s J hooks. I like the jig hooks better and the only three that opened on me were the ones I pried open using the beefy 10 with the electric motor in full reverse. Next time I might go with 4/0s.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Use strong hooks!</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Overall, fishing for Amazon peacock bass with River Plate was a marvelous experience, one I’ll never regret having done. I’d do it again in a heartbeat! There is no other fish that hits a fly (except for maybe a New Guinea Bass) harder, faster, with more arm-jolting power than a big peacock bass. It’s a give-no-line contest which they often win if you don’t know how to dance the “down and dirty”.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">If you have been considering a trip to Brazil to fish for peacock bass I highly recommend you’re not wasting more time thinking about it. Book it! Book it with Keith Kaneko’s Angling on the Fly; and insist on River Plate Outfitters. You won’t be sorry – but don’t forget to bring the brush-on Krazy glue...</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Dan </span><br /></div><br />Thanks Dan for this great report and photos (links below)...<br /><br />Dan's Photo Gallery links:<br /><a href="http://www.danblanton.com/viewpictures.php?id=164730">Gallery #1</a><br /><a href="http://www.danblanton.com/viewpictures.php?id=164732">Gallery #2</a>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-35002793643519114592012-01-26T09:03:00.000-08:002012-01-26T09:47:28.312-08:00Lake El Salto Fly Season Wrap-Up!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7hRX3TK4K2rbcevGFaw4Ene1fRR6ZEZnf6BREaKnG9sqx94ATEFd907aAYWEXN_pCJ_H2c-VBWIhwxN6Kn099YuZLOBysTHhb2ggdDpo4wvqgbcAbSmzwHSVvbCWWzD4mwreSXMPVmg/s1600/El_Salto-24.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7hRX3TK4K2rbcevGFaw4Ene1fRR6ZEZnf6BREaKnG9sqx94ATEFd907aAYWEXN_pCJ_H2c-VBWIhwxN6Kn099YuZLOBysTHhb2ggdDpo4wvqgbcAbSmzwHSVvbCWWzD4mwreSXMPVmg/s400/El_Salto-24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988446572913938" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Primetime at El Salto ends with a SPLASH!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, I am excited to report that this past season's fishing at Lake El Salto was strong! We had multiple groups fish El Salto from mid-November through mid-January and all had consistent fishing for Largemouth Bass up to almost 9 pounds. There was good sessions of topwater on some trips, but most of the bass were fooled in the top of the subsurface water column (down to about 6 feet).<br /><br />And of course, the fantastic accommodations and service was provided by <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/AnglersInn-ElSalto.html">Anglers Inn</a>. It was great to see the all of the same friendly staff members such as Jose, Sammy, and Tony. Also, Anglers Inn purchased new boats that are absolutely ideal for fly anglers. The boats are configured with spacious, level front and rear casting decks and super comfy seats for each angler. Anglers Inn seems to keep raising the bar every year with incredible service and hospitality.<br /><br />Finally, here is a recap of the top tackle that produced BIG bass this past season. The top flies this past season are as follows:<br /><br />TOPWATER FLIES<br /><ul><li>Chewy Pop (yellow or white in size 2/0)</li><li>Bisharat's Flat Fred (shad)</li><li>Pultz's Popper (black over silver, black over chartreuse in size 2)</li></ul><p>SUBSURFACE FLIES</p><ul><li>Bisharat's AirHead (brown over white, chartreuse over white in size 1/0)</li><li>Big Game Gummy Minnow (pearl in size 2)</li><li>Clouser Minnow (chartreuse over white in size 2/0)</li></ul><p>LEADERS<br /></p><ul><li>Topwater: RIO Striped Bass (7 1/2 foot / 20#)</li><li>Subsurface: RIO FlouroFlex (20#)</li></ul><p>KEITH'S GO-TO SETUPS<br /></p><ul><li>Topwater: <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/rods/specialty/bass-ii">Sage BASS</a> (330 grain line), <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/reels/all-water/4500">Sage 4580 reel</a></li><li>Subsurface: <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/rods/all-water/tcx">Sage TCX 890-4</a>, <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/fly-lines/outbound/coldwater/outbound-short">RIO Outbound Short Type 6</a>, <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/reels/saltwater/6000">Sage 6080 reel</a></li></ul><p>The bass will be going on the spawn soon at El Salto, which marks the close of primetime fly fishing season. The lodge continues to run strong for conventional anglers until July, but the spawn and springtime afternoon winds make conditions less than ideal for fly fishing tactics. So, with this said I look forward to another incredible fly fishing season at El Salto in Fall 2012 / Winter 2013. We already have weeks on the books for hosted trips, so if you are interested please drop us a line to inquire. Fish ON!<br /></p></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvbCPzXztFIbBYQPcvmiKc6PbkHH3yG58j2ElhvrHw45Bx8RvAKreCxyjoSBDWQ4VkRkynkaR5Tj2F6zWtzZYT7qyz7_DrBbht7iWfQrI8EfS6UJqxMFr4IWBQNuOKKql09A6YC5-jHw/s1600/El_Salto-7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvbCPzXztFIbBYQPcvmiKc6PbkHH3yG58j2ElhvrHw45Bx8RvAKreCxyjoSBDWQ4VkRkynkaR5Tj2F6zWtzZYT7qyz7_DrBbht7iWfQrI8EfS6UJqxMFr4IWBQNuOKKql09A6YC5-jHw/s400/El_Salto-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988416326644898" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">FAT El Salto Bass<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjCJbAm5oSnh1bqFUJhkVC7zWL0w3szLMZPtNhTgW1QWNIusvVC8qn3sySOIv_hT-6q4povEf2Brr4gSTuVJjmJFIGpCbad3rdl9p26ekS9xTdKpJWoU7GjT-pkFPmJyrgWkJuOziSXY/s1600/El_Salto-22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjCJbAm5oSnh1bqFUJhkVC7zWL0w3szLMZPtNhTgW1QWNIusvVC8qn3sySOIv_hT-6q4povEf2Brr4gSTuVJjmJFIGpCbad3rdl9p26ekS9xTdKpJWoU7GjT-pkFPmJyrgWkJuOziSXY/s400/El_Salto-22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988173905700962" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">El Salto Bass CRUSH the AirHead!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9d6foNRmOIl9foNeNdsb41BaKvFZhU_UnNZ6l1oF6MGcnx7SRUdaj8Td8OkFKR5zmANh3yMUHow95v3vyfxQNZyn2Z1bYEVfkZ3LHxna8VHtMqpUyis5uRytVq6o7mEH5BlLYvY5acU/s1600/El_Salto-20.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9d6foNRmOIl9foNeNdsb41BaKvFZhU_UnNZ6l1oF6MGcnx7SRUdaj8Td8OkFKR5zmANh3yMUHow95v3vyfxQNZyn2Z1bYEVfkZ3LHxna8VHtMqpUyis5uRytVq6o7mEH5BlLYvY5acU/s400/El_Salto-20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988162732132050" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mr. Hanely showing the goods at El Salto...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpXrNLE9nIsnHTPx7Qo6BDHSVr26bjXpcAiMPuxMlRrJwbRhPOTPQ0o5_R4gGCva0aXyDVC6XXngKTOcCJJOYTAwI5cJgUBlTw9Xct5LX_NK42H7QEqHCccCtVPY0nG927Hm4tQFTH30/s1600/El_Salto-14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpXrNLE9nIsnHTPx7Qo6BDHSVr26bjXpcAiMPuxMlRrJwbRhPOTPQ0o5_R4gGCva0aXyDVC6XXngKTOcCJJOYTAwI5cJgUBlTw9Xct5LX_NK42H7QEqHCccCtVPY0nG927Hm4tQFTH30/s400/El_Salto-14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988421551873058" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lodge manager, Jose, putting on a show with Spanish Coffee!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHkvWcMm5zcuMp0iNZaBJioYS2TrNCJvQPo7Xi5daUOXyb7T_jv6yFYhTqZcMjePhAz89b2zVd-NR6qPNOWCmI2PCVS9TRHjRJbukP-cwB1Fw5Mbk7irRg2ou7cNjIa9rTpP-TeskmvM/s1600/ElSalto_Hawg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHkvWcMm5zcuMp0iNZaBJioYS2TrNCJvQPo7Xi5daUOXyb7T_jv6yFYhTqZcMjePhAz89b2zVd-NR6qPNOWCmI2PCVS9TRHjRJbukP-cwB1Fw5Mbk7irRg2ou7cNjIa9rTpP-TeskmvM/s400/ElSalto_Hawg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988156192864290" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Loretta showing off her BIG fish of the season. WOW, 8.8 pounds!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH1VBFhS7W4wGkO1kWd8LcE1AQn1lxLsi-wIY0nwiV7vC1YmWr2fGLGvS_qmFMW9QqUfmeJYNFcRjHwdI8-q8nVra7DW6oSpB-eUeskgCFkvqBYSjauijWiNyllphhA8w079k1y5jzas/s1600/El_Salto-18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH1VBFhS7W4wGkO1kWd8LcE1AQn1lxLsi-wIY0nwiV7vC1YmWr2fGLGvS_qmFMW9QqUfmeJYNFcRjHwdI8-q8nVra7DW6oSpB-eUeskgCFkvqBYSjauijWiNyllphhA8w079k1y5jzas/s400/El_Salto-18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988423650504034" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Morning run for topwater bass...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IXgIkLJqn-e1HvOGy3tXUQ2LxL26oATvpJvaTIbmcYs5BrRNwSWPyk-0bF6McZJbz_7JVYtmvvIq-qxi8LapVepYeBAZuqJ8X5TbawlEjGL1qKqLLUS_ICxMxyEpeqH6ermVEyT73XQ/s1600/IMGP1389.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IXgIkLJqn-e1HvOGy3tXUQ2LxL26oATvpJvaTIbmcYs5BrRNwSWPyk-0bF6McZJbz_7JVYtmvvIq-qxi8LapVepYeBAZuqJ8X5TbawlEjGL1qKqLLUS_ICxMxyEpeqH6ermVEyT73XQ/s400/IMGP1389.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988149311814498" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ladies' double up for El Salto Bass...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWkq0KqKJGSiXl6eFjBRfKuhR0Zp5hSJtGhvTA2PG9UtsaMoNwd27wB7fT9nfv0wgZos-nY86euPUvbGrzvpPbHe9T2vxK_nW6bsFRLy1L36z-YQZhadMstcALWNRl9-RLe9WT-_mc_M/s1600/El_Salto-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWkq0KqKJGSiXl6eFjBRfKuhR0Zp5hSJtGhvTA2PG9UtsaMoNwd27wB7fT9nfv0wgZos-nY86euPUvbGrzvpPbHe9T2vxK_nW6bsFRLy1L36z-YQZhadMstcALWNRl9-RLe9WT-_mc_M/s400/El_Salto-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988176219428962" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Topwater "POP"...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjAwDpPDjCra77H9yO3qveS9KuUQicWCVEbTxbMNZbwNCRfLqk6pjVEFdLot8ZKmzoaBe-jZcSJxeuvChq_BFR5RkgCABScbnRhzqV4dXReUxOUMBogGRIM7YAd1UM9feTPkt6Q13BfM/s1600/El_Salto-28.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjAwDpPDjCra77H9yO3qveS9KuUQicWCVEbTxbMNZbwNCRfLqk6pjVEFdLot8ZKmzoaBe-jZcSJxeuvChq_BFR5RkgCABScbnRhzqV4dXReUxOUMBogGRIM7YAd1UM9feTPkt6Q13BfM/s400/El_Salto-28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701988883526374162" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The close of another spectacular season at Lake El Salto...<br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-17264126475937758912011-12-05T09:47:00.000-08:002011-12-05T09:59:43.963-08:00Trip Report: El Salto Largemouth (Nov. 19-23, 2011)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q5BRt6xXOVSPbyQ-daK6yvARY54cEr11VR3xhdcGBbsVpONmspMsjUFrwxa0RWsOYpWzpxhjLO3LF_YWH0EioS0jFdrGUgZYIJSb8OFJMsXGDPm0zhMCuRsOz6hXuDpBFJ58DmNtkKo/s1600/CharlieHinds-ElSalto.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q5BRt6xXOVSPbyQ-daK6yvARY54cEr11VR3xhdcGBbsVpONmspMsjUFrwxa0RWsOYpWzpxhjLO3LF_YWH0EioS0jFdrGUgZYIJSb8OFJMsXGDPm0zhMCuRsOz6hXuDpBFJ58DmNtkKo/s400/CharlieHinds-ElSalto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682705124815219058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Charlie displaying one of his many topwater trophy Largemouth at Lake El Salto</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We are excited to share a recent report from our <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/AnglersInn-ElSalto.html">Anglers Inn - El Salto</a> repeat clients, Charlie and Tim of Camas, WA. They had one of their best ever topwater trips to El Salto! Here it is:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hi Keith,</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I just want you to know that we hit it right this year and the fishing was great! Here is a pictures of me with my biggest fish and my son with a big smile (he got bigger fish and lost a couple of big ones). We got 27 one morning and lost 14 all on topwater. The next morning we landed 26 and the fish were a little bigger. Sure was fun watching my son have fun catching good sized bass on flies on top. We caught some under on gummy minnows and clousers and such, too. Thanks for all the help. We hope to go next year at the same time if all goes well.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Charlie</span><br /><br />So far, this fall season has been excellent for topwater action at Lake El Salto! We have more groups heading down there this month and next, so we will share the upcoming reports soon. Fish On!<br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-55421207348271749632011-11-02T01:25:00.000-07:002011-11-02T22:27:19.461-07:00Trip Report: Amazon Peacock Bass (September 2011)<div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtr7u6fQvr_6WViiYOydFPrSe4YYTWZJzGWrZNyHb6tG8qFi_FvKdmD3QpPAY7lCMK3uKCShET37uXvpQfHFrOFh9uqXcpvcTHgfMDeo9BF8aO3liHjeaEBEMktoQCrSTvAk6vMtniQ8w/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-49.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtr7u6fQvr_6WViiYOydFPrSe4YYTWZJzGWrZNyHb6tG8qFi_FvKdmD3QpPAY7lCMK3uKCShET37uXvpQfHFrOFh9uqXcpvcTHgfMDeo9BF8aO3liHjeaEBEMktoQCrSTvAk6vMtniQ8w/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670300782668271250" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >An incredible trip of "double-doubles"...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Courier New"; }@font-face { font-family: "Wingdings"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }ol { margin-bottom: 0in; }ul { margin-bottom: 0in; }</style> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA4KVCHA5a5tYcTyiNCQgja1D54ZmuOHf_9BjUEsaxy-oF9EzbReK93BI30vhVg-abCZBF6amvGmOcweCEuY1EaexMpfqVDU3BKLCeVwmA8XZAEDiUidqLFgg_wIaYIFgoPj3dTqDjYY/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-10.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA4KVCHA5a5tYcTyiNCQgja1D54ZmuOHf_9BjUEsaxy-oF9EzbReK93BI30vhVg-abCZBF6amvGmOcweCEuY1EaexMpfqVDU3BKLCeVwmA8XZAEDiUidqLFgg_wIaYIFgoPj3dTqDjYY/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670294395340146866" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >After a number of previous trips to the Brazilian Amazon during our winter months, my group and I were intrigued to fish the Amazon during the earlier part of the season.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We had always heard of anglers fishing in the early season in the southern region of the Amazon basin.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >As I would find out, venturing to this remote region would be an exciting and different experience than our previous trips.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >And last season, </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.anglersinn.com/amazonaii/amazonblast.htm">Anglers Inn International</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > of Mexico extended their presence with this Peacock Bass program in the Amazon. </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Anglers Inn has raised the bar on the mobile camp concept in the Amazon with much improved living quarters, dining facilities, and overall service.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >My group and I have fished with Anglers Inn in Mexico for years and can attest to their high level of service, hospitality and quality operations. </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >And, we were happy to have this same level of quality on this trip.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Even more, we were fortunate to have </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.anglersinn.com/amazonaii/amazonblast.htm">Anglers Inn International</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > owner, Billy Chapman, Jr., host our camp for the week.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAkq0sUQ42WLAlLIgNQsk_2-rukptOWsuoXH1TlG48y-M2ZwGYIfrJCqnwJPSqJad47NQJgFTI53OfOb9S7TxO1GUhoEKvRZIUBhBUJfZS7R9QaR8fzbGzAupVSqurZrZXeTCu2VYK7w/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-95.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAkq0sUQ42WLAlLIgNQsk_2-rukptOWsuoXH1TlG48y-M2ZwGYIfrJCqnwJPSqJad47NQJgFTI53OfOb9S7TxO1GUhoEKvRZIUBhBUJfZS7R9QaR8fzbGzAupVSqurZrZXeTCu2VYK7w/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-95.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670297547791564482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">As we flew southward by floatplane from Manaus, I peered at the jungle below and noticed it looked different than the region north of Manaus along the Rio Negro.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I saw an incredibly dense forest canopy that showed no signs of stark white sand that anglers often hope to see when flying along the Rio Negro.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was explained that this region did not have the sand bars like in the north.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The rivers ran deeper, with steeper banks and lighter colored water.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We were headed for the Matupiri River, which is a tributary to the Madeira River drainage.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Upon approaching our landing run, we circled the camp before touching down gently on the river.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >As we slowed, the guides and staff approached in their boats.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I immediately saw familiar faces.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Yes, during this week we would be fortunate to have some of our favorite guides from past trips.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Guides Caju, Renaldo, and Carlos’ faces lit up when they recognized us.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was a great reunion from a few years ago when we fished with them on the Tapera River.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Matupiri is relatively deep in the main river. It was explained that this river was unique because even at its lowest levels, the large supply boats that draft a great deal of water can easily tow the camp.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Also, this depth allows the float plane to land on almost any section of the Matupiri. In geologic terms, the Matupiri was a very young river with incomplete rock formation making the river color somewhat turbid from dirt on the banks and deeper because of the lack of sand.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Whereas, the Rio Negro drainage is an older river and thus has extensive influx and movement of sand flowing down its tributaries.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEymQ94l9XCrM-sU5_sUeLzM-a1xrKTAToMHY0JXLTB6hER5kD9yodi8Vk6r0miBmtHBVmhusbgXnp5oHnLO7dinpkXtXxvuGm3KOvAeluGVHOLH5UdLk0kJFvGxVkXMaLHMWIqhKOr98/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-62.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEymQ94l9XCrM-sU5_sUeLzM-a1xrKTAToMHY0JXLTB6hER5kD9yodi8Vk6r0miBmtHBVmhusbgXnp5oHnLO7dinpkXtXxvuGm3KOvAeluGVHOLH5UdLk0kJFvGxVkXMaLHMWIqhKOr98/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-62.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670294444006970898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">This trip would be marked with a myriad of memories that went beyond fishing.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The flora, fauna, and entire ecosystem were different than we had ever seen before.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Even more, we quickly noticed that we were able to get closer to wildlife in this part of the Amazon.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was explained that this part of the Amazon basin was one of the most remote regions of the Amazon from the perspective of native population and tourism.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >In the north along the Rio Negro region, wildlife is much more impacted by the presence of human population because of the numerous native villages and the subsistence fishing activities.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We observed a wide array of avian wildlife such as osprey, egrets, macaws, parakeets, kingfishers, and many other colorful birds.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >A most memorable sighting was when we heard the defining screech of a bird of prey.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >As we rounded the corner, we came upon a large raptor perched on a tree along the shore.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >This amazing animal showed no signs of fear and actually showed interest in our poppers that we fished beneath its perch.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >During our viewing, it would make a series of short flights back and forth from one tree to the next.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It gave us an incredible view of this awesome bird of prey as it stretched its wings and made flight.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was the closest encounter I have ever had with a raptor in its natural environment.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZq_4VVYalDDQZaFPMb5PnTMu7dJ2knaU47kHZF1Au6AS0FJsrwBqUenWH_QGMbQeFEvC_3G6xyIPZtoFgdgAwDjIVZDWNoX3r1LFhi5qFfJjI4YqdXSv1gsPJomHWxKYlN8szI6vtZA/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-75.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZq_4VVYalDDQZaFPMb5PnTMu7dJ2knaU47kHZF1Au6AS0FJsrwBqUenWH_QGMbQeFEvC_3G6xyIPZtoFgdgAwDjIVZDWNoX3r1LFhi5qFfJjI4YqdXSv1gsPJomHWxKYlN8szI6vtZA/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-75.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670296656782545522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">During our week, Jim and I were continually amazed at how the wildlife seemed to accept our presence.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >On numerous occasions, a butterfly would perch on us allowing us the opportunity to photograph their beautiful colors.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We also saw otters, caiman, birds of prey, and a variety of other wildlife during our week.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >What was quite interesting and welcomed was the absence of any biting pests.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Mosquitoes and sand flies were non-existent on this trip.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was explained that it was acidity of the water from leaf decay in the forest and the lack of sand that creates an environment where these pests can not thrive.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfUOK1M0dPayUDZnVM5_36iZZZcgEkuu3JpKojRxikZk4lFtOc_K3Xsob0FPjfM2qz6XVwCfxeZnWBdTPE_u65LVrdu1GY9C6ppik2NT1I3hyphenhyphenx2SZDUXRL2qrC_GDs2mBN680imX2Ask/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-15.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfUOK1M0dPayUDZnVM5_36iZZZcgEkuu3JpKojRxikZk4lFtOc_K3Xsob0FPjfM2qz6XVwCfxeZnWBdTPE_u65LVrdu1GY9C6ppik2NT1I3hyphenhyphenx2SZDUXRL2qrC_GDs2mBN680imX2Ask/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670294403301737634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the most amazing moments on this trip was a firsthand encounter with the Amazon’s most intelligent species of wildlife, the freshwater dolphin.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Many of us had seen dolphin from afar during many of our past trips in the northern basin.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >However, the dolphins in the north would tend to stay quite far from the boat and would only show themselves briefly before disappearing below.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Well, on this trip we would have quite a different experience.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I had just hooked and landed a tough 5-pound Paca that Caju put on the boga.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Suddenly, Caju begins to laugh and point at the water.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Jim and I were shocked to see a 6-foot long dolphin at the boat-side looking at Caju and the fish he had on the boga.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It looked like a scene out of Flipper, as Caju enticed the dolphin to repeatedly come to the boat in hopes of an easy meal.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The dolphin was gorgeous, and it was the first time I ever got a chance to see this unique species of dolphin close up.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was light grey in color, had a flexible neck, enlarged pectoral fins, and a stubbed dorsal fin.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >On a previous trip, it was explained to us that these bodily characteristics were adaptations to the jungle environ over eons of time.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >A flexible neck and lack of a dorsal fin allows them to slither through the dense jungle forest and feed when the high water season arrives.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was certainly a special moment to see such a beautiful animal up close.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >After a few minutes of engaging the dolphin, Caju motored toward the shore and released the fish in shallow water and away from the reach of the dolphin.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiMo8CSZ_AOgq3DSixk4klotCsHSvdVnmBs7VcYbHmqsXEIn6nJorFp38skjR2njod_QijM_HBEynva0MieyEmBjzMSpa76nLtr7JH-u0SxJs8_FL9FKLx8A6nlkja5zoEJh132oGO8Q/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-37.jpg"><br /></a></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmNTSGgp965S_fQkPqTEa7qYaK1oXZmmPSGz-R-lmFUbI-w5hyI_XrnZ9nr5EQblO52Lhv-0MnnnHsyUg38FmIB-_XVc135OvLjqrGfdGq_tq8gEdgGcSmG5-nrzwDWQ9dQlDneXSOqk/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-52.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmNTSGgp965S_fQkPqTEa7qYaK1oXZmmPSGz-R-lmFUbI-w5hyI_XrnZ9nr5EQblO52Lhv-0MnnnHsyUg38FmIB-_XVc135OvLjqrGfdGq_tq8gEdgGcSmG5-nrzwDWQ9dQlDneXSOqk/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-52.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670299064420762690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">On this trip, Jim and I would learn a great deal from our guide Caju.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >His instruction would help confirm many of the fishing facts that were shared with us on past trips.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >In general, his English was quite limited but effective enough to communicate many fishing strategies.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >One of his guiding comments was “big tree, big Peacock…”</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Often, Caju would have Jim and I direct our casts around the base of large trees that were submerged in 3 – 6 feet of water.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Caju would also say “big Peacocks on the point.”</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >He would get especially excited if there was a large tree on the point of a lagoon entrance.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >On many occasions, we would hook large Peacock Bass in these areas.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >This confirmed that Peacock Bass are ambush predators and can be structure oriented when there is water depth as the base of trees.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >On another instance, we pulled up to a point and on the first cast I land a mini Azul Peacock of about 3 pounds.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I didn’t think much of this small Azul, but Caju’s face lit up and his eyes got wide.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >He said “big Peacocks on the point!”</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Jim and I were certainly not going to doubt him or question what he “saw”, so we launched our streamers toward the point.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Immediately, Jim hooked up on a ‘grande’.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I kept stripping while I watched the commotion as Jim laid the heat on his fish.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Then, I came tight on a trophy Peacock too.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We had an epic double battle ensuing.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Thankfully, we were able to coordinate the landing of both jumbo Peacocks.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >After Jim and I released our fish, we just glanced over at Caju in awe of his instinct.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We began to discuss what just happened here and we came to a realization.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Caju said, “small Azul, big Peacocks on the point.”</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >He then gestured with his arms and said, “familia”.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >This confirmed a fact that was shared with us on a previous trip.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Peacock bass will sometimes congregate by family structure with small Azuls mixing with larger ones.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The Peacock Bass are an extremely adaptive species and some generation classes will evolve to reach maturity at a relatively smaller size class.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >This adaptation occurs when conditions in the Amazon change and affect spawning cycles.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It is nature’s way of ensuring that the Peacock Bass will survive during drought years.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >And these various sizes of mature Azuls will congregate and feed as a family unit.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It is with this knowledge that Caju knew that there were larger Azuls in the area.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Simply amazing…</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Another highly effective strategy was to arrive at a new spot and begin with topwater.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Often, one might question why a guide would encourage us to fish topwater in the middle of the day with the sun high above.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Any experienced angler knows that bright conditions are the worst for topwater fishing.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Well, we would learn soon enough that it was all a part of Caju’s master plan to get us into a hot bite.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">We would not always raise fish to our topwater flies.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">However, the poppers would call the fish out of the structure and Caju would then have us switch over to fishing streamers deep.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">On most occasions, this strategy paid off with good numbers of fish being hooked subsurface.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTO3x2RKFnMmpxM1662grSYucUQTTtXwbUQjbJNKcEKDXZ5gYDLsCaphgb2LDyQEpLQMQ67oHDF9KJrolImkqCq8AUCXA_Sv8C8-zYKw_dWaVoQxTLESiBl-aMUqTcGBzUTVR4ScxtO0/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-23.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTO3x2RKFnMmpxM1662grSYucUQTTtXwbUQjbJNKcEKDXZ5gYDLsCaphgb2LDyQEpLQMQ67oHDF9KJrolImkqCq8AUCXA_Sv8C8-zYKw_dWaVoQxTLESiBl-aMUqTcGBzUTVR4ScxtO0/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670294409576455698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Due to the deeper characteristics of the Matupiri River, we needed to sometimes fish fast sinking lines of 300 – 400 grains (RIO Deep Sea or Leviathan).</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Tropical rated lines were essential because of the intensity of the sun.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We fished a variety of streamers this week with great success.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >My most productive flies were Bisharat’s Airhead (3/0 red/yellow), Thalken’s Cruiser (3/0 Peacock), Anderson’s Reducer (3/0 Night Rider), and UFM H20 Cut Bait (3/0).</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Throughout its length, the Matupiri has a series of shallow lagoons that would branch off the main river.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was in these areas where an intermediate line was highly effective too.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OStwffSp4qqesNYDYQx5SiTe5TOtDvPKAfdMD_V4cyWTO2OB1Uy7IzBEbUgCYDqmzz2vX4csEc4fdQwkQxd3E0lSQf3zP0ZL1GORRUgmeSyrJ0iqe8R0ElGtglkol1D26bztBvfBQnM/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-25.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OStwffSp4qqesNYDYQx5SiTe5TOtDvPKAfdMD_V4cyWTO2OB1Uy7IzBEbUgCYDqmzz2vX4csEc4fdQwkQxd3E0lSQf3zP0ZL1GORRUgmeSyrJ0iqe8R0ElGtglkol1D26bztBvfBQnM/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670297495035672882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Another interesting encounter on this trip was the Popoca Peacock Bass.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >This smaller species of Peacock Bass is common in this part of the southern Amazon.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Its behavior was somewhat akin to the Butterfly Peacock that is so prevalent in the northern basin.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Here, these crazed Popoca Peacocks would run around like packs of wolves corralling their prey.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >In some lagoons, these feisty fish would bust bait with a fury.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Albeit relatively small (1 – 3 pounds), these fish would still slam a fly with a vengeance and put up a great fight.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >It was yet another reminder that we were in a different realm of the Amazon.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Without a doubt, Jim and I concurred that this trip yielded the most incredible topwater fishing we have ever experienced in our fishing careers.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">We had countless episodes of pure mayhem.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The heart-pounding event of having your 3/0 popper flushed as if a 16 pound bowling ball was dropped on your fly was epic.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is simply amazing to see the amount of water a double-digit sized Peacock Bass will move.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Often, the water would explode around the popper, only to have the fish miss or slap the fly on the first pass.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Then, if your nerves allowed you to not lift the rod and keep stripping, the behemoth Peacock Bass would come back around and absolutely kill the fly. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It was amazing to see how committed these trophy fish were to our topwater offerings.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Often, the fish would not be lip-hooked, but rather deep in its mouth.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This was confirmation that these fish intended to fully consume our flies.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvL1wCLXKAX8DzkfpW2oqBRTWUdJrJWTHBwlYv1ShWxWehTLQHJ5BQO9yU9CpC0YfrJ-x4JA1vMKv104ICCwky9pQZCc1vXq62NOQ4NNq3g9QCUT_TV4hO1cD_5Q7gKcgycxDYSJoxr8/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-39.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvL1wCLXKAX8DzkfpW2oqBRTWUdJrJWTHBwlYv1ShWxWehTLQHJ5BQO9yU9CpC0YfrJ-x4JA1vMKv104ICCwky9pQZCc1vXq62NOQ4NNq3g9QCUT_TV4hO1cD_5Q7gKcgycxDYSJoxr8/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-39.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670294437357632674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Jim and I worked a coordinated tag-team effort on topwater hot spots.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >As soon as one of us would hook up on a grande, the other would quickly deliver a cast adjacent to the hooked fished.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >On many occasions, this strategy would yield what we coined as a double-double (double fish-on of double digit size),… or in reality “double trouble”.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Nothing is more exciting than trying to simultaneously battle dual trophy Peacocks on one boat.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Needless to say there was a lot of clearing lines, yelling, and, of course, laughing going on.</span><br /></span></p><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sHKKaOzzM0vEKfdccHxu48TaQ8QzHO1p1Via6_SfIbl3ZdX9XZCCx9ILfnzaK20MXmIvCP3N8QndNXFcbFeQ1mpYTT6vbZ9l9APQrODmGqlrGhuDL4LP9i-coKNrMYUVJX-za4U3AnY/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-112.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sHKKaOzzM0vEKfdccHxu48TaQ8QzHO1p1Via6_SfIbl3ZdX9XZCCx9ILfnzaK20MXmIvCP3N8QndNXFcbFeQ1mpYTT6vbZ9l9APQrODmGqlrGhuDL4LP9i-coKNrMYUVJX-za4U3AnY/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670299058017658082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Throughout the week, Caju imparted his fishing knowledge with us.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >After a few days of epic topwater fishing, </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I began to see a pattern regarding the type of water we were fishing.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I noticed that our best topwater sessions happened to always be around a particular cluster of shrub.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We would cast in and around the openings in this structure and jumbo Peacocks would surge out of these opening and crush our topwater offerings.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Caju communicated that this shrub was called </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Karasu</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >He said, “Big Peacocks sleep in Karasu.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Popper wake up big Peacocks!”</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >In many areas where there was about 3 foot of water depth at the base of Karasu there was excellent topwater action to be had.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Here was yet another lesson in successful fishing for trophy Peacock Bass.</span></p><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiMo8CSZ_AOgq3DSixk4klotCsHSvdVnmBs7VcYbHmqsXEIn6nJorFp38skjR2njod_QijM_HBEynva0MieyEmBjzMSpa76nLtr7JH-u0SxJs8_FL9FKLx8A6nlkja5zoEJh132oGO8Q/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-37.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiMo8CSZ_AOgq3DSixk4klotCsHSvdVnmBs7VcYbHmqsXEIn6nJorFp38skjR2njod_QijM_HBEynva0MieyEmBjzMSpa76nLtr7JH-u0SxJs8_FL9FKLx8A6nlkja5zoEJh132oGO8Q/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670296680706988434" border="0" /></a></span></p><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">M<span style="font-family: arial;">y</span> most memorable fishing moment from the trip was being an observer to Jim’s battle with a massive Azul.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We had just accomplished another double-double on topwater and celebrated with a high five and a few photos.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We quickly got back to fishing, as we knew there were more trophy Peacocks in this spot because we saw these other fish following our hooked fish during the battle.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Jim laid out a cast next to the Karasu and, half way back to the boat, a huge explosion of water erupted from beneath the fly.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Jim gave a hard strip set, but did not connect.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Then, as if time had been turned to slow motion, I saw the explosive wakes behind Jim’s fly clear and saw a massive Azul with its fins flared and colors lit up.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Next,… a scene that I will never forget.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Jim gave his popper another hard strip.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The Azul surged forward with all its might, opened its bucket sized mouth, and completely annihilated Jim’s fly with fury.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Jim came tight on the fish and this fish arched its body across the surface.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Caju screamed, “GRANDE! 19 POUNDS!”</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Then, I heard Jim yell “OUCH!” as the massive fish ripped off line and burned his finger as it ran for cover.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Suddenly, the line went limp and we were left speechless and in awe.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >What just happened?</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >When Jim retrieved his fly line, we stood staring at a cleanly cut fly line.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >UGH!</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The chance for the fish-of-the-trip was trumped by some toothy critter that probably joined in on the feeding frenzy during the excitement of the battle.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Whatever it was, it cleanly severed Jim’s fly line 10 feet up from the tip.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >This entire event was one of the most incredible sights I have ever seen.</span></p><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtTyh-IzOTiafeVHRfS8LehwFJPIVVz2L9Mp6X3HSAAyNKvI3-Z3dj9jcmW-WCT3XWe8IO5eJPDnKKHdjpM3qBEXExlkNR1dDc10Ewfm3_QDEsjPd34BSFrLHbVGVtvNeJ1e4n5P6Ksw/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-107.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtTyh-IzOTiafeVHRfS8LehwFJPIVVz2L9Mp6X3HSAAyNKvI3-Z3dj9jcmW-WCT3XWe8IO5eJPDnKKHdjpM3qBEXExlkNR1dDc10Ewfm3_QDEsjPd34BSFrLHbVGVtvNeJ1e4n5P6Ksw/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670296664459323634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Our go-to topwater fly was the Umpqua H20 Master Jack Popper in blue or yellow.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >We would affix this fly with a loop knot to 6 feet of level 50# RIO Max PLUS mono.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The most ideal line for hurling this setup was with RIO Tropical Outbound Short floating lines.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Jim used his Sage TCX #10, while I fished my Sage ONE and TCX #9.</span></p><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p face="arial" style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Trophy Peacock Bass command respect from an angling perspective.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is incredible to hear the fury that a large Peacock will unleash on its prey.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The jungle is a relatively serene environ, with the soft sounds of birds chirping, insects buzzing, and breeze blowing through trees.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Then, this calmness will be shattered with the explosion of water and baitfish as a behemoth Peacock Bass kills its prey.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is this strength and fury that make this species command respect when hooked.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">My group and I each had our own encounters with the power of this species.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Line burned fingers, broken fly lines and leaders, and long distance releases.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I had one incident in particular that was a reminder that the Peacock Bass in the king of its piscatorial domain.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Jim had just hooked up on a trophy Peacock Bass and he said to cast near his fish because there were other grande Peacocks swimming with it.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I presented my fly and immediately came tight.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Jim’s fish was pulling away from the bow, while my fish thrashed.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Caju yelled, “GRANDE!”</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Then, my fish made a powerful run past the back of the boat.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It was headed for the partly submerged grove of trees 100 feet away.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">My trophy fish ran between two trees and just stopped as I leaned into this fish.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">My rod was bent to the cork as I tried to move this fish back out between these two trees.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It was a momentary standoff as I wondered if my rod was going to blow up from the pressure.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I could not move this fish as it just held there in the shallows near the trees.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Then, this behemoth fish, in an explosion of water, surged with all its might and broke my freshly tied 52 pound test leader.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I stood there in awe… and just looked at Caju with a look of shock.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The immense power of trophy Peacocks is amazing.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Jim and I recounted once again, that before we ever made our first trip to the Amazon, we did not think it was possible for a fish of this size to break 50 pound leader.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Well, this event was, yet again, another reminder that Peacock Bass are an amazing game fish that command respect.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOE4leRTu1dIFu0a3lwED28qNDnCGw9KRG7gK6qzK0i-WvveRXx7kEbUnGeI3tzX8I-fuVPy92WvjFhTfx4PZwPfL639WSErm3vLSKrbfcwkTsRv_u-rTnaECWQlo7U4lxhravuDEIRfE/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-42.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOE4leRTu1dIFu0a3lwED28qNDnCGw9KRG7gK6qzK0i-WvveRXx7kEbUnGeI3tzX8I-fuVPy92WvjFhTfx4PZwPfL639WSErm3vLSKrbfcwkTsRv_u-rTnaECWQlo7U4lxhravuDEIRfE/s200/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670297518382478738" border="0" /></a>At the end of the week, everyone in our group landed trophy teener-sized Peacock Bass.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">We finished the week with an impressive fish-count of almost 1,400 Peacock Bass landed between 7 anglers.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> On one day, Jim and I landed more than 100 Peacocks. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Even more impressive was the number of trophies landed on this trip.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Our group finished the week with 53 trophy Peacock Bass of 10 pounds or more, with more than half being landed on topwater.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">In final, this trip was such an amazing experience in many ways.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Certainly, the fishing was incredible with the epic topwater bite.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">But also, the entire experience was a different adventure in terms of the jungle landscape and the wildlife we encountered.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It was just a reminder of how vast and diverse the Amazon environ is.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Without a doubt, I will soon return to this region again to experience this different personality of the Amazon.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Fish On!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Keith’s Tackle Notes:</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rods: <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/rods/all-water/tcx">Sage TCX 990-4</a>, <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/rods/all-water/one">Sage ONE 990-4</a>, <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/rods/saltwater/xi3">Sage Xi3 990-4</a>, <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/rods/specialty/bass-ii">Sage BASS II Peacock</a> (390 grain)</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Reels: <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/reels/saltwater/6000">Sage 6080</a>, <a href="http://www.rossreels.com/reels/ross-f1.html">Ross F1 #4</a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fly Lines: <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/fly-lines/outbound/tropical/tropical-outbound-short">RIO Tropical Outbound Short WF-F</a> and <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/rods/specialty/bass-ii">Sage BASS II</a> 390 grain (topwater); <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/fly-lines/outbound/tropical/tropical-outbound-short">RIO Tropical Outbound Short WF-F/I</a> (shallow subsurface); <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/fly-lines/saltwater/sinking/deep-sea-26ft-sink-tip">RIO Deep Sea 300</a> / <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/fly-lines/saltwater/sinking/leviathan-26ft-sink-tip">Leviathan 400</a> (deep subsurface)</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Leader: <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/tippet/freshwater/riomax-plus">RIO Max PLUS</a> 40# - 50# (topwater); <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/tippet/saltwater/fluoroflex">RIO FlouroFlex 52#</a> (subsurface)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">HOT Flies:</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">UFM H20 Master Jack Popper (3/0 blue or yellow)</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Bisharat’s AirHead (3/0 red/yellow)</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Thalken’s Cruiser (3/0 baby peacock)</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Anderson’s Reducer (3/0 baby peacock or night rider)</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">UFM H20 Cut Bait </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Fuch’s Peacock Deception (3/0)</span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/Anglers%20Inn%20Amazon%20Sept%202011/?albumview=slideshow">CLICK HERE</a> for the complete trip slideshow)<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHZKHcbz1LCk7H0oqZpTQTg2b9nZiRN0wjrSn2XPIB2Mgv5CnS2W-dBwHnWSyIRBNr4fa9DcBtD4MeuOlORb14tUTAHbwFksqqf1pGRcH0S2efgTyo0pLuXuwkNWwRh-DqU0WoomK3t0/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHZKHcbz1LCk7H0oqZpTQTg2b9nZiRN0wjrSn2XPIB2Mgv5CnS2W-dBwHnWSyIRBNr4fa9DcBtD4MeuOlORb14tUTAHbwFksqqf1pGRcH0S2efgTyo0pLuXuwkNWwRh-DqU0WoomK3t0/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670293108941058338" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Arrival on the Matupiri River...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiIpPdiTGTCPJYu2ej8WL1kAmbU3jIWZ7vjEWsj2iC6-SMgfZQi7KbIXHvnKD9qy17xDwhm322E1TcMvoGFoAE3bwy8zBobGPZywzTj29wBzUvkLwN3j96wGajcTLn3h5QIlSq86FOkA/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiIpPdiTGTCPJYu2ej8WL1kAmbU3jIWZ7vjEWsj2iC6-SMgfZQi7KbIXHvnKD9qy17xDwhm322E1TcMvoGFoAE3bwy8zBobGPZywzTj29wBzUvkLwN3j96wGajcTLn3h5QIlSq86FOkA/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670293099125593394" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Jim and his organized chaos of tackle and flies...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyU_KyO8qLv8Pe21ifZGdu8r3EGTVlLB7tBQqtYpCup3vc0VHnPNy6DRFZzaZGDOCIMJCg3RA1rSaRcdtWIOXRDow1s0iZe6pt1YmxrDWO6Bl4OuIviMUdRwVyc3X_oj0rWZrg2NhaI4/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyU_KyO8qLv8Pe21ifZGdu8r3EGTVlLB7tBQqtYpCup3vc0VHnPNy6DRFZzaZGDOCIMJCg3RA1rSaRcdtWIOXRDow1s0iZe6pt1YmxrDWO6Bl4OuIviMUdRwVyc3X_oj0rWZrg2NhaI4/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670293088840550466" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The gorgeous Matupiri River<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_Bfl34FSxSWFrvOQFNLpxvHmVE6GLYAz6vKPhWPVPcba2ekAc6fEHbpv6nimyG6u2yDJecB3ps7Huf5rnPJkJanOkmtcWda4M9Ko35vLvhyphenhyphent2Hdb1V4MnDxNbEjH73QRTr7S9pyOpeM/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_Bfl34FSxSWFrvOQFNLpxvHmVE6GLYAz6vKPhWPVPcba2ekAc6fEHbpv6nimyG6u2yDJecB3ps7Huf5rnPJkJanOkmtcWda4M9Ko35vLvhyphenhyphent2Hdb1V4MnDxNbEjH73QRTr7S9pyOpeM/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670292435826618754" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">An amazing moment... our encounter with the Amazon's freshwater dolphin<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoF0BsfVZSgZVNeAOXA0POJBseJfSD9F31hFycsVqaxyrkSFXXaX-cpiODiL2dvMkHNyAapU-P8qdvOHHWrhwRQw1D9vx4i7PDSicQH1GW-6RCs7TZk0fICQdpV8Km6_iLVZzpBWh2gc/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoF0BsfVZSgZVNeAOXA0POJBseJfSD9F31hFycsVqaxyrkSFXXaX-cpiODiL2dvMkHNyAapU-P8qdvOHHWrhwRQw1D9vx4i7PDSicQH1GW-6RCs7TZk0fICQdpV8Km6_iLVZzpBWh2gc/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670292418137459106" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Our camp moved more than 60 miles upriver throughout the week...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJWqHPwYJL3S9Bih-5l9o2OA395mhsr7oMhrWWd2wVqeInuUAmZia4ZeGmcQ5oeH4Sg-LEAgvnRd9nDQkIIjbXEcKa3moEzrjq3ExFfH2vshaDsM4hrxhH5M8F0hGRYKdIdvNa6GbDEo/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-26.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJWqHPwYJL3S9Bih-5l9o2OA395mhsr7oMhrWWd2wVqeInuUAmZia4ZeGmcQ5oeH4Sg-LEAgvnRd9nDQkIIjbXEcKa3moEzrjq3ExFfH2vshaDsM4hrxhH5M8F0hGRYKdIdvNa6GbDEo/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670292404474368530" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Caju showing Peacock Bass' favorite food... the barracuda<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWU7lKIjVJEcfz6I6QgrdNAhySoPFDYuo_xAqDYrHLdAEKWTSsLhKQ9TYVQFQzaKTdgZpJM79f6406T61vY0bm7uyir5Ry0a4ayI9SieHNx45GMk-DFYz5hYoh5Meb1FuvyW_rkowD4A/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-32.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWU7lKIjVJEcfz6I6QgrdNAhySoPFDYuo_xAqDYrHLdAEKWTSsLhKQ9TYVQFQzaKTdgZpJM79f6406T61vY0bm7uyir5Ry0a4ayI9SieHNx45GMk-DFYz5hYoh5Meb1FuvyW_rkowD4A/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670292394438360962" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Excellent service done the "Anglers Inn way"...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFK56g14CoyF_lL9WG9KYHClsr7wqq0NgXSUJkdtNQsBHLgADNO3GfcHJDeDYnTCRtoelvkHaAxwIZz0tAhPxm2c6QOn_UKYHW4XgT0bphpI7Mkc7PVUV0T57q-6O8g4Ttmyu9__YnQLo/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-38.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFK56g14CoyF_lL9WG9KYHClsr7wqq0NgXSUJkdtNQsBHLgADNO3GfcHJDeDYnTCRtoelvkHaAxwIZz0tAhPxm2c6QOn_UKYHW4XgT0bphpI7Mkc7PVUV0T57q-6O8g4Ttmyu9__YnQLo/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670291894898766786" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Caju saving the day for a snagged fly...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzb0MwJco8cib4CSuBDbW5hJEfXqovEZhR4QApxL05u4OBkOiHynVejrZxZZK4mrf6gqD-91xFwJDtuYUn3XNAffZDg6dt4oQbgx_VTk9V23RFjbAOfTPw4f3xo5Ey2NfJDtt2Ub5vQ4/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-45.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzb0MwJco8cib4CSuBDbW5hJEfXqovEZhR4QApxL05u4OBkOiHynVejrZxZZK4mrf6gqD-91xFwJDtuYUn3XNAffZDg6dt4oQbgx_VTk9V23RFjbAOfTPw4f3xo5Ey2NfJDtt2Ub5vQ4/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-45.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670291878464224482" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Eye of fury...<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbqoiVc5P5pSazDGPMBN53rA-2iyGpqNMoXcCdCD7PaxfYGQyN8x4xhhF9oe6lqoZXc1RFcNrP3DBnkrmLFKnKn5FxfSRh9rbPdg5umWNNIkyGHNqUmzAItPxE4qp6KUUAAqG66-wfbU/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-46.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbqoiVc5P5pSazDGPMBN53rA-2iyGpqNMoXcCdCD7PaxfYGQyN8x4xhhF9oe6lqoZXc1RFcNrP3DBnkrmLFKnKn5FxfSRh9rbPdg5umWNNIkyGHNqUmzAItPxE4qp6KUUAAqG66-wfbU/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-46.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670291865333261682" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Jim and guide Caju with a "grande"...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eJiHSCpVErs1e49biFhIUt-y3VHZsts5ixWc-Fdk6XL4ARZ3jHiRw6f9kJJpDqBJfETgIY_zL02hWHBpuEIA2osPwFQ8gJLi7oJqq2SC6W5b43TO5TgHBIZ-mGiYts-s6MArEHSrsBM/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-47.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eJiHSCpVErs1e49biFhIUt-y3VHZsts5ixWc-Fdk6XL4ARZ3jHiRw6f9kJJpDqBJfETgIY_zL02hWHBpuEIA2osPwFQ8gJLi7oJqq2SC6W5b43TO5TgHBIZ-mGiYts-s6MArEHSrsBM/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670291853596125602" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The gorgeous markings of a Paca Peacock...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9Yy4N4o9CbQH-oeK32ukMyA2DaVap_eXZ7gl_ZhiB0-CvONTRnY_GiUt1VnchhNC22KW8KkW4JQwS4PZIBuo1F1EaUZUQ0gGPE34BvXQRhWEBCXkCeCJ2NHan79MzvmiThhA9NqiLI0/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-50.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9Yy4N4o9CbQH-oeK32ukMyA2DaVap_eXZ7gl_ZhiB0-CvONTRnY_GiUt1VnchhNC22KW8KkW4JQwS4PZIBuo1F1EaUZUQ0gGPE34BvXQRhWEBCXkCeCJ2NHan79MzvmiThhA9NqiLI0/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670291539262125602" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">A trophy taken at the base of a submerged tree on the point...<br /><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvqrfLD819KGcAPlzpBMoVaNc4Il0bruXs7hbGag9VAwstNuq1JICt4fN8XSz_bn5Aizer4iFBPSsphmkR_9r-a2gPGCj9b8xdYzTsZRagLFXXTLxZWzDS6XF9R12R6j1H6VB27_oIZo/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-57.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvqrfLD819KGcAPlzpBMoVaNc4Il0bruXs7hbGag9VAwstNuq1JICt4fN8XSz_bn5Aizer4iFBPSsphmkR_9r-a2gPGCj9b8xdYzTsZRagLFXXTLxZWzDS6XF9R12R6j1H6VB27_oIZo/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-57.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670291496610434690" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaRjX1DKxGxnHpoegyYaiFIBlUjf7a3DomcKmG6KO5UJ6DHNdqdoRDlnGF41d5QvKCQgTe4Z43a1L53S17bnsU54xIjM3Idu10OqJHy7bfxjCY0Cwf-2p1i8BbWnoPL2v-yIDsr85goc/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-59.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaRjX1DKxGxnHpoegyYaiFIBlUjf7a3DomcKmG6KO5UJ6DHNdqdoRDlnGF41d5QvKCQgTe4Z43a1L53S17bnsU54xIjM3Idu10OqJHy7bfxjCY0Cwf-2p1i8BbWnoPL2v-yIDsr85goc/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-59.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670291487331573986" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkwwHMOv8JYFLbXwyJ4NdD3xGIcLtUebZTzMjhTKbaSCezhuH8pzEh61n3t4U4u1w92TPHuecFka0ZeYzUBecCjQZijr9uXnWnRRw8dDBpTM151ZTfiXCM2IK4COCpZh7XPMCt46h5vw/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-67.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkwwHMOv8JYFLbXwyJ4NdD3xGIcLtUebZTzMjhTKbaSCezhuH8pzEh61n3t4U4u1w92TPHuecFka0ZeYzUBecCjQZijr9uXnWnRRw8dDBpTM151ZTfiXCM2IK4COCpZh7XPMCt46h5vw/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-67.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670290697100764402" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Morning coffee being served at your doorstep...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUC0QGHzqjRRBPUymDqrr7RzjCQMOrC2vtWFbd5k6KT8ReOgTUGWu2gbA4kfed4EOJgLH_TjAo7d517POidvggTJvVPiWKR-uuN0TvbtQ5Ee4tSPmUx0NoK7_PhdCbgHb_p13ClvuELuk/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-71.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUC0QGHzqjRRBPUymDqrr7RzjCQMOrC2vtWFbd5k6KT8ReOgTUGWu2gbA4kfed4EOJgLH_TjAo7d517POidvggTJvVPiWKR-uuN0TvbtQ5Ee4tSPmUx0NoK7_PhdCbgHb_p13ClvuELuk/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-71.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670290683476360610" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">A staple fly in the Amazon... Bisharat's Airhead<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDdIGtjTmgqzTAqN0u-9vq8628Dd8fLPTIHtEmIIoOonYjdk5ZkCvBcDSyh7r0bKXqPGjMEN57Gvxsh1CUZCOy9Kx1_alJCfL75Xs_gO3tz4mXp7pYgal3Fjm7infUm9lioKCqygaxqY/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDdIGtjTmgqzTAqN0u-9vq8628Dd8fLPTIHtEmIIoOonYjdk5ZkCvBcDSyh7r0bKXqPGjMEN57Gvxsh1CUZCOy9Kx1_alJCfL75Xs_gO3tz4mXp7pYgal3Fjm7infUm9lioKCqygaxqY/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670290668822510866" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">"Double-Trouble" for Jim and I...<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaySkb3H5iVlAVcU48x_7fZej3p8mouL6nf-HO2s-DKbOn3Jq8AdVW288i9CwGkO3LQvd1j0_EGwldDGDcu-FS-LCiarqMUNg6HUuuDD997D6Pk3hUwniGIHkk8Av4SSExgrS3L__nlc/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-74.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaySkb3H5iVlAVcU48x_7fZej3p8mouL6nf-HO2s-DKbOn3Jq8AdVW288i9CwGkO3LQvd1j0_EGwldDGDcu-FS-LCiarqMUNg6HUuuDD997D6Pk3hUwniGIHkk8Av4SSExgrS3L__nlc/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-74.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670290662548408946" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Up close and personal with an Amazon butterfly...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1mvTd2dZg1_2LfS3H34K-4hEA9SUtrehZrZlTNFI257dIBhFUCLhm2XQP1bgvd3Q6-7RwjjqAWleVPgV2o-LnMeBeJV34CBWXi97fIe-J4EFDjO166SLLjtGEQhYD9NFRhhB1GGH9Lc/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-77.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1mvTd2dZg1_2LfS3H34K-4hEA9SUtrehZrZlTNFI257dIBhFUCLhm2XQP1bgvd3Q6-7RwjjqAWleVPgV2o-LnMeBeJV34CBWXi97fIe-J4EFDjO166SLLjtGEQhYD9NFRhhB1GGH9Lc/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-77.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670290318147503202" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Death of a fly... Piranha wreak havoc on flies<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUMCti43qeb4mEy-SMkbzQNfevTloKOjceSYMjwNcORaUjuSZ1YtmxThDlnHSFu3piLvuVIf-aGriFZaR5gqYwvY4tOqD6Gml-bmgOmH-De7jfWznwGFXrpNNzn5DGl11V89hsNXfVGU/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-78.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUMCti43qeb4mEy-SMkbzQNfevTloKOjceSYMjwNcORaUjuSZ1YtmxThDlnHSFu3piLvuVIf-aGriFZaR5gqYwvY4tOqD6Gml-bmgOmH-De7jfWznwGFXrpNNzn5DGl11V89hsNXfVGU/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-78.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670290309600860418" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Joan showing off another one of her many grande Peacocks of the trip...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkjOkaykqDoSoPFnpwr5LnoPSu10VlHWs_0Jsri4gYO9V09wn8aHQQ86Q2q-u5f3__CRn7_2FHVUPf7_qp9w4bJjsy1eKADgFrOL6A1wIB2-EPzIr-iRhscW_n01-_Iw7hgiExg-OBiw/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-82.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkjOkaykqDoSoPFnpwr5LnoPSu10VlHWs_0Jsri4gYO9V09wn8aHQQ86Q2q-u5f3__CRn7_2FHVUPf7_qp9w4bJjsy1eKADgFrOL6A1wIB2-EPzIr-iRhscW_n01-_Iw7hgiExg-OBiw/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-82.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670290289030517026" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Gary and Susan relaxing on the back deck of their cabin...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHizWCAMsl6mTrl3XLsVL2ksFbei-TbbWKP9Bmgx5Gsr4u8REoreYkS4iMNDw0berZjaNLuqNffB8V9LyeGUn9FTqvDSHkLKenQILIZ-LYUy3dK6NZ-qhSB_givoPplFFpP-pve2znxg/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-83.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHizWCAMsl6mTrl3XLsVL2ksFbei-TbbWKP9Bmgx5Gsr4u8REoreYkS4iMNDw0berZjaNLuqNffB8V9LyeGUn9FTqvDSHkLKenQILIZ-LYUy3dK6NZ-qhSB_givoPplFFpP-pve2znxg/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-83.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670290273843865730" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Jim preparing for another day of battling Peacocks...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSD5tFvrhM_Si1odYw7P1L6XZtOlC4TFG5mnSMqd2Pognk-GP4DClcTolhW7QUmojtSCeY2YvvZV9yoetPam9MbkNDm9Tmh1ZEbCPvNW3Tx3ogXEsgjI6l02AtVG_B6tNGQuFnST7kN8/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-88.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSD5tFvrhM_Si1odYw7P1L6XZtOlC4TFG5mnSMqd2Pognk-GP4DClcTolhW7QUmojtSCeY2YvvZV9yoetPam9MbkNDm9Tmh1ZEbCPvNW3Tx3ogXEsgjI6l02AtVG_B6tNGQuFnST7kN8/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-88.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289863607986290" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The Anglers Inn mobile camp - guest cabins and dining lounge...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBPlPvu0FWwSeKLC_AMMRoezhzl5-jFNAhWOIMj2mWKxgfYFgXhlYZizUXwO6eIILm00FJX4dcPeWCGYdbEZJw4J4Y1kPvW-gWmntm7UNTVZKlw8GjPI63kxi2S1Bc8u7P4G6r5yLW8c/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-97.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBPlPvu0FWwSeKLC_AMMRoezhzl5-jFNAhWOIMj2mWKxgfYFgXhlYZizUXwO6eIILm00FJX4dcPeWCGYdbEZJw4J4Y1kPvW-gWmntm7UNTVZKlw8GjPI63kxi2S1Bc8u7P4G6r5yLW8c/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289838943462274" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Jim and Caju displaying one of many topwater trophy Peacocks for the week...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzt2RBsLO4GlZ-MU690d4rrK_MkYVkPM5juCwz38dMPxZw3-1bsb8oiejb4Ftt5QIESLteD-z51y1_sXL04vTAp0YbXuV0YdvGdM5W_Ovc36C77HYXKETrek4jfmy4-A5_MHzcLK0Idq4/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-99.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzt2RBsLO4GlZ-MU690d4rrK_MkYVkPM5juCwz38dMPxZw3-1bsb8oiejb4Ftt5QIESLteD-z51y1_sXL04vTAp0YbXuV0YdvGdM5W_Ovc36C77HYXKETrek4jfmy4-A5_MHzcLK0Idq4/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289822313244626" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Admiring the release of a beautiful Azul Peacock...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RXHSxtEfSKBB5p1DEOgUHikMvLQjm6J4Js8e_yZJoIJ4gTb5k4gxRSexxSJcl7Pl75NLW98tW8uN8Z_UEJMDVjxU0iO67xpIJ0Xez1y5c4CPWBnzODltKrJDp3g233w-Jw5kB351iqQ/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-100.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RXHSxtEfSKBB5p1DEOgUHikMvLQjm6J4Js8e_yZJoIJ4gTb5k4gxRSexxSJcl7Pl75NLW98tW8uN8Z_UEJMDVjxU0iO67xpIJ0Xez1y5c4CPWBnzODltKrJDp3g233w-Jw5kB351iqQ/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289814922669602" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Another topwater double for Jim and I...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7VatnZqsLuxLQfJtA8b3cMCC9CYwUb-NW3Vu9QpqiCyreFyir-QUvRGmAfuPmmnIzYQyqCH89RQnGwnuRANMtcVKx10LtZwoY_Lfbo9IevMArOYqKWNM8zUTwKyKCXz5AOjHVbMRqVE/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-102.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7VatnZqsLuxLQfJtA8b3cMCC9CYwUb-NW3Vu9QpqiCyreFyir-QUvRGmAfuPmmnIzYQyqCH89RQnGwnuRANMtcVKx10LtZwoY_Lfbo9IevMArOYqKWNM8zUTwKyKCXz5AOjHVbMRqVE/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289406027577122" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Caju performing a Piranha dental checkup...<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6kFihElha0ttp6nDyJHSzBu8QK0JkFDsl4N7Z5CGObkVbRj7xe9hUAOWUI3J0BUV0iPJOcyFHw0BjT6bzS5Xxx-naikRmwvP10BIaJ4uwQFLAHbPDh5YB-uA9B3NO_XwCsjmQ0q1a6s/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-103.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6kFihElha0ttp6nDyJHSzBu8QK0JkFDsl4N7Z5CGObkVbRj7xe9hUAOWUI3J0BUV0iPJOcyFHw0BjT6bzS5Xxx-naikRmwvP10BIaJ4uwQFLAHbPDh5YB-uA9B3NO_XwCsjmQ0q1a6s/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289396903809970" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">A view of commitment... trophy Peacock engulfs a Master Jack Popper<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZNe6egivyayqm05kfTyDaZ5qJigzU38PT21k763ZCoGSwDdVLUa8-8Lpehr-O36BlPzjan64jhTQgnguG2O-ffUyCpz8zPhSFSlVQ71Cjn75EBD1tsb37EtT1NuLnyHCIE2BDkv62JA/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-108.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZNe6egivyayqm05kfTyDaZ5qJigzU38PT21k763ZCoGSwDdVLUa8-8Lpehr-O36BlPzjan64jhTQgnguG2O-ffUyCpz8zPhSFSlVQ71Cjn75EBD1tsb37EtT1NuLnyHCIE2BDkv62JA/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289383860101442" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Double trophies for Steve and Joan...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVafq0MYmb9GPFMlESPF1uCa8Ht-lmDhp6oymhCqHOoGCnY4nc3NX51fQT-M74rn6hpF9ARqInuxBRFOqnXTpszgZG2rTTDtOtormRuCUXYznzH0bI7mCUzmBnMsxTLQsbYWYpEaTJUo/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-117.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVafq0MYmb9GPFMlESPF1uCa8Ht-lmDhp6oymhCqHOoGCnY4nc3NX51fQT-M74rn6hpF9ARqInuxBRFOqnXTpszgZG2rTTDtOtormRuCUXYznzH0bI7mCUzmBnMsxTLQsbYWYpEaTJUo/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-117.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289356400651602" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Fine service and food at Anglers Inn's dining lounge...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoORp75qDJbGxFdntynuf2F-fdeMw5ohXA79Mk6nSOQoc8sIccycgdDlucYO0O-7ATxKWfB7WlfXb4DG9176S98FfAn1-6E1BpmEcWeHqJ4zqjFWjUDlInFy8zH0ltCY7SsygCmVTvZg8/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-122.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoORp75qDJbGxFdntynuf2F-fdeMw5ohXA79Mk6nSOQoc8sIccycgdDlucYO0O-7ATxKWfB7WlfXb4DG9176S98FfAn1-6E1BpmEcWeHqJ4zqjFWjUDlInFy8zH0ltCY7SsygCmVTvZg8/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-122.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670289353180994866" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Amazing comfort and amenities in the guest cabins...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zQMiqUEBicEmLBP-L1mTpEAAVbpdGySvpuDQJLfsyCP6IZTp4ALyrYxJOnF4LKpDDBgHMg4WrGxfyTMofWatdCszUbU4hTA0gWRidlZ4bRoYt2G_kDG7aXrnn318GqJ3cug0zjJtn0o/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-121.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zQMiqUEBicEmLBP-L1mTpEAAVbpdGySvpuDQJLfsyCP6IZTp4ALyrYxJOnF4LKpDDBgHMg4WrGxfyTMofWatdCszUbU4hTA0gWRidlZ4bRoYt2G_kDG7aXrnn318GqJ3cug0zjJtn0o/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670288923733831410" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TZ1ll2UwaSYOtRbqOOrV3AyLsXIV_sqLha8-NybOsS8c4-n9fQsMf9x1XUSRKqNxsJRvpq8BtG-DYyX3NyBblMMlgf98gJD3WhNioX1-sLg3Sgz1GTkah461D0-UZ87VtZkmYH4CieQ/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-118.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TZ1ll2UwaSYOtRbqOOrV3AyLsXIV_sqLha8-NybOsS8c4-n9fQsMf9x1XUSRKqNxsJRvpq8BtG-DYyX3NyBblMMlgf98gJD3WhNioX1-sLg3Sgz1GTkah461D0-UZ87VtZkmYH4CieQ/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-118.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670288943141394130" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Caju showing off his pet beetle...<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjczLQ6_yn4WEX9NtcppBjxWZPTOGbCNGadiNX7LV3m2vMcG5zJxb0L8lPyR6f-3uJPYgCDT2S0vzFmm56FQr34XT5q_EYpquAMUjOqdVgUl3snhA65SY2QGacfPIPJkc2hTs3xKqqvVs/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-113.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjczLQ6_yn4WEX9NtcppBjxWZPTOGbCNGadiNX7LV3m2vMcG5zJxb0L8lPyR6f-3uJPYgCDT2S0vzFmm56FQr34XT5q_EYpquAMUjOqdVgUl3snhA65SY2QGacfPIPJkc2hTs3xKqqvVs/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-113.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670288910967505026" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The spotlight performers for the week... Umpqua's Master Jack Poppers<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbuIfjxBlrR127PbLTpnB3sIizoe4sCJWi82PG2nhQiuO2aLXgJNXr7AsT1kdhdaz8_DKamnrF9AfkYyzFLETGd4qh3MxFygZ6PdvulxY4YHSYWu3PcOUnTJP2ncrlpPm2az9mSPc_3g/s1600/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-120.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbuIfjxBlrR127PbLTpnB3sIizoe4sCJWi82PG2nhQiuO2aLXgJNXr7AsT1kdhdaz8_DKamnrF9AfkYyzFLETGd4qh3MxFygZ6PdvulxY4YHSYWu3PcOUnTJP2ncrlpPm2az9mSPc_3g/s400/AnglersInn-Amazon%2528Sept2011%2529-120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670288887312433154" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">All smiles for another incredible Amazon adventure...<br /><br />(<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/Anglers%20Inn%20Amazon%20Sept%202011/?albumview=slideshow">CLICK HERE</a> for the complete trip slideshow)<br /></span></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-57302506451003522592011-09-12T12:40:00.000-07:002011-12-06T21:24:59.480-08:00Trip Report: Freshwater Dorado of Salto Grande, Uruguay<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lHiT_poXzve6QPGrIO4liWy58c__uIAeoHiGJBYchMKzepK8t9Syri4GVKtwgFNeaHjYqQiE88GeE7HN8sG4fFzHclPQBVDFN2SXZ7axeS74wyPSU5RxeSoJuxX3M8e8YWA3oaROAhg/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-33-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lHiT_poXzve6QPGrIO4liWy58c__uIAeoHiGJBYchMKzepK8t9Syri4GVKtwgFNeaHjYqQiE88GeE7HN8sG4fFzHclPQBVDFN2SXZ7axeS74wyPSU5RxeSoJuxX3M8e8YWA3oaROAhg/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-33-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651678538677194386" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">The roguish beauty of freshwater Dorado...<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxg55FO7SvpICdXvBPEXL6i8tdeRTLQusL7Lf8Un6a2yyT6kKykninHKu2M-KyXIh0qFd2pamo7mestIUF4DAJuxLHb5K81GuzqoaeA2WMFhKXd3z8nV7GniXQu5DMuyIesnYimOInO24/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-50.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxg55FO7SvpICdXvBPEXL6i8tdeRTLQusL7Lf8Un6a2yyT6kKykninHKu2M-KyXIh0qFd2pamo7mestIUF4DAJuxLHb5K81GuzqoaeA2WMFhKXd3z8nV7GniXQu5DMuyIesnYimOInO24/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651709323740109650" border="0" /></a>I am in awe… without a doubt, this trip to Uruguay was a complete eye-opener about my perspective on freshwater species.<span style=""> </span>I have various favorite species because of certain qualities and characteristics they each possess – Largemouth Bass with their fly crushing grabs, Steelhead with their aerial antics and speed, Salmon with their bull-doggish stamina, and Peacocks with their roguish aggression and amazing torque.<span style=""> </span>Imagine a fish species that encompasses all of these traits in one fish… meet the freshwater Dorado.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EdPItoczBuqA33j0_5CkzWlzqUcZaFlIrEYJmugXjDLsd3jIUYIecjzCZx4czUJbFAGNq6f82k25qElNITa0t3ZpXCUBHgOGuSclrzYbUimpRnJ-7PhNCUKGPUJIQ2isclLHV3BytKQ/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-123.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EdPItoczBuqA33j0_5CkzWlzqUcZaFlIrEYJmugXjDLsd3jIUYIecjzCZx4czUJbFAGNq6f82k25qElNITa0t3ZpXCUBHgOGuSclrzYbUimpRnJ-7PhNCUKGPUJIQ2isclLHV3BytKQ/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651714728170958786" border="0" /></a>On this trip were my good friends, Shiz from San Jose, CA and husband-wife team, Steve and Joan, from Placerville, CA.<span style=""> </span>The group and I traveled on American Airlines through Dallas and onwards to Buenos Aires.<span style=""> </span>Upon our arrival, the River Plate ground host, Sofia, met us and transferred us across BA to our hotel.<span style=""> </span>We arrived a day early to briefly see the sights in BA.<span style=""> </span>As we were en route to Hotel Dora, the first word that came to mind about the city is “massive”.<span style=""> </span>This was a typical metropolitan city with traffic, high density population, and more traffic.<span style=""> </span>However, when we descended down the off ramp to the famous boulevard, I then saw the charm in this city.<span style=""> </span>Albeit grand, this city is steeped in traditional architecture and history.<span style=""> </span>Many of the buildings’ architecture have a euro influence from the French colonization, and Sofia was excellent at identifying and explaining each structure and its significance.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXuLgo3bEBOIRfMzbjCvqtUXEkrPjyHfHW3Tqs4yr_goHS-l_MUkSyYGtP5I-xISe2CNAYMSxLgYxwd89qgPjBxe75lllpEslJ58F0X0EwTbvwnhnIujHT6wJI6iCobo5k26IbA5erA4/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-3-2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXuLgo3bEBOIRfMzbjCvqtUXEkrPjyHfHW3Tqs4yr_goHS-l_MUkSyYGtP5I-xISe2CNAYMSxLgYxwd89qgPjBxe75lllpEslJ58F0X0EwTbvwnhnIujHT6wJI6iCobo5k26IbA5erA4/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-3-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651679324464452818" border="0" /></a>After arriving the Hotel Dora, we checked in and rested for a few hours.<span style=""> </span>We then headed out for a firsthand tour of BA lead by Sofia.<span style=""> </span>She did an outstanding job of taking us to see a variety of sights from an “insider’s perspective”.<span style=""> </span>She explained the intricate architecture of many of the buildings and even brought us to visit the infamous Malba art museum.<span style=""> </span>And of course, we even visited a few tackle shops to get a local’s view of Dorado fishing and the flies they sell for the same.<span style=""> </span>Later that evening, we met my friend and fellow agent, Joey Lin, for a nice Italian dinner at Sottovoce Restaurant.<span style=""> </span>It was a long day of travel filled with many activities in BA… exhausted to say the least, but excited about tomorrow’s departure for our final destination, the Uruguay River at Salto Grande Dam.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">The next morning, we shuttled to the domestic airport in BA, “Aeroparque”, and were greeted by Sophia.<span style=""> </span>She checked us in and we were on our way.<span style=""> </span>As we lifted off the ground at the Aeroparque and circled the city of BA, we saw a birds-eye view of the massive Rio de la Plata.<span style=""> </span>The river is formed by a myriad of major drainages from Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.<span style=""> </span>Our flight path took us in the upriver direction with our destination being Concordia, Argentina.<span style=""> </span>As I peered at the topography below I was reminded of the Central Valley back at home – relatively flat with a checkerboard of agricultural farms and cattle ranches.<span style=""> </span>It was a short flight of about 1 ½ hours before we saw the small city of Concordia in the distance.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRPWR_qfkzGOtjGoY33UNITLQcKt-eh5J0fYo9G0tWTEZ62T2PWl_sY_7QxzZhSBETp5NIgRXkWdNPPlJxL_47TKCjYArLBR1nNW1ZDrapiy4DzVSea-CK_1icrfW6AQ7gpusHzh0-Zg/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-6-2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRPWR_qfkzGOtjGoY33UNITLQcKt-eh5J0fYo9G0tWTEZ62T2PWl_sY_7QxzZhSBETp5NIgRXkWdNPPlJxL_47TKCjYArLBR1nNW1ZDrapiy4DzVSea-CK_1icrfW6AQ7gpusHzh0-Zg/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-6-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651709311853002930" border="0" /></a>As we approached, I looked out the window to observe the grand Uruguay River a thick muddy rust color.<span style=""> </span>My heart sank and I thought ‘oh no…’<span style=""> </span>I had never been to this fishery before, but any fly anglers knows that when a river has a “dense” brown color it usually means tough fishing.<span style=""> </span>I quickly recounted my mental research before the trip – recalling stable weather leading into our week that should yield good fishing conditions for our trip.<span style=""> </span>I was stunned to see the water color and wondered how it was that Mom-Nature served up this surprise.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">As we deplaned at the small airport at Concordia, the River Plate host, Patrick Brown, greeted us with a warm smile and handshake.<span style=""> </span>After his welcome, he conveyed that the fishing conditions were poor due to a recent massive rain storm in Brazil hundreds of miles away.<span style=""> </span>Apparently, the Uruguay River’s headwaters begin in Brazil and the resulting rust color was from the soil and tannins in the Brazilian soil upriver.<span style=""> </span>My group and I just took this comment in stride, adjusted our expectations, and knew that we would have to fish hard this week to make it happen.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-BeXojin6eCjsiya_jnX9n0zsHUq_upS22E651mZnnATn2Pd20O4PFSmzRqVdxXe5fFabpjwEdWBoAgigMeqe2bp6rfCXkXUArMT4EonGEaFLUyltxivMSva2brLkscrdy1SjIbxVGw/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-8-2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-BeXojin6eCjsiya_jnX9n0zsHUq_upS22E651mZnnATn2Pd20O4PFSmzRqVdxXe5fFabpjwEdWBoAgigMeqe2bp6rfCXkXUArMT4EonGEaFLUyltxivMSva2brLkscrdy1SjIbxVGw/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-8-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651709313029914930" border="0" /></a>On the way to the resort, we had to stop at the border to clear customs and immigration.<span style=""> </span>It was quite funny to see a long counter, with one half being the Argentinean side, and the other being the Uruguay side, each with agents wearing their countries official uniform.<span style=""> </span>Our passports were checked by Argentine agent, then we moved over 10 feet to other side of the counter to be admitted by the Uruguayan agent.<span style=""> </span>Afterwards, we drove over the infamous Salto Grande Dam that connects the two countries.<span style=""> </span>It was a massive dam and quite alluring to think that just below it dwelled thousands of hungry giant Dorado.<span style=""> </span>After the 20 minute drive, we finally arrived at the Horacio Quiroga Resort.<span style=""> </span>It is a beautiful resort that resides on the shoreline of Salto Grande Lake.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Upon arrival, we were greeted by our friend and River Plate associate Gabriel Puig.<span style=""> </span>Gabriel has always been our ground host for our Amazon trips and I was excited that he was there to introduce us to this new Dorado program.<span style=""> </span>He showed us to our rooms and we then assembled in the private guest lounge for a toast to celebrate our arrival and beginning of a Dorado adventure.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">This week, we planned to fish our first 2 days on the Uruguay River in the public waters below the exclusive zone.<span style=""> </span>We thought this plan was to be an excellent plan to warm-up on smaller Dorado in the public waters, before advancing to the big leagues of trophy Dorado immediately below Salto Grande Dam.<span style=""> </span>With less than optimal river conditions, we fished hard in the public waters for two days and still managed to land a number of Dorado up to 14 pounds.<span style=""> </span>It was interesting to fish in the public waters and see the how the locals fished from both the bank and in boats.<span style=""> </span>It was quite impressive to observe the size of the lures that many of the locals were fishing – some as long and thick as your forearm.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7rkFS2B9u-uXx-iI_X3GCAyFEX6TXxtyyAHqAsw00nclakeejO3AUkWyxdnnhWyC9lBkpkq_HXlEwBm7Izic_h133k6bkbuuXtO3eWODbH5MHhAE7ZFllvUBhkOflW_VuZYhj2uBDMQ/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-24.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7rkFS2B9u-uXx-iI_X3GCAyFEX6TXxtyyAHqAsw00nclakeejO3AUkWyxdnnhWyC9lBkpkq_HXlEwBm7Izic_h133k6bkbuuXtO3eWODbH5MHhAE7ZFllvUBhkOflW_VuZYhj2uBDMQ/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651682232564588850" border="0" /></a>My first Dorado was a juvenile of 4 pounds or so, but I was astounded to see the amount of caution and respect that the guides exhibited while handling the Dorado,… even the small ones.<span style=""> </span>I took a brief moment to note the beautiful and carnal features of this awesome species.<span style=""> </span>This species is a work of Mom-Nature’s art, with their glistening gold body color and defining accents on the edge of each scale.<span style=""> </span>However, my favorite features are the unique striations across the shimmering golden gill plate and the crimson blush of the tail.<span style=""> </span>But amidst all of this refined beauty is a voracious set of teeth.<span style=""> </span>It was amazing to meet a fish with such a contrast of beauty and roguishness.<span style=""> </span>Without a doubt, these fish are killing machines. I quickly discovered that these fish wreak havoc on flies,… no matter the size of the fish or fly.<span style=""> </span>Their teeth seem to have a combination of cutting and puncturing capability, and the guides definitely give them respect.<span style=""> </span>One incident that reinforced this respect is when deckhand, Tito, was trying to handle a fish in the boat and it slipped onto the padded seat.<span style=""> </span>The fish immediately sensed a presence in front of its mouth and bit the pad.<span style=""> </span>Tito grabbed the fish by the tail and tried to wrangle it off of the chair pad, as it continued to “chomp” on the seat.<span style=""> </span>It would not let go, until Tito used pliers to open its jaws and release its death grip on the chair pad.<span style=""> </span>We all got a good laugh out of it, but it certainly reinforced the respect and caution that these fish command.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb0f95CshEUoXEb-iiqTFg-OT5JvpvZewuIZLTHBvOfxyFAtXajVu24eVhOZIEf51IsU7I0iYL822ADn4vq68f-izUXllv6fSrz_K1tcKljnbBCeQsN6XBPUIIQdjHnCfxVPdIfhg_d0/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-21.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb0f95CshEUoXEb-iiqTFg-OT5JvpvZewuIZLTHBvOfxyFAtXajVu24eVhOZIEf51IsU7I0iYL822ADn4vq68f-izUXllv6fSrz_K1tcKljnbBCeQsN6XBPUIIQdjHnCfxVPdIfhg_d0/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651709307453817986" border="0" /></a>River Plate runs a split day program at Salto Grande, with the morning and evening sessions running about 3 ½ hours each.<span style=""> </span>Breakfast is served continental style in the resort café.<span style=""> </span>Each morning we were treated to an impressive spread of various pastries and breads, yogurt, cereal, made to order eggs, bacon, sausage, fresh fruits, and various juices and the best bold coffee you could ever hope for.<span style=""> </span>Lunch and dinners are ordered from a full menu and served in the private guest lounge.<span style=""> </span>The guest lounge is exclusive to River Plate guests and is dressed with a full open bar of liquors, beer, and wine.<span style=""> </span>It was always refreshing to relax in the lounge with the group and recount the past day’s fishing stories.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCjKXQFKiUrWs-IYnnG6vd3DNrddFe3WZjBT4zWW9lo6nFSDcqeIiUGrHn9uvznzSuT6C_ct-39zs98mehkajrkR10uzQkeRFF7Gx1mn7jh8x3ON9X4iCbVTHPx8q_0BJbliNp7-VVPM/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-88.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCjKXQFKiUrWs-IYnnG6vd3DNrddFe3WZjBT4zWW9lo6nFSDcqeIiUGrHn9uvznzSuT6C_ct-39zs98mehkajrkR10uzQkeRFF7Gx1mn7jh8x3ON9X4iCbVTHPx8q_0BJbliNp7-VVPM/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-88.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651711671680595026" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">After completing our fishing days in public waters, we geared ourselves mentally and tackle-wise to begin fishing the “zone” for the next 4 days.<span style=""> </span>The zone has been designated by both governments as exclusive, and only one outfitter is permitted to operate from each country.<span style=""> </span>It is strictly enforced, monitored, and patrolled – it is all catch and release, and no public fishing is allowed.<span style=""> </span>This exclusive zone measures approximately 1000 meters X 1000 meters.<span style=""> </span>To put it in perspective, the zone is about the size of 200 football fields and home to an incredible density of trophy Dorado.<span style=""> </span>This zone is a safe haven for the Dorado, allowing them to reach their immense growth potential.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">As we begin our first day of fishing, we were relieved to see that the river clarity was improving.<span style=""> </span>Per the guides’ instructions, we were armed with heavy sinktips to counter the higher flows out of the dam.<span style=""> </span>The influx of water from Brazil necessitated a relatively higher flow out of the dam.<span style=""> </span>At the onset, I thought this would negatively affect the fishing.<span style=""> </span>However, I would soon find out that more turbulent flows will often increase the feeding activity of Dorado.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPT7Qr6HFOfZwelgVcAoeQFxcaSFvxtxpHonShMcKKH68ERQuh8WRTDDGZJWNIXXRK4Sba09bSts9KN4b8EIVp41jK_9mkaudUT9xz7XbwYHXMcQM91uxth_AlUDYbKcGSTogz8sg5Yo/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-121.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPT7Qr6HFOfZwelgVcAoeQFxcaSFvxtxpHonShMcKKH68ERQuh8WRTDDGZJWNIXXRK4Sba09bSts9KN4b8EIVp41jK_9mkaudUT9xz7XbwYHXMcQM91uxth_AlUDYbKcGSTogz8sg5Yo/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651715546289618354" border="0" /></a>As we set out on the boats, I glanced over at the horizon and saw thick cloud formations building.<span style=""> </span>Rain was in the forecast and it was on its way.<span style=""> </span>Within minutes, we were at the dam face.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>At first, it was a somewhat ominous feeling motoring up to the massive face of the dam.<span style=""> </span>Flow from the dam was powerful and voluminous.<span style=""> </span>My first thought was how “small” I felt in this body of water.<span style=""> </span>I have fished many large rivers in my time, but this was dwarfing.<span style=""> </span>I almost felt as if I was outmatched by bringing a pea-shooter of a 10 wt. rod to this giant sport fishing arena.<span style=""> </span>Nonetheless, my fishing partner, Shiz, and I were up to the task and commenced our first fishing session at the “zone” below Salto Grande.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">On this morning, Shiz and I started out by battling a few average sized Dorado of 8 - 10 pounds.<span style=""> </span>We were both impressed with the sheer power and stamina that this species exerts.<span style=""> </span>Our rods seemed to be torqued-to-the-max on this size class of Dorado.<span style=""> </span>This led us to the thought… ‘Would our tackle be able to withstand the power of a mammoth sized Dorado?’<span style=""> </span>This question would be answered soon enough.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bu6Uge1orXafEImgEzNkIqRTHUSBIa43TK6BmcGopwsLnBMCA5D4h8LhD_fi8FzoLkZpQeER1t4nPKYdIupEVSPnk4X4dsPKVJX3R0Fm9U7-oRtGxEvuvcaWTVflfVZgvDPfSCnB2Z4/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-96.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bu6Uge1orXafEImgEzNkIqRTHUSBIa43TK6BmcGopwsLnBMCA5D4h8LhD_fi8FzoLkZpQeER1t4nPKYdIupEVSPnk4X4dsPKVJX3R0Fm9U7-oRtGxEvuvcaWTVflfVZgvDPfSCnB2Z4/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-96.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651709321065687490" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">The boat strategy was to back drift down current as we made multiple casts perpendicular to the current.<span style=""> </span>Due to the higher flow, it was imperative that the boat backed down the same speed as the current.<span style=""> </span>This would allow our 400-450 grain lines to sink without tension/drag and be able to reach maximum depths before retrieving the fly.<span style=""> </span>Often, our fly would be slammed by a Dorado as the fly was on a dead-drift while sinking.<span style=""> </span>It was explained to us that, when the dam is releasing heavy outflows, the hydroelectric turbines act like a meat grinder chopping up bait fish that are gobbled up by the Dorado holding in the current.<span style=""> </span>This continual food factory for the Dorado allows them to reach maximum strength and growth potential.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBu4sS70-NLoZLzFRo6d7_rj5_LWI9rNzSTSqX8ZkYzHi5RBWo39FalJko6HPF2XsVitnbRNUL5Y63LXFrswDTjkBsFUX7nzNi5HrU3wQrt88wih2_T5tHYFcb0qAHzcrSAuv7JmZ8v_Y/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-33.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBu4sS70-NLoZLzFRo6d7_rj5_LWI9rNzSTSqX8ZkYzHi5RBWo39FalJko6HPF2XsVitnbRNUL5Y63LXFrswDTjkBsFUX7nzNi5HrU3wQrt88wih2_T5tHYFcb0qAHzcrSAuv7JmZ8v_Y/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651682236753764690" border="0" /></a>Later this morning, I would experience a product of this supercharged fishery.<span style=""> </span>As we neared the end of another drift below the dam, our guide “Chopo” told me to make one more cast before heading back up to the dam.<span style=""> </span>I laid out a long cast toward the middle of the river and gave it a 5 count before beginning my retrieve.<span style=""> </span>On the first few strips, I felt the river current working my fly.<span style=""> </span>Then, I suddenly felt the line go slack while stripping the fly.<span style=""> </span>I knew the boat had been tracking properly down current, but this disconnected feeling made me quickly realize that something was swimming toward me with my fly.<span style=""> </span>I quickly gave my line a series of long and fast strips trying to get tight.<span style=""> </span>Suddenly, I felt that desirable solid “thud!” followed by heavy rod-pumping head shakes by something massive on the end of the line.<span style=""> </span>In that instance, all of my attention went to my heap of fly line laying around my feet and stripping bucket.<span style=""> </span>My line was flying everywhere while this fish screamed upriver.<span style=""> </span>Thankfully, I cleared my line and this fish was deep into my backing before I looked up and saw the incredible sight of a massive Dorado going aerial off in the distance.<span style=""> </span>Even from afar, this fish looked behemoth.<span style=""> </span>Guide Chopo and deckhand Maxi gave out a gasp and cheer as it was confirmed that fish was a true trophy on the fly.<span style=""> </span>It was quite a battle as this “grande” made numerous aerial appearances, powerful runs, and duking it out boat-side.<span style=""> </span>I leaned into the guts of my 10 weight rod as hard as I thought possible, and at times it still felt like I was losing the battle.<span style=""> </span>Finally, we were able to land this fish and admire its awesomeness firsthand.<span style=""> </span>This gorgeous Dorado topped 30 pounds and it was an honor to hold a fish of this magnitude.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzOBh6IWlFW8y7yyn_xKxj2HgpZXUe8nKtB-UJoKFxM2-sSDTcQOSXwQXhUZg2yQcFxwIr-cSP3RFBBHPIpgSWmFGJwGv1-fzJr_tbkcg6fWq9pqPC99q6tn64kgAksJkbihpyV33x8o/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-28.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzOBh6IWlFW8y7yyn_xKxj2HgpZXUe8nKtB-UJoKFxM2-sSDTcQOSXwQXhUZg2yQcFxwIr-cSP3RFBBHPIpgSWmFGJwGv1-fzJr_tbkcg6fWq9pqPC99q6tn64kgAksJkbihpyV33x8o/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651682244926784690" border="0" /></a>Throughout our days of fishing, my group and I varied our tackle to match the dynamic conditions produced by the Salto Grande Dam.<span style=""> </span>What was interesting is that the dam outflow follows a schedule based on hydroelectric demand.<span style=""> </span>Since the 4 days fishing program with River Plate is set for Friday through Monday, we saw dramatic differences in river height and flow during our time in the zone.<span style=""> </span>The flows were highest on weekdays Friday and Monday because of the regional industry demands.<span style=""> </span>Conversely, the flows were the lowest on Sunday.<span style=""> </span>Without a doubt, a 400-450 grain sinktip fly line saw that most work below Salto Grande.<span style=""> </span>However, with the lower river height and flow on Sunday, intermediate and even topwater fishing could be had around the rock structure and outcroppings.<span style=""> </span>It was quite a dramatic difference in the “feel” of the river from high to low… almost like fishing a completely different river when the flows changed.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Dorado will test every weak link in your tackle system.<span style=""> </span>Most notable, I had two instances where a mystery mammoth Dorado slammed my fly, only to part ways with a part of my leader system.<span style=""> </span>Complacency has no place at Salto Grande.<span style=""> </span>One of my mystery breakoffs was due to this complacency.<span style=""> </span>I had already landed a few Dorado on a leader, and while checking it, I noticed a slight “wrinkle” in the 30# butt section of my leader.<span style=""> </span>I pulled on it hard to check the strength of this thick butt section and it held just fine.<span style=""> </span>So, I thought I was good to go.<span style=""> </span>WRONG!<span style=""> </span>The next cast I got absolutely ripped boat side by a humongous Dorado and broke my leader right where this seemingly superficial wrinkle in the leader was.<span style=""> </span>This was a hard lesson learned, as the guide looked at me and gestured to me “grande” with his arms and the number 20 with his fingers… not pounds, but kilos!<span style=""> </span>Lesson learned… ALWAYS replace your leader at the slightest hint of abrasion, nicks, and yes, even a wrinkle.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ILQCNko2s3F01tsWwXFDtnuce7iInDoWBxDEYdC3CNXfjozxB1WNeJTj4c5DTJ-tj6fRVAM73isMFj4teQa9lE3PSAhd9kNcMGfISu35Ad3hNRBOCxf9pjqfczXDTVR7bVk2ggAXANU/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-30-2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ILQCNko2s3F01tsWwXFDtnuce7iInDoWBxDEYdC3CNXfjozxB1WNeJTj4c5DTJ-tj6fRVAM73isMFj4teQa9lE3PSAhd9kNcMGfISu35Ad3hNRBOCxf9pjqfczXDTVR7bVk2ggAXANU/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-30-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651679329964747762" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">My preferred leader system was simple but very specific.<span style=""> </span>Joey Lin highly recommended Malin BOA single strand titanium wire (35# - 40#) for the bite trace connecting to the fly.<span style=""> </span>The characteristics of this wire resists kinking, stays straight, and seemed to hold up to the Dorado teeth endlessly. The downside to this wire is inherent in its qualities.<span style=""> </span>Since it resists bending and kinking, it can be quite laborious to tie with.<span style=""> </span>The most ideal knot to affix the fly is the Perfection Loop.<span style=""> </span>Most interesting, this loop knot will not fully cinch down but is still 100% secure.<span style=""> </span>This wire was then secured to a 30# mono butt section of RIO Max PLUS with an 8 – 9 turn Albright knot.<span style=""> </span>This leader system can also be constructed with a class section of 20# if desired.<span style=""> </span>I would not recommend fishing less than a 20# class section unless an angler is pursuing an IGFA line class record.<br /></p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaCiGBL3IIZ9vGmrQpJjf4ZO5LmSfPd0f_EXTuKl4q44bbEao2dF0lHEk2T1sWmFhlfrFKYuRupfsQzy84s9IIJHvEm2zWyyVzw6wM1JB1ZBq0B5My2a73D2mAt_QvLAXb5KuzD-bNkk/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-81.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaCiGBL3IIZ9vGmrQpJjf4ZO5LmSfPd0f_EXTuKl4q44bbEao2dF0lHEk2T1sWmFhlfrFKYuRupfsQzy84s9IIJHvEm2zWyyVzw6wM1JB1ZBq0B5My2a73D2mAt_QvLAXb5KuzD-bNkk/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-81.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651682237209111570" border="0" /></a>Here is an interesting observation about flies for Dorado.<span style=""> </span>Before the trip, I had read from various sources that “eyes” on a lure or fly are essential for angling success below Salto Grande.<span style=""> </span>Then, in another article about Dorado I read how this species has relatively small eyes, thus reinforcing the fact that these fish target their prey primarily with their lateral line and less by eyesight.<span style=""> </span>So, with their eyesight being the least used senses, why would there be such a strong recommendation for eyes on the fly? <span style=""> </span>Well, it was not until I visited the guides at their “guide shack” would I understand the importance of eyes on a fly.<span style=""> </span>They explained to me that, yes, the Dorado search for their prey with their lateral line senses.<span style=""> </span>However, the final urge or reaction to “kill” the lure or fly is by sight.<span style=""> </span>They showed me a wide selection of handmade lures they recommend for conventional fishing for Dorado.<span style=""> </span>Yes, all of them had distinct eyes and, even more interesting, they had a mid-section “dot” on each lure.<span style=""> </span>The guides say they paint on this second eye to give a backup or secondary “kill-shot” target in case the eyes get chewed off from previous Dorado.<span style=""> </span>So, with this explanation by the guides the “eyes” have it!</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aR-jdVGJ5KyWW9Qw_cpqBW0yTpuP0ffi_LsNNqclaj75PYPdSl3vGVebVxjJ-CaO0JJP8Gfla-NM7R_ec40Vxp6xfgIz69622GoJekUi7cic402OvA_VBtgeDWwiCF3Ag5rLX3EibG8/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-76.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aR-jdVGJ5KyWW9Qw_cpqBW0yTpuP0ffi_LsNNqclaj75PYPdSl3vGVebVxjJ-CaO0JJP8Gfla-NM7R_ec40Vxp6xfgIz69622GoJekUi7cic402OvA_VBtgeDWwiCF3Ag5rLX3EibG8/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-76.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651711683343512194" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Also interesting to note about flies is that, due to the turbidity of the water, the successful flies were darker in color.<span style=""> </span>Many combinations of black and other colors worked well.<span style=""> </span>The motto for the week seemed to be ‘if you can cast it, they will eat it!’<span style=""> </span>On occasion, I fished a Billfish sized fly called “Big Eyes – Red Tail” in size 6/0 (red/black) by Enrico Puglisi.<span style=""> </span>My other favorite fly for the week was Morgan Thalken’s Cruiser in size 3/0 (red/black).<span style=""> </span>It was this fly that enticed and caught my personal best 30 pound Dorado.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">During our days of fishing, it was exciting to watch Shiz, Steve, and Joan battle with these tough Dorado.<span style=""> </span>We all agreed that these are the toughest freshwater fish that we had ever fought on a fly rod.<span style=""> </span>A most memorable moment for me was watching Joan skillfully battle a big Dorado.<span style=""> </span>She leaned into the fish as hard as her 10 weight could handle.<span style=""> </span>She never gave it an inch and it still fought until the bitter end.<span style=""> </span>Another memorable moment was being a spectator to Shiz’s battle with a Dorado that made a series of jumps that almost circled the entire boat!<span style=""> </span>These fish are sometimes above the surface more than beneath it sometimes… simply amazing.</p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDPkzglAFaa1cIPD7iJfYRQfUBDUuO4URzSBZy2v9SITxpuOtd5OqDlRGqH9dZLZala-TkHfMMWipCQxWc7dQJyFuJ8Y7zkFlVbKr9PyoE-FNl4NWDfaxkyLMC6cQaz5qILNaxXJka2c/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-53.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDPkzglAFaa1cIPD7iJfYRQfUBDUuO4URzSBZy2v9SITxpuOtd5OqDlRGqH9dZLZala-TkHfMMWipCQxWc7dQJyFuJ8Y7zkFlVbKr9PyoE-FNl4NWDfaxkyLMC6cQaz5qILNaxXJka2c/s200/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-53.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651716151645928770" border="0" /></a>As our week in Uruguay came to a close, we were fortunate that the river clarity improved each day.<span style=""> </span>What was originally a sinking feeling of low expectation due to a blown out river, turned out to be an eye-opener in how incredible this fishery can be.<span style=""> </span>The guides said that we had the worst fishing conditions they had seen all season, and we still caught fish.<span style=""> </span>We landed over 200 Dorado in the zone.<span style=""> </span>We were all pleased with our success and amazed that this was a “slow week” in terms of numbers.<span style=""> </span>It could only get better?<span style=""> </span>Wow!<span style=""> </span>In final, this was a special week of fishing with good friends.<span style=""> </span>We are now Dorado fanatics and looking forward to our next fishing excursion on the Uruguay River below Salto Grande.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAPXhkh5rWw7VxBvGBVEyiQ-VB0MbNRk7Ek835coILJ8u0mJuDtm9iiU-eqMdh4GZr3w1llarJ4ihDZQKzkx7CnwCE3t69MBBVq1JF4X_b7LJZ4RSC0LMrm33q3KRWypOfRzMySFUkJg/s1600/RPD%2528Apr15-18%2529REPORT.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAPXhkh5rWw7VxBvGBVEyiQ-VB0MbNRk7Ek835coILJ8u0mJuDtm9iiU-eqMdh4GZr3w1llarJ4ihDZQKzkx7CnwCE3t69MBBVq1JF4X_b7LJZ4RSC0LMrm33q3KRWypOfRzMySFUkJg/s320/RPD%2528Apr15-18%2529REPORT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651864926875665138" border="0" /></a>Fish On! - Keith</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">Keith’s Tackle Notes:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Rods: Sage <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/rods/all-water/tcx">TCX 990-4 and 1090-4</a> / TFO BVK 1090-4<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Reels: <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/reels/saltwater/6000">Sage 6080 and 6010</a> / Hatch 9 PLUS with 30# Dacron backing</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Fly Lines: <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/fly-lines/saltwater/sinking/leviathan-26ft-sink-tip">RIO Leviathon 400 grain</a> / SA Mastery Tropic Express 450</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Leader: <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/tippet/freshwater/riomax-plus">RIO Max Plus</a><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>Wire: <a href="http://www.malinco.com/fishing-boa.html">Malin BOA single strand titanium wire</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/River%20Plate%20Dorados%20-%20April%202011/?albumview=slideshow">CLICK HERE</a> for a full slideshow of the trip)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HrN9k2YaLm5Lyp-yP5pyspeS9Xfs3vJ717L-7JTAAtdridcEZ-HUTzV6HeKr0YbTPUYkp_R-cYyUnYUnQ4azcaWqPh5WN4l4F44iEEfzQtW4PBpHW1gVYmMpzJEgdqQBSsN7Jdiju34/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-5-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HrN9k2YaLm5Lyp-yP5pyspeS9Xfs3vJ717L-7JTAAtdridcEZ-HUTzV6HeKr0YbTPUYkp_R-cYyUnYUnQ4azcaWqPh5WN4l4F44iEEfzQtW4PBpHW1gVYmMpzJEgdqQBSsN7Jdiju34/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-5-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651678533951744690" border="0" /></a>Boarding the charter flight from Aeroparque to Concordia...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf3wY1ypmcUXoN1z6mP1XMSxR5QIUfwgnR8Uv8fwqKh0ca-SZzemGco84dDgTQSwRczxobYfDfTe-V_pJvofmLI83pOw3hSoIl4u_PF2FubMi9B1Z0f6-loVR15CsFzPG4Dn3cAUHf2c/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-9-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf3wY1ypmcUXoN1z6mP1XMSxR5QIUfwgnR8Uv8fwqKh0ca-SZzemGco84dDgTQSwRczxobYfDfTe-V_pJvofmLI83pOw3hSoIl4u_PF2FubMi9B1Z0f6-loVR15CsFzPG4Dn3cAUHf2c/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-9-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651678526637883810" border="0" /></a>Which fly?... decisions, decisions...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lrOLL5AK5pjIEBctLXZhN9Wi3AAserZ-Q5-ECAxYLpvPieUbxknZ_QdH8cyfaLt_uaI-OItXrlTU8iP20IrE1KevZBAkNMHqa3i_Uaz6Kg7SINV6pyHMCfljvtWupI1NTWsMEXIWesw/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-12-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lrOLL5AK5pjIEBctLXZhN9Wi3AAserZ-Q5-ECAxYLpvPieUbxknZ_QdH8cyfaLt_uaI-OItXrlTU8iP20IrE1KevZBAkNMHqa3i_Uaz6Kg7SINV6pyHMCfljvtWupI1NTWsMEXIWesw/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-12-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677977109172418" border="0" /></a>Dorado are tough on flies...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNWI5OCkjvWAOyFeeFlH2-ZoNysf_Ps-kOghwJ4ePDXL_jtCA8mLH9Sivs-5hnd17016tObwrKgRbbZ2WVnbnDkyTBLgjDtu_k-l8daXfgGYGqr3Le2VO543nGlNyw-Yma8ndvsE2e-g/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-10-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNWI5OCkjvWAOyFeeFlH2-ZoNysf_Ps-kOghwJ4ePDXL_jtCA8mLH9Sivs-5hnd17016tObwrKgRbbZ2WVnbnDkyTBLgjDtu_k-l8daXfgGYGqr3Le2VO543nGlNyw-Yma8ndvsE2e-g/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-10-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677974441531602" border="0" /></a>Mean teeth on Dogfish...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwVdXGdirdb0MNhALkOzGmHOVHIFKzxLdXPeRmMRW4dNVcHiu2e7ifO-bnVY07uX1iz4j6T8r4VikSGBSayf7b21TtY7EYyxESPPamkgj1lHo6zXmwEe_Ya4SQvyOzoU67LlIascoH04/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-27.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwVdXGdirdb0MNhALkOzGmHOVHIFKzxLdXPeRmMRW4dNVcHiu2e7ifO-bnVY07uX1iz4j6T8r4VikSGBSayf7b21TtY7EYyxESPPamkgj1lHo6zXmwEe_Ya4SQvyOzoU67LlIascoH04/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677974508348146" border="0" /></a>Joan sampling the morning variety of pastries...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjWvBFSHpLEmjeJu0EfcEBWGTEVSfYc3CEs55U0iCZcNUvFwSEK1UOJ31eD7cs9-r9H49Ykd7Qt-bM2vqudcKKoF_1xFyLiq1MwRQ5OP_OsV7V4FDWzgkoN1BCCjuXh7ud-FNCOAm_nE/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-49.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjWvBFSHpLEmjeJu0EfcEBWGTEVSfYc3CEs55U0iCZcNUvFwSEK1UOJ31eD7cs9-r9H49Ykd7Qt-bM2vqudcKKoF_1xFyLiq1MwRQ5OP_OsV7V4FDWzgkoN1BCCjuXh7ud-FNCOAm_nE/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677971964225266" border="0" /></a>Airborne display by a Dorado...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDKY681Ui-zOPuKHsvKMjgw2vMynfKkEYkCXUVkcfSyssv8wHgBcFIMY7vI7v4xuHv8_EADv1OZJlnghvTiRVXeSMitCyu_kfmqzAjyMy0sie65kxUKGk0SFc0jOubMWnbaJzcdxH6tI/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-92.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDKY681Ui-zOPuKHsvKMjgw2vMynfKkEYkCXUVkcfSyssv8wHgBcFIMY7vI7v4xuHv8_EADv1OZJlnghvTiRVXeSMitCyu_kfmqzAjyMy0sie65kxUKGk0SFc0jOubMWnbaJzcdxH6tI/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-92.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677565336682802" border="0" /></a>Steve and Joan doubled up with Tito...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42CCV-j4hQsASkyQ0__ZbCbzOZsTA8XgodSJbzHZMubfYZ_GmHVJpxMF_J9hspkG2M0lyPsTy5KDic2YSB-5uN2ZyA1VrbfeU8ZErZUeBPYbDCzpk-hoqBSs_rgUq74Xct3_RwwWCdz4/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-47.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42CCV-j4hQsASkyQ0__ZbCbzOZsTA8XgodSJbzHZMubfYZ_GmHVJpxMF_J9hspkG2M0lyPsTy5KDic2YSB-5uN2ZyA1VrbfeU8ZErZUeBPYbDCzpk-hoqBSs_rgUq74Xct3_RwwWCdz4/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677563379566322" border="0" /></a>Shiz with a nice average sized Dorado...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvc2m2tFvcxJ8etLayHD5KpF1Lo10-lscyL-ql7p0dFjwtLtVi0o5ZDtenM5Me2Y3REPDv27kv_sODcrB_fhvrlSnQlrKLEIXzOdJN4W4qnhx68V1Fq6ttEl4fUg8Bev8VUtFmw2PAcA/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-35.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvc2m2tFvcxJ8etLayHD5KpF1Lo10-lscyL-ql7p0dFjwtLtVi0o5ZDtenM5Me2Y3REPDv27kv_sODcrB_fhvrlSnQlrKLEIXzOdJN4W4qnhx68V1Fq6ttEl4fUg8Bev8VUtFmw2PAcA/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677557835725810" border="0" /></a>Steve struck gold on this rainy day...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mSqS4F3pj9gqNgJm8-TqkjaexW7sDs5jvQZ6UqDam541Nulcgyf8Dhk-EPxCEEp-RAFi8lKFM0l10EAGKAn-k1IiNhDwXKEPIUXJOSjnSAsARbjYBbWkhoAmlAiBWxnQc076DivXYBU/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-44.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mSqS4F3pj9gqNgJm8-TqkjaexW7sDs5jvQZ6UqDam541Nulcgyf8Dhk-EPxCEEp-RAFi8lKFM0l10EAGKAn-k1IiNhDwXKEPIUXJOSjnSAsARbjYBbWkhoAmlAiBWxnQc076DivXYBU/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-44.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651856473788300354" border="0" /></a>Dorado are tough on flies...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC4SpcPXpkxz4GO4-Ga8HXVVh4lE-Xx56ntxhiFPB2nSKaPpILuyySr7XH6wijXSpWAGRV4fqdacwwMw1aipCuEaBEppBEfFE_5TrB885icJY0WjBf2Dk31EflCG2ZdhfjD9VjCNCBbE/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-36.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC4SpcPXpkxz4GO4-Ga8HXVVh4lE-Xx56ntxhiFPB2nSKaPpILuyySr7XH6wijXSpWAGRV4fqdacwwMw1aipCuEaBEppBEfFE_5TrB885icJY0WjBf2Dk31EflCG2ZdhfjD9VjCNCBbE/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677561687651522" border="0" /></a>Shiz is all smiles about this robust Dorado...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifB9OPY3KpGdDOeVv46XWfjPQ0iKtkK74hCd8JFXzTpMfPr8G5iUpuhUuTt-R7DJqaPLXXrakbUounU77YYawXkDF7DG1trORQkzXqDwdN_iVC_X0IeAwoDhgG05aiieuj62Za6kaCtog/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-28.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifB9OPY3KpGdDOeVv46XWfjPQ0iKtkK74hCd8JFXzTpMfPr8G5iUpuhUuTt-R7DJqaPLXXrakbUounU77YYawXkDF7DG1trORQkzXqDwdN_iVC_X0IeAwoDhgG05aiieuj62Za6kaCtog/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677554345157650" border="0" /></a>Tito displaying Joan's "teener" Dorado...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX-RwSajCRavr903JTsioDwVdAy9N2E_KPQ2mVFIce27AM6VHrxvT3aRVPDIaASdOPpPkkXucoWmEXw66owuWLOx112NFc5QSoRHY1xbpeOQXReADecm3MAVAIgQjXrf0ySAJuCxtUOk/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-20-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX-RwSajCRavr903JTsioDwVdAy9N2E_KPQ2mVFIce27AM6VHrxvT3aRVPDIaASdOPpPkkXucoWmEXw66owuWLOx112NFc5QSoRHY1xbpeOQXReADecm3MAVAIgQjXrf0ySAJuCxtUOk/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-20-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677153682896482" border="0" /></a>Shimmering gold gill plate of Dorado... gorgeous<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwYNMLwxRSYo-C-i-Afza9xQXUNZL0_DpS3qXac_iusngP6g0ImWGdBCPj3tGj-DGZDuvGnGzUSCObFXsOVfsM_X5qLndGkJkEpJk6emZ4lFkTo61DlugCns_W3py6D7fnN6S13q2-X0/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-21-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwYNMLwxRSYo-C-i-Afza9xQXUNZL0_DpS3qXac_iusngP6g0ImWGdBCPj3tGj-DGZDuvGnGzUSCObFXsOVfsM_X5qLndGkJkEpJk6emZ4lFkTo61DlugCns_W3py6D7fnN6S13q2-X0/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-21-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677150597285666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzDT4bx8J49zdUBqxF50KsfqjRzgbKgPC1-JZAMsFs_FFKO-TUX3q1ejYyAukLN5bsxNJhCTV6i3iRVGnSr-F_PNfxpzR-IXcRufWenVUM1PjEIj3wQnG3kJ4bz0yLcjcwCCxdPX-2uI/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-22-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzDT4bx8J49zdUBqxF50KsfqjRzgbKgPC1-JZAMsFs_FFKO-TUX3q1ejYyAukLN5bsxNJhCTV6i3iRVGnSr-F_PNfxpzR-IXcRufWenVUM1PjEIj3wQnG3kJ4bz0yLcjcwCCxdPX-2uI/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-22-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677144257940946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHxshH3n-nBbgWUBAlV8Y2ZSmPXyCCE8iVedKaobPn5cIauLG89v4PlLcawvWyR36SKFmKgTDHYEbTCEOyTeVTPQ4BgPPYFgCIuEQeW9lnfVhxDl02b3HgKbiBWTq543MCPAsalSwIPo/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-40.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHxshH3n-nBbgWUBAlV8Y2ZSmPXyCCE8iVedKaobPn5cIauLG89v4PlLcawvWyR36SKFmKgTDHYEbTCEOyTeVTPQ4BgPPYFgCIuEQeW9lnfVhxDl02b3HgKbiBWTq543MCPAsalSwIPo/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651677133364976770" border="0" /></a>26 pounds of Gold...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCE4Q9_OXA0cM1CGQzhw1W15L1dfL9Z8AeSshMg4Q30NyBk-NChPF7qh_G8AmWDwHMkmmJEIRdqTxns84KHk80PU12scAYpOuBZHFAOEIKrxX9z83-Ph09O8x69Jzjw0M4IdJs-_qS8s/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-56.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCE4Q9_OXA0cM1CGQzhw1W15L1dfL9Z8AeSshMg4Q30NyBk-NChPF7qh_G8AmWDwHMkmmJEIRdqTxns84KHk80PU12scAYpOuBZHFAOEIKrxX9z83-Ph09O8x69Jzjw0M4IdJs-_qS8s/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-56.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651676673753699954" border="0" /></a>Joan leaning on a jumbo Dorado...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNOl7g_UZIQiq5Za-gcevVFuDHoKxmIgt1BaBoY514mA9XgelIvkBlO6OsULNzoKfNv9JPJq6SgLGHtyrjsHC7LaJ0iaSPEb1ioPTayMBaMyp-V5w5c-aCaP7Rxhn3E3og7fq46aCaI8/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-57.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNOl7g_UZIQiq5Za-gcevVFuDHoKxmIgt1BaBoY514mA9XgelIvkBlO6OsULNzoKfNv9JPJq6SgLGHtyrjsHC7LaJ0iaSPEb1ioPTayMBaMyp-V5w5c-aCaP7Rxhn3E3og7fq46aCaI8/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-57.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651676671881958722" border="0" /></a>Nice catch Joan!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMJeHr6PLtdfNvsNpYWlFA47yDXUZXCtWY4UgovzRUQsql5aRBpzJlOrb7OGFrA2z-QLS8d3aKgg7B-QwV13cbA1OSRXOzt-jAc4sHmbUyXhgeMEOwELLhejcfRY6FhhAUU5cNvxdht8/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-87.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMJeHr6PLtdfNvsNpYWlFA47yDXUZXCtWY4UgovzRUQsql5aRBpzJlOrb7OGFrA2z-QLS8d3aKgg7B-QwV13cbA1OSRXOzt-jAc4sHmbUyXhgeMEOwELLhejcfRY6FhhAUU5cNvxdht8/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-87.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651676669560189154" border="0" /></a>Steve lands an odd by-catch species... a "Boga"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsXVpDcL8moQ-KHrJ9j-kZbzbacAN_A5FF7mCubzs08Yml0HCDhTkf79PweuDTcy_fAsSv2QHItnl0GJ4SVuQUU4Zb12lvpogMEtt5S9WyC3I-VKa1IxjGakqGm6l5Al-ym27WKPtU_g/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-88.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsXVpDcL8moQ-KHrJ9j-kZbzbacAN_A5FF7mCubzs08Yml0HCDhTkf79PweuDTcy_fAsSv2QHItnl0GJ4SVuQUU4Zb12lvpogMEtt5S9WyC3I-VKa1IxjGakqGm6l5Al-ym27WKPtU_g/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-88.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651676665353758626" border="0" /></a>Maxi displaying Shiz's robust Dorado...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcddLciiaHdCwsUrvZCyUItYhOYB2a1EJIWe8a931zx_hj7hUnc6vOwFfJ0_1vkcgtrOFgH0hNnJghI0aYUIehVVPZp7qRKgp5Zv4PAQxQL0vGEm8D8qcmzWZhGVKab9WdoqV22DEAVfw/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-111.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcddLciiaHdCwsUrvZCyUItYhOYB2a1EJIWe8a931zx_hj7hUnc6vOwFfJ0_1vkcgtrOFgH0hNnJghI0aYUIehVVPZp7qRKgp5Zv4PAQxQL0vGEm8D8qcmzWZhGVKab9WdoqV22DEAVfw/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651676665751786914" border="0" /></a>The gorgeous Horacio Quiroga Resort...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6lrJGQDMpWI3Rinxs7jrlrZxKapBo9VuweM44uxr-qfPmX0P-J25_ppCyylna6tZk0e7p5AAiGtHimlu_hLUpQmvQSMj2DSAzcBszJHO8sNYNWAVL8UzMvkXHpY4qgSPOVmRjqAyIxo/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-67.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6lrJGQDMpWI3Rinxs7jrlrZxKapBo9VuweM44uxr-qfPmX0P-J25_ppCyylna6tZk0e7p5AAiGtHimlu_hLUpQmvQSMj2DSAzcBszJHO8sNYNWAVL8UzMvkXHpY4qgSPOVmRjqAyIxo/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-67.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651633172090061074" border="0" /></a>Shiz and I pulling double duty on Dorado...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-MLsNdz-qDT7Vsit8aSQ_z_V0JIEILxg3aJFSC5W514Dgs0j7jjHrkx3IqzlUyiXWbyWE6Z2JBtrES5WVzbzET4D8rM4H7_XEOlRtvUp76raHA3mAiFocYNBYsHMFBYjtRwaLB-9RW8/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-70.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-MLsNdz-qDT7Vsit8aSQ_z_V0JIEILxg3aJFSC5W514Dgs0j7jjHrkx3IqzlUyiXWbyWE6Z2JBtrES5WVzbzET4D8rM4H7_XEOlRtvUp76raHA3mAiFocYNBYsHMFBYjtRwaLB-9RW8/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-70.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651633171181314258" border="0" /></a>An odd by-catch species named "Vieja del Agua"... translated as old woman of the water<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNB79w9owKDBt2bowT0Lwq9lzJsyJkeBo1B9f3Bl0hpgbHXv8OSUzgnJQUC9wxru35Db80kisdx4UxTueXFJwh0DVoCF61N-LpQdydiUHugr3OA9I2elwulesS3BxRCw1LAQkA4NIX2Nk/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-100.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNB79w9owKDBt2bowT0Lwq9lzJsyJkeBo1B9f3Bl0hpgbHXv8OSUzgnJQUC9wxru35Db80kisdx4UxTueXFJwh0DVoCF61N-LpQdydiUHugr3OA9I2elwulesS3BxRCw1LAQkA4NIX2Nk/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651633165661874002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLIDk2DSpWEIOR9b81sKnPkhQcmEACRoFvdvXXIVr20U86vhscohlJjFk2V8i_eQvxW_-bwnaO8hhgBgo1CZbzBbyc9FU-Nw9ZDeQHd8d3pp_RSvfFDSkGNOgEoSdzozQgD3X6Tsl-mg/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-116.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLIDk2DSpWEIOR9b81sKnPkhQcmEACRoFvdvXXIVr20U86vhscohlJjFk2V8i_eQvxW_-bwnaO8hhgBgo1CZbzBbyc9FU-Nw9ZDeQHd8d3pp_RSvfFDSkGNOgEoSdzozQgD3X6Tsl-mg/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651633161486409714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyBQ_rthUES6YsC1cjP_x5VfWOxlPkOFRsH_rBi74U3r6-KKXSWigekofPyr68YzwdN09u2H-QtT6-uH5D3iTuia_x9BpObyln3hyR_vaU-xROEn5OPgr7w0eoH3oO1a1HwtqYfyAvNM/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-34.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyBQ_rthUES6YsC1cjP_x5VfWOxlPkOFRsH_rBi74U3r6-KKXSWigekofPyr68YzwdN09u2H-QtT6-uH5D3iTuia_x9BpObyln3hyR_vaU-xROEn5OPgr7w0eoH3oO1a1HwtqYfyAvNM/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651712978052050114" border="0" /></a>Admiring a fish of a lifetime below Salto Grande...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RHAiREmvZ81D_UWxqAJtHP849PLfCIlToeealULtLjDXPcojns-yQNgNu7OhJiHx4TmlAWqusdUQ1IfUSSxm38r_lo-2BMUI6AkbnuHqp5BM8dre60ZiSBfDOir_hOwG_0VUEwSP73E/s1600/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-115.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RHAiREmvZ81D_UWxqAJtHP849PLfCIlToeealULtLjDXPcojns-yQNgNu7OhJiHx4TmlAWqusdUQ1IfUSSxm38r_lo-2BMUI6AkbnuHqp5BM8dre60ZiSBfDOir_hOwG_0VUEwSP73E/s400/RiverPlateDorado%2528Apr2011%2529-115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651632535752476274" border="0" /></a>Team Dorado for the week... we will be back!<br />(L-R: Maxi, Chopo, me, Tito, Pancho, Joan, Shiz, and Steve)<br /><br />(<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/River%20Plate%20Dorados%20-%20April%202011/?albumview=slideshow">CLICK HERE</a> for a full slideshow of the trip)<br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-34849088962293329362011-09-05T09:39:00.000-07:002011-09-05T10:30:50.755-07:00Trip Report: Nicholas Dean Skeena Camp (Aug. 7 - 13, 2011)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZe2yvaaJTlMdYzH6RHwJpS0JVYNUP1vUtcG_-P83UQErFq1N8THU_yKpqcr70Qjt7uECRTHFdK2CBSRYiz8BjLifsWhFemKG5msQVBgVz871ZaMc_pquH_SXTrEd-LUSDBBMHdR_awU/s1600/IMG_0628.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZe2yvaaJTlMdYzH6RHwJpS0JVYNUP1vUtcG_-P83UQErFq1N8THU_yKpqcr70Qjt7uECRTHFdK2CBSRYiz8BjLifsWhFemKG5msQVBgVz871ZaMc_pquH_SXTrEd-LUSDBBMHdR_awU/s400/IMG_0628.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648919558616246466" border="0" /></a>Skeena Chrome...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is a fantastic report and a few photos from our customer, Carlo Proto, about his trip to British Columbia while fishing with Nicholas Dean Skeena Camp.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"My fishing buddy Don Powell and I had one of our best fishing trips ever when we attended the Nicholas Dean Skeena River Camp August 7 - 13, 2011</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> in Terrace British Columbia operated by Dustin Kovacvich . It was a dream trip. We were set up to for success right from the start. We camped on an island in the middle of the Skeena River in B.C. The Skeena is the highway for Northern B.C. steelhead and salmon. The Morise, the Kispiox, the Babine and the Copper are all tributaries for the Skeena. The camp had all the comforts a serious fisherman could imagine. There were 5 guests in the camp and each had their own tent. The tents had a cot and a new sleeping bag was provided. We took our meals in a large cook/meal tent, and the food was prepared perfectly by an expert chef. The meals were tasty and there were generous portions. In addition there was a large equipment tent where we could store our coats, vests, and other fishing paraphernalia. There was also a fly tying station where the fly of the day could be created. Everything we needed was anticipated by the staff of Nicolas Dean Lodge. We even had a shower and an outhouse. After settling in late Sunday afternoon one could only think, “Man this is cool, let’s go fishing”, and that is exactly what we did.</span> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span style="">All of the Nicholas Dean camp preparations allowed the guests to fish 15 hour days if we chose to and some days we chose to. We got up early and fished before breakfast. On the way to the river we picked up a cup of coffee or tea from the cook tent. We fished the early morning and the camp staff anticipated our needs and brought breakfast & lunch to the river. At lunch time the second day I did not want to stop fishing as I had not hooked a Skeena River Steelhead, so Dustin being a gracious host asked me if I wanted to eat my burger while fishing. I accepted the offer and half way through the burger I hooked a nice sockeye.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-style: italic;">The attention to detail by the Nicholas Dean staff allowed Don and I to concentrate solely on our fishing. Both Don and I are into learning more about swinging for steelhead. Don has been there 11 times and this is my 4th B.C. trip. We got lots of expert advise from the guides and picked up tips from Dustin and Sky who are two of the best steelhead fishermen I have seen fish. We also were supported by Al & Yvan two other fishing guides that provided expert help. It is said that steelhead are a fish of a 1000 casts, For Dustin & Sky steelhead seem to be a fish of 80 casts. In working with these two experts I learned once again they are very fishy people because they pay attention to and notice little things going on in the water. All the little things add up to make big differences. I learned so much because they pointed out details and when asked they demonstrated techniques that produced on the water results. They do not just talk about catching fish they make it happen. A picture is worth a thousand words below are some photos of the first week of the Nicholas Skeena River Salmon Steelhead Camp. - CP"</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgab8Scezx6b229I1adiMTl-6i6GK4zqE4Twt_Vo4f5Yqu0rojFHGWb1N4v3CP3OkZWasIoBhQffrz208T_6OT9E1hUt2Zz8BN9B3MImA_1KRtezna5fkesHVZrMT-TzppwyLpgjHZN04k/s1600/IMG_0639.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgab8Scezx6b229I1adiMTl-6i6GK4zqE4Twt_Vo4f5Yqu0rojFHGWb1N4v3CP3OkZWasIoBhQffrz208T_6OT9E1hUt2Zz8BN9B3MImA_1KRtezna5fkesHVZrMT-TzppwyLpgjHZN04k/s400/IMG_0639.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648919941703373506" border="0" /></a>Sockeye Salmon</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzwuU8K636NaX5QqCTiQW8i7QQ-0H2gp-j0BjfaK3vcNuWCbHdtorar9WbpsgQtOok1nDujuKWdbez5S-mGXro3Q0b-h8sWHEAIXGjEiISw7ZMQDbEz6WpNypjlFHURBnMJoZVy-ZJFs/s1600/IMG_0630.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzwuU8K636NaX5QqCTiQW8i7QQ-0H2gp-j0BjfaK3vcNuWCbHdtorar9WbpsgQtOok1nDujuKWdbez5S-mGXro3Q0b-h8sWHEAIXGjEiISw7ZMQDbEz6WpNypjlFHURBnMJoZVy-ZJFs/s400/IMG_0630.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648919938295008370" border="0" /></a>Early-run Coho Salmon</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisEtYo0SX9w8HXHIPcYgNEAOgA0ahuzoENFM9oEkaZD8_UMDPJJvqcKYp0pB1W9AVp1vo-bS8MCXPfp682jwD6bMpGOYRg0fVhYDMoXeIRWlTn6J3wShWfVDPskCSxQIVkKLC7kWCnj8/s1600/IMG_0621.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisEtYo0SX9w8HXHIPcYgNEAOgA0ahuzoENFM9oEkaZD8_UMDPJJvqcKYp0pB1W9AVp1vo-bS8MCXPfp682jwD6bMpGOYRg0fVhYDMoXeIRWlTn6J3wShWfVDPskCSxQIVkKLC7kWCnj8/s400/IMG_0621.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648919934169187250" border="0" /></a>Behemoth Pink Salmon</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLvNkVYtweP_tOsa-Vllf0dGtzEaj5dc9WuILdafShbQc60HIVhJxIvFSvGWMzvEnhpADlDMwRAZI1wNOl7IqIb0wa4dmgybCf6cKXA-690Yzc_vBRSNQ_KKRJisuRcOiZDWQIvdSLYU/s1600/IMG_0616.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLvNkVYtweP_tOsa-Vllf0dGtzEaj5dc9WuILdafShbQc60HIVhJxIvFSvGWMzvEnhpADlDMwRAZI1wNOl7IqIb0wa4dmgybCf6cKXA-690Yzc_vBRSNQ_KKRJisuRcOiZDWQIvdSLYU/s400/IMG_0616.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648919933297863490" border="0" /></a>Dr. Don... in B.C. Paradise!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy9V3F8QvzM3sXLAsZMWBIzkJ9bpqSGXMDIrnT9oezB6eVFB0r_3WdvKPfNjoaZDqjqO94wE2N_W-Hduz_6ZH5AG_rgam_bdkA_R7VmEAGl-EpFvJkQ2G0ZnHjwPYEMKQIvZSSWuzdcc/s1600/August+9%252C+Steelhead+with+Al+Ducros.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy9V3F8QvzM3sXLAsZMWBIzkJ9bpqSGXMDIrnT9oezB6eVFB0r_3WdvKPfNjoaZDqjqO94wE2N_W-Hduz_6ZH5AG_rgam_bdkA_R7VmEAGl-EpFvJkQ2G0ZnHjwPYEMKQIvZSSWuzdcc/s400/August+9%252C+Steelhead+with+Al+Ducros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648919929172471282" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Don and a 12# Steelie...<br /></p>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-10384273395995373442011-06-07T22:29:00.000-07:002011-06-07T22:49:43.602-07:00Mid-Week Trip Report: Musky Country Outfitters (Hayward, WI)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMduGZPi3qYBMmk1PMyQsfYOGuv9LGgflizruUKSsGKysrwzb8533DI_-Z2R0HIa7-AYggoE3SlVoNal0zjHmp4ZbRaC32w-jjEvRmrv8Ta5MvAtcqEiFJG8Xkvv7iW5LutUxMGfdPh_M/s1600/IMG_2371.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMduGZPi3qYBMmk1PMyQsfYOGuv9LGgflizruUKSsGKysrwzb8533DI_-Z2R0HIa7-AYggoE3SlVoNal0zjHmp4ZbRaC32w-jjEvRmrv8Ta5MvAtcqEiFJG8Xkvv7iW5LutUxMGfdPh_M/s400/IMG_2371.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615717723216380754" border="0" /></a>Jim lands his very first Musky on the fly...<br /></div><br />Jim and I are having a wonderful week here in Wisconsin fishing with Musky Country Outfitters. This part of the country is breathtaking... amazing beauty and remoteness. I never thought a domestic destination could still be so remote and wild. In just a few days, we saw snapping turtles, bald eagle with yearlings in a nest, swans, white-tailed deer, and other wildlife. This region is the outdoor paradise and fishing is a way of life for the residents.<br /><br />We are lodging on Spider Lake and in the midst of a myriad of lakes and rivers... there is water everywhere and it seems to be fish everywhere too! In addition to the glamor species Musky, Jim and I are also equally impressed about the other available species that are willing to eat the fly. Northern Pike, Walleye, Largemouth, Trout, and awesome Smallmouth. We are getting a true sampling of their waters and species this week. Their guides are total professionals and they run an excellent program.<br /><br />Here are a few photos so far from our trip... Fish On!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpDyWokLwPCosfm7s5SSP_m-I9EEi3vF6oeLbDP4DiA97qlU3aDX1DCrBbIkBKWmr56jcW16rJPoG3MRVuMNGbrewpjbo_Ntb6eojA1LHqzfVSoca53l0udPYj3Cf9DHD1pazDAGTbBA/s1600/IMG_2354.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpDyWokLwPCosfm7s5SSP_m-I9EEi3vF6oeLbDP4DiA97qlU3aDX1DCrBbIkBKWmr56jcW16rJPoG3MRVuMNGbrewpjbo_Ntb6eojA1LHqzfVSoca53l0udPYj3Cf9DHD1pazDAGTbBA/s400/IMG_2354.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615717715549721778" border="0" /></a>An "oinker" Musky landed by guides Chris and Tim...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRfrGdsRqDvyVkiwO8AJ64OQYj-r0AeCrQ4_o0aWXXRMl6zAXEckfZOZXC289lU4CGZ2rF4TorQyBGx4Rsd5Xu_3yeRDEkS508V-6_x6hAoDTvX5sBPrbNX6mJKhZVDqDdyA9L0K9aKI/s1600/IMG_2480.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRfrGdsRqDvyVkiwO8AJ64OQYj-r0AeCrQ4_o0aWXXRMl6zAXEckfZOZXC289lU4CGZ2rF4TorQyBGx4Rsd5Xu_3yeRDEkS508V-6_x6hAoDTvX5sBPrbNX6mJKhZVDqDdyA9L0K9aKI/s400/IMG_2480.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615717705771011698" border="0" /></a>Head outfitter, Brad, and guide, Brian, reviewing the rigged flys for the day...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVhQi-gsl3a3GWJ-3_G8Q2-fo5RiT_oJZE1EwBPIjvMrggrxlmDgg-F-_p7N879TlT0feb5JfQJnQ1oujuFvTZ91OETbRik2A46jlqVLldIWjG1566xej69sbSclHAjOk3tu6wJ4BbDo/s1600/IMG_2562.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVhQi-gsl3a3GWJ-3_G8Q2-fo5RiT_oJZE1EwBPIjvMrggrxlmDgg-F-_p7N879TlT0feb5JfQJnQ1oujuFvTZ91OETbRik2A46jlqVLldIWjG1566xej69sbSclHAjOk3tu6wJ4BbDo/s400/IMG_2562.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615717698516103362" border="0" /></a>The "Tribe" at Musky Country Outfitters...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1n08NaVoTAi6LddjU3e5CRWoGtZyRJgI84wDfljl1wg8PothtY0JQ75stoPd82R7daHwckRPNnf-JwodhXBHDRwCW6jnKZ1n3vFq6F2fGLaUdoooZ-GDYsAxOTbQCEswPB3BCwd56DU/s1600/IMG_2457.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1n08NaVoTAi6LddjU3e5CRWoGtZyRJgI84wDfljl1wg8PothtY0JQ75stoPd82R7daHwckRPNnf-JwodhXBHDRwCW6jnKZ1n3vFq6F2fGLaUdoooZ-GDYsAxOTbQCEswPB3BCwd56DU/s400/IMG_2457.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615717693848565362" border="0" /></a>I landed my largest ever Smallmouth... landed on a topwater "Pike Fly"<br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-66225267594926116622011-05-27T00:53:00.001-07:002011-06-02T13:05:38.973-07:00A Story of the Importance of MedEvac Coverage...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.globalrescue.com/AnglingOTF/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 52px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmeeCCHUNpZNz4JT9zHGzxd7zgNmRixdh7CxH7R6OkSHE_GLZo8nheIFKdyYv3aSTUrLv_4SsReKRGHLStpJjhTo50vbnFXrcTJvSfRRXmwBcbTh7RXqVvx6LFx4Tknv4ZJI4wxW2Dt8/s400/Fishermen-banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611302576248199618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">For the past years, I have been booking clients all over the world for fishing and have always recommended that clients elect, at a minimum, a “MedEvac” policy while traveling and fishing. As with all outdoor recreation, there are always potential risks of travel, being around water, transporting in boats, float planes, etc, and just being in the great outdoors. Another fact is that, while fly fishing takes us to some of the most beautiful and remote locales on earth, this pursuit also brings us to regions where there are often limited medical services and facilities, if at all. It is for these reasons that I have a medical evacuation policy with <a href="http://www.globalrescue.com/AnglingOTF/">Global Rescue</a> - a few hundred dollars goes a long way for peace of mind while traveling and fishing around the globe.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Well, this truth was never more apparent than last week while on the remote island of South Caicos in the Caribbean. I feel the need to share this event in hopes that you will evaluate your own future fishing adventures and realize that you “need” this coverage if you fish abroad and/or in remote regions. The story begins…</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">My group and I had already spent a wonderful week wading the flats for Bonefish at South Caicos. On the last morning before fishing, father Bob and son Dave were in their room getting dressed and ready for the day of fishing. Dave told his father that he was going down to the kitchen to get some coffee for them. Upon returning to the room, he noticed that Bob was standing at the foot of his bed with a blank look on his face… Dave immediately knew something was wrong. I was immediately notified, went up to their room, and Dave said that his father might have just had a stroke.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Being the agent/host of the trip, I knew that Bob had secured Global Rescue coverage and asked for his membership card. I immediately called Global Rescue and they took command of the situation from there. When the island doctor and ambulance arrived, we transported Bob to the island’s only medical clinic. It was a basic clinic with limited facilities and no specialized equipment to care for a serious medical condition such as this. While there, Global Rescue coordinated a phone conference between the island doctor and Global Rescue’s medical consulting team at John Hopkins Hospital – they diagnosed that he indeed had a stroke. They assessed his condition and confirmed an urgent status requiring the need for Global Rescue to deploy their medical team in a medical jet. While they were assembling their medical flight team, Global Rescue began communications with us to confirm passport numbers and the flight plan for arrival on South Caicos.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Within a few hours, we were notified that the jet was on approach to South Caicos and we transported Bob and Dave to the South Caicos airport to meet the jet. Never in my life have I been so happy to see a jet on an airstrip – help had arrived. After receiving approval of their return flight plan, the medical jet transported Bob and Dave to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Bob was admitted to one of the nation’s top medical clinics. He stayed there for 4 days while the clinic conducted the necessary scans and stabilized his condition. His condition improved during his stay and was cleared for transfer home to a hospital in Sacramento, CA for continued care.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Amazingly, Global Rescue’s care and service continued all the way back to Sacramento. Global Rescue booked Bob a first class seat on a commercial airline and escorted him with their flight nurse to monitor and care for him during the return flight to Sacramento. To summarize, Bob remained under the care of Global Rescue from the airstrip on South Caicos, to Ft. Lauderdale for intermediary medical care, and all the way back home to Sacramento where he was finally admitted to a hospital for further care.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Today, I spent time visiting with Bob and his family at the hospital. Bob was in good spirits and, thankfully, his condition continues to improve each day. He and his family are very thankful for the service and care that Global Rescue provided.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">On my flight home from South Caicos, I had the chance to reflect on the events that occurred that morning. In my mind, I tried to run through the various scenarios of not having Global Rescue in this incident… it was a confusing, complex, and downright scary picture. What I realized is that securing medical evacuation coverage gives one peace of mind and, most importantly, the feeling that “help is on the way” when an incident occurs. Nothing was more hopeful and comforting in this situation than this feeling - “help is on the way.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Also during my in-flight mental evaluation of this incident, I thought of some important pre-trip preparations that travelers should complete before commencing travel on any trip. Once you have secured Global Rescue coverage, here are some highlighted points that will help facilitate evacuation and proper medical response if needed:</span><br /></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Notify Global Rescue of your future travel plans (destination, itinerary, purpose, etc.)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Ensure that there is a reliable means of communication on the trip (international cell phone [GSM or CDMA], SAT phone, land line, etc.)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Keep a current list of medications and medical history along with your Global Rescue card; I recommend writing this information on a sticky note and sealing it on the back of your Global Rescue card.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Appoint a “buddy” (or host) for the trip who knows the whereabouts or has a copy of your Global Rescue card, emergency contact, and medical information (medical history, medications, etc.); the scenario is if you should become unconscious, somebody on your trip knows the whereabouts of your information and can communicate your medical information to the Global Rescue agent and medical team.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Leave your trip itinerary, medical history / medication list, and Global Rescue number with your emergency contact(s) back at home.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />In final, I hope that this story will encourage you to evaluate your own future vacation travels and realize that Global Rescue coverage is essential. It can give you peace of mind and serve you in times of medical need while traveling abroad and/or in remote regions. Being a first responder in this incident and witnessing <a href="http://www.globalrescue.com/AnglingOTF/">Global Rescue</a> perform at the highest level of professionalism confirmed my confidence in their coverage and service.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />I wish you safe travels while Angling On The Fly.<br /><br />Keith Kaneko<br /><br />Angling On The Fly<br /><br />For more information, please feel free to email me at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Keith@AnglingOnTheFly.com">Keith@AnglingOnTheFly.com</a> or visit the <a href="http://www.globalrescue.com/AnglingOTF/">Global Rescue</a> website</span>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-58989483035251606972011-05-20T10:33:00.001-07:002011-05-20T10:39:14.529-07:00Back from South Caicos!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VgzQpTsKRtoK_dnmT2DlJGCigi8z2cwbV-wSUOFpVoPSvMqUcZTGVYa1sI-Ll3QRVwXfLG1_FtuwlmB_nwvH6r97TftmvsjUnxC9vl1ZWNUr23V-Na0mGmtDCX58X1Wrf1RPd8_pq6I/s1600/IMG_2220.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VgzQpTsKRtoK_dnmT2DlJGCigi8z2cwbV-wSUOFpVoPSvMqUcZTGVYa1sI-Ll3QRVwXfLG1_FtuwlmB_nwvH6r97TftmvsjUnxC9vl1ZWNUr23V-Na0mGmtDCX58X1Wrf1RPd8_pq6I/s400/IMG_2220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608853515644231362" border="0" /></a>Dave lands a "ghostly" Bone on a pure white sand flat...<br /></div><br />Recently got back from another wonderful trip to South Caicos. We spent the week navigating across the beautiful Bonefish flats by airboat. We had some stellar sessions stalking Bonefish and even hooked some nice Barracuda too. I will have a complete trip report posted soon, but in the meantime here are some photos from the trip. Fish On!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEIrECOcESKR_OvnkRfj-RsF5l_u0bYB6ypfTjowuIwpbR77MB_RuX79VcFTwOZCJ6yRkFDqG2bypVKNvhTyozxB1QlgzwFENa1ekVjdeZFSmKlCF0PWa5l7mGhWMY0fpvgVeNQdFasE/s1600/IMG_2206.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEIrECOcESKR_OvnkRfj-RsF5l_u0bYB6ypfTjowuIwpbR77MB_RuX79VcFTwOZCJ6yRkFDqG2bypVKNvhTyozxB1QlgzwFENa1ekVjdeZFSmKlCF0PWa5l7mGhWMY0fpvgVeNQdFasE/s400/IMG_2206.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608853512353833266" border="0" /></a>The gorgeous flats at South Caicos...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BGYKEecnTvYDkQeFbNzTCRBGyDXw7aEM9EVjlJj50JPjaRlqDzjwzwfYg-5w_o27_reHBvh3WBDwA30GBqy4jhU1O5FiUsuBfuJpQ-I_PRT6jXwJiYgJKuqN82h4Xucv45ujXpZKia4/s1600/IMG_1957-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BGYKEecnTvYDkQeFbNzTCRBGyDXw7aEM9EVjlJj50JPjaRlqDzjwzwfYg-5w_o27_reHBvh3WBDwA30GBqy4jhU1O5FiUsuBfuJpQ-I_PRT6jXwJiYgJKuqN82h4Xucv45ujXpZKia4/s400/IMG_1957-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608853503174558930" border="0" /></a>Tad lands a jumbo Bonefish back in the creeks...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmb49waZkPKHz97fSIknD6Sk0EfJ6JVoXp6Xo_MRMcEdDnn3UxG6czXk38hc44AeXzW_uMPEAb3g1TzBAi5_8L684LoC9GBhUuwCZj8fet2no6EI4L3_KnXy6f4jSl9ySTJCODHjbTIs/s1600/IMG_1920.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmb49waZkPKHz97fSIknD6Sk0EfJ6JVoXp6Xo_MRMcEdDnn3UxG6czXk38hc44AeXzW_uMPEAb3g1TzBAi5_8L684LoC9GBhUuwCZj8fet2no6EI4L3_KnXy6f4jSl9ySTJCODHjbTIs/s400/IMG_1920.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608853501526737986" border="0" /></a>Yes,... these are ALL Bonefish. Can you count that high?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACdgEj3DZ7jq8FsQvQfheAHE2WY6D5dmerM99aUp5KamQCWjoJOP-ypaAEYzsUh4f9HW7PhjGITJN2DNJ1Yu9QKkzsOfpfWJ4Pw2DuPKVu1xMWMPz1of515Muv7o99UYKpbGTNeZzv54/s1600/IMG_1786.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACdgEj3DZ7jq8FsQvQfheAHE2WY6D5dmerM99aUp5KamQCWjoJOP-ypaAEYzsUh4f9HW7PhjGITJN2DNJ1Yu9QKkzsOfpfWJ4Pw2DuPKVu1xMWMPz1of515Muv7o99UYKpbGTNeZzv54/s400/IMG_1786.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608853496918551794" border="0" /></a>Our transport for the week... 24 foot airboat<br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-36762630301957435492011-05-05T12:30:00.000-07:002011-05-05T12:39:35.878-07:00Hosted Trip: Anglers Inn - Amazon Peacock Bass (Sept. 16 - 25, 2011)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFKNh2j8nyazO8Nu8FAofQOeBmg-qCwtMMXQfHHsm_sMyJ-dBG6PIroXt6tPZTJYIY-4wZ4LtMVII_sCEybCBtBj6POHoPS7oHLDiO_UfrviDFx4ql_o00nlK5YtucJOaEaeDrfhUQx0/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFKNh2j8nyazO8Nu8FAofQOeBmg-qCwtMMXQfHHsm_sMyJ-dBG6PIroXt6tPZTJYIY-4wZ4LtMVII_sCEybCBtBj6POHoPS7oHLDiO_UfrviDFx4ql_o00nlK5YtucJOaEaeDrfhUQx0/s400/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603317399363613634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Remote mobile camps - the ultimate strategy for prime Peacock Bass fishing</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Angling On The Fly is excited to announce that Anglers Inn (of Mexico - Lakes El Salto and Mateos) is partnered with the #1 outfitter in the Amazon, River Plate Anglers, to run an exclusive mobile camp for anglers pursuing Peacock Bass. Actually, Anglers Inn is not "new" to the Amazon,... owner Billy Chapman Jr. was one of the first outfitters to establish camps in the Amazon almost 30 years ago. Well, he has returned to the Amazon and has raised the bar on the level of accommodations and service provided in the midst of the Amazon. Here is a summary:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Nothing is more exciting than battling one of the world's greatest freshwater game fish on the fly, the Peacock Bass! Anglers Inn, with its mobile camp program, will place its anglers amidst prime exclusive water in the Amazon. This mobile program optimizes the fly anglers' success by relocating the camp to different sections of a river throughout the week and fishing for Peacock Bass that have not been pressured. This strategy maximizes our anglers' catch-rate and offers the best chances at trophy Peacock Bass. A variety of fly fishing tactics may be utilized, from large streamers on sinktips down deep to topwater offerings on the surface. To complete your experience in the Amazon, Anglers Inn provides unprecedented levels of service and amenities at camp. Their new Floating Mobile Suites are best-in-class, offering features that have never been offered before in the Amazon. From cabins with a rear lounge deck, rooms with a view, hot water showers, to excellent staff service, Anglers Inn comes through with your comfort in mind. This is Amazon fly fishing at its best, done the "Anglers Inn Way"!</span><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I will be working with Anglers Inn to host their fly fishing specific weeks this season and beyond. Both Billy and I will be hosting a September 2011 week for fly anglers. Here are the details:<br /> </div> <br />ITINERARY:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anglers Inn Exclusive Fly-In Mobile Camp (September 16 - 25, 2011)</span> - 3 SPOTS LEFT<br />Sept. 16: Arrive Manaus; overnight at Hotel Tropical<br />Sept. 17: Transfer by float plane and/or express boat to Anglers Inn exclusive camp<br />Sept. 18 - 23: Six full fishing days on Matupiri or other exclusive river<br />Sept. 24: Return by float plane and/or express boat to Manaus; overnight at Hotel Tropical<br />Sept. 25: Depart Manaus for USA<br /> <br />RATE: $5,250 per angler (double occupancy) from Manaus, Brazil<br /> <br />Please contact me for further details and bookings. Thank you and Fish On!<br /></div><br />Keith Kaneko<br />Angling On The Fly<br />Keith@AnglingOnTheFly.com<br />(916) 539-3474<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHLrcA__7TFwfrtG2wb2I6tiCU2hjUIL1v_KBcplGVj6LKHQ93GR2m2BoMFV-LDmfG1g4yaDVxfuL1-iEbCJIatFjR2MixN6J7gcTY9Bx11MbL9CA7KRSRLhKbKrO35L9sAjdhBVlMn0/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHLrcA__7TFwfrtG2wb2I6tiCU2hjUIL1v_KBcplGVj6LKHQ93GR2m2BoMFV-LDmfG1g4yaDVxfuL1-iEbCJIatFjR2MixN6J7gcTY9Bx11MbL9CA7KRSRLhKbKrO35L9sAjdhBVlMn0/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603317394978606738" border="0" /></a>Best-in-class spacious guest cabins<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DZkYqAA0kO60xb7q3Vl_JT_8lXVaNm-q2AVf_fs2l8fZyy-FaeCctG-JgPVwGUpCp4X-Lfu_YNEnbN9K-6oA1QDzMdpAPzip7CwHV7Wy0DHfjI7OWI3AADzYLxt8-WNivJfERT0euvU/s1600/6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DZkYqAA0kO60xb7q3Vl_JT_8lXVaNm-q2AVf_fs2l8fZyy-FaeCctG-JgPVwGUpCp4X-Lfu_YNEnbN9K-6oA1QDzMdpAPzip7CwHV7Wy0DHfjI7OWI3AADzYLxt8-WNivJfERT0euvU/s400/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603317388481031778" border="0" /></a>Each cabin has a back deck/dock for relaxing and enjoying the sites of the Amazon<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBa7j8wAoghB1e2aYrdZjazFY__wWZPaKm6eiGe6dGapCEIiWmCtBPTVTdYfI9SyBSf8PCPOH1V9XZE3gNDhVm5AnJdkLjkjchJVRbI_hi91i4l2DjjjdZrKEwehXjKpL0nRFPQu7Aii0/s1600/2-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBa7j8wAoghB1e2aYrdZjazFY__wWZPaKm6eiGe6dGapCEIiWmCtBPTVTdYfI9SyBSf8PCPOH1V9XZE3gNDhVm5AnJdkLjkjchJVRbI_hi91i4l2DjjjdZrKEwehXjKpL0nRFPQu7Aii0/s400/2-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603317380833369378" border="0" /></a>Attention to detail, service, and comfort is the focus of Anglers Inn - Amazon<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjQY8POMX6d4pM4byY16vi7n14rmHpBQGEtlAaW0GGrIRgw18qdN2t79c0xm7HoFRknI01OLy3iyl13ge2RQFKeStgAPwHNmm8TGhr1PWV8egrAzS0MaD2ynUi9PB7_eNSl98pdwbIOY/s1600/7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjQY8POMX6d4pM4byY16vi7n14rmHpBQGEtlAaW0GGrIRgw18qdN2t79c0xm7HoFRknI01OLy3iyl13ge2RQFKeStgAPwHNmm8TGhr1PWV8egrAzS0MaD2ynUi9PB7_eNSl98pdwbIOY/s400/7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603317377231380882" border="0" /></a>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-9438373245739936102011-04-16T20:47:00.000-07:002011-04-16T21:26:44.630-07:00Mid-Week Trip Report: Uruguay Freshwater Dorado<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xOmww1HLBwbw9x3MdkMlPojoDcYW_z394hEBmctzd0K7FRGIn2Gk8yLG6LTTRQEg-iZ1uHL5i6RgetSVQJYT9JDmTHdUZDbpkjHX8MSNrf5GlUgnqYpAhcAsjx4mrZpmJKc1yxh1_Go/s1600/RPD%2528Apr2011%2529-110415-00175.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xOmww1HLBwbw9x3MdkMlPojoDcYW_z394hEBmctzd0K7FRGIn2Gk8yLG6LTTRQEg-iZ1uHL5i6RgetSVQJYT9JDmTHdUZDbpkjHX8MSNrf5GlUgnqYpAhcAsjx4mrZpmJKc1yxh1_Go/s400/RPD%2528Apr2011%2529-110415-00175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596396980900024066" border="0" /></a>A gorgeous 30 pound Dorado landed on Thalken's Cruiser fly<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am in Uruguay this week with a small group of clients. We are fishing the renowned Uruguay River below Salto Grande Dam - home to some of the world's largest freshwater Dorado. Simply put, this species is one of the strongest freshwater gamefish that I have ever fished for. Amazing power and aerobatics. The grab is arm-jolting, while the fight is a never-ending match with rod torquing runs and aerial displays.<br /><br />We have been having some solid session so fishing with the average fish going 8 - 12 pounds. Everyone in the group has landed Dorado in the teens, with a few fish landed between 22 - 30 pounds. We have been fishing 9/10 weight rods, 350-400 grain sink-tips, 40# wire leader, and jumbo 3/0 - 5/0 flies. Black and red have been the most consistent color combo - Thalken's Cruiser and Puglisi Streamers.<br /><br />Well, 4 more sessions of fishing here in Uruguay... I will post a full report upon completion of our trip. Until then, Fish On!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5zxsjQAavm-_V1o3JnaxdJaAPaZ_VGboVZEZVQtUu5niTlOn5Vp2mLTQd18jjwNK2Hlowq-I7aGfKctsZ8d5nxGbIOr2IU0GUPA8Svji6Cw_cfkPt-emdoOtRJ5NRxGfXo7HZ2gdGnM/s1600/IMG_3024.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5zxsjQAavm-_V1o3JnaxdJaAPaZ_VGboVZEZVQtUu5niTlOn5Vp2mLTQd18jjwNK2Hlowq-I7aGfKctsZ8d5nxGbIOr2IU0GUPA8Svji6Cw_cfkPt-emdoOtRJ5NRxGfXo7HZ2gdGnM/s400/IMG_3024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596396972040729074" border="0" /></a>Shiz and I post a nice double for the day...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK65QdHKur9AFeitp8C72SbNWWTIoY4Kyi5sP-bWO619K_HhL3rBMeic56reowKgss9Dh7Lgl-SgAuPUrVMAbDok9eTZ85DOSyY6-i_PsRua_mDiG8F0sqolLO0f6y_rJwZXr9ZbEH9OQ/s1600/IMG_3021.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK65QdHKur9AFeitp8C72SbNWWTIoY4Kyi5sP-bWO619K_HhL3rBMeic56reowKgss9Dh7Lgl-SgAuPUrVMAbDok9eTZ85DOSyY6-i_PsRua_mDiG8F0sqolLO0f6y_rJwZXr9ZbEH9OQ/s400/IMG_3021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596396972489311090" border="0" /></a>Guide "Tido" and Shiz with an 8 kilo Dorado...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ErDrH0Q6kQo0uzj5VnMXs7JTcQA6XXGk1Ow8-SMEmW7_KZ1ZGgdsNCcr_fSMg7QGpR4HpXqKvw2nAzZCnOGxDWRTuh6ccyJ_bWYr5nDfTVp1dHbxbNUJzuwctfX5wrYLQaEtshqo1Ds/s1600/IMG_3007.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ErDrH0Q6kQo0uzj5VnMXs7JTcQA6XXGk1Ow8-SMEmW7_KZ1ZGgdsNCcr_fSMg7QGpR4HpXqKvw2nAzZCnOGxDWRTuh6ccyJ_bWYr5nDfTVp1dHbxbNUJzuwctfX5wrYLQaEtshqo1Ds/s400/IMG_3007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596396963360446898" border="0" /></a>Dorado have a serious set of teeth and know how to use them,... keep fingers AWAY!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1jAYp01wJ2E2AM2zRxDH9UgAicFcHNP3prToSgGyX3CmWtCAmnjIA3B7LgCe9GVXkPDEm7gfRuNOPdplu-BBrx6VCM60gJnJ4VfdywvPn1GUimVx4nZEVIZPNTjyDAgE27sIGw8Qy_M/s1600/IMG_2999.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1jAYp01wJ2E2AM2zRxDH9UgAicFcHNP3prToSgGyX3CmWtCAmnjIA3B7LgCe9GVXkPDEm7gfRuNOPdplu-BBrx6VCM60gJnJ4VfdywvPn1GUimVx4nZEVIZPNTjyDAgE27sIGw8Qy_M/s400/IMG_2999.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596396963395734370" border="0" /></a>An average Dorado... 8 pounds<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTtGnidpnsNqXQYW0xzL08UHLtL3fKlvLJk2rv3nhYEg2anftmHst78ie67yj6P9BNcBvZ7qr9pgtiUQFz_UDjgBLAFw_miTEUfLk2MyYkT_H6xSd8K7TWjR3JRW2BseATxNkNSeElro/s1600/IMG_2993.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTtGnidpnsNqXQYW0xzL08UHLtL3fKlvLJk2rv3nhYEg2anftmHst78ie67yj6P9BNcBvZ7qr9pgtiUQFz_UDjgBLAFw_miTEUfLk2MyYkT_H6xSd8K7TWjR3JRW2BseATxNkNSeElro/s400/IMG_2993.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596394764586700498" border="0" /></a>All catch and release in the exclusive zone below Salto Grande Dam...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxQuhL7IqbC3kXTef-f-BHkq0w7AJgZ28cXSAarkSIAj-7HlAL4L3wvTgMyL-CwE0OIHbL_cuKbPUZ0DKSn4Ej8D-nH0aiqtqA9WlPSQ_u08fbXsSyWihCwKJWeresp_uNb9DT-QmaGM/s1600/IMG_2980.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxQuhL7IqbC3kXTef-f-BHkq0w7AJgZ28cXSAarkSIAj-7HlAL4L3wvTgMyL-CwE0OIHbL_cuKbPUZ0DKSn4Ej8D-nH0aiqtqA9WlPSQ_u08fbXsSyWihCwKJWeresp_uNb9DT-QmaGM/s400/IMG_2980.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596394761236118642" border="0" /></a>22 pounds of fury on the fly rod!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL60ICrt5O1SMWFuh83_ztCkFkVl28bNtb0G3bc4VtVI3S0bauinD8y00E_pP-bpxzMJSMTzrvL4-B4IX1vgHPeOvzVU7mRDrk5mW-qhe9Rhh0UOoao3i3ho6Cr6vaJIp3G2nFJkLMxL0/s1600/IMG_1485.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL60ICrt5O1SMWFuh83_ztCkFkVl28bNtb0G3bc4VtVI3S0bauinD8y00E_pP-bpxzMJSMTzrvL4-B4IX1vgHPeOvzVU7mRDrk5mW-qhe9Rhh0UOoao3i3ho6Cr6vaJIp3G2nFJkLMxL0/s400/IMG_1485.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596394758250936658" border="0" /></a>Joan lands a nice sized Dorado!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovjec6fsdLMVpcLGI8E_pCN87y8pLKTVX_sAOD-0K4Sv6KxWTTU2yzKywH-3kG2E3y4acm5LeoIR_782pMBzfErkB27M_u3trEc2hWGwKm-MQBy6yamAtW6TJn11_B-wdC0r0YL2Wocc/s1600/IMG_1479.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovjec6fsdLMVpcLGI8E_pCN87y8pLKTVX_sAOD-0K4Sv6KxWTTU2yzKywH-3kG2E3y4acm5LeoIR_782pMBzfErkB27M_u3trEc2hWGwKm-MQBy6yamAtW6TJn11_B-wdC0r0YL2Wocc/s400/IMG_1479.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596394755228519298" border="0" /></a>Joan laying the wood on a 7 kilo Dorado... way to go Joan!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvI78XHmgqOwWutXTPTsTXfCHLTXisRNUm2WQBEXC-n65x7XVxcsoijmfvVYni3r0-tmPpuvf9ZvevXaux-y9mIJqVOyaED9fMupMCGB0M3wGUU9Wici5MWwEqvTjdUSeRgUu_mn25z4/s1600/IMG_1447.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvI78XHmgqOwWutXTPTsTXfCHLTXisRNUm2WQBEXC-n65x7XVxcsoijmfvVYni3r0-tmPpuvf9ZvevXaux-y9mIJqVOyaED9fMupMCGB0M3wGUU9Wici5MWwEqvTjdUSeRgUu_mn25z4/s400/IMG_1447.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596394754123423570" border="0" /></a>Shiz lands a beautiful male Dorado...<br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-62882734456200949382011-03-27T03:27:00.001-07:002011-03-27T03:31:25.618-07:00Travel and Fish with Peace-of-Mind<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.globalrescue.com/AnglingOTF/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 347px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxYwXmjP_0FzRpO8YgiqjcH4blsmLjqZn-SVN0P6n2OdQbdFcgj4f52tvCN4xyRtiuELKoKmk3yXneqK_4UwKeRXv75WwFkgo3qVjKC7AS30fsMZfp4hR3ae8L4N0BcG9OmqVn0WyU50/s400/GlobalRescue_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588704593395101634" border="0" /></a><span class="messageBody">Angling On The Fly is now proud to offer MedEvac coverage by <a href="http://www.globalrescue.com/AnglingOTF/">Global Rescue</a>. Weather you are traveling to the most remote regions of the world (or anywhere just 161 miles from home) and need hospitalization, Global Rescue provides the most comprehensive MedEvac coverage. Visit <a href="http://www.globalrescue.com/AnglingOTF/">Global Rescue</a> to review their coverage and enroll. Safe travels and Fish On!</span>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-84691943222512219922011-02-17T09:16:00.001-08:002011-05-05T12:45:03.879-07:002012 Amazon Hosted Trips for Peacock Bass<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR6K8zKDlD6tiyWVZLhQS_maLyyr76ALHywkRtY3c7oOpotpRJOztDshyphenhyphenTw1fFM70DzJD9taw7WlScN75_XXlgfSYernMxYet4HHRHSVO6h431lewKWZrXLFL20IoyjiU6Hz4xw2iCZ0/s1600/keithP-Bass.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR6K8zKDlD6tiyWVZLhQS_maLyyr76ALHywkRtY3c7oOpotpRJOztDshyphenhyphenTw1fFM70DzJD9taw7WlScN75_XXlgfSYernMxYet4HHRHSVO6h431lewKWZrXLFL20IoyjiU6Hz4xw2iCZ0/s400/keithP-Bass.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574709904899920402" border="0" /></a><br />Hello Everyone,<br /><br />I am excited to announce that I will be personally hosting a couple of back-to-back weeks in the Amazon next season. Once again, we are fishing with <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/RiverPlateOutfitters.html">River Plate Outfitters</a> and their exclusive mobile fly-in camps. Here are the details:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RPO Mobile Fly-In Camp / Jan. 20 - 28, 2012 (exclusive river program)</span> - 2 SPOTS LEFT<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Jan. 20: Arrive Manaus; overnight at Hotel Tropical (or other hotel specified by RPO)</span></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Jan. 21: Transfer by float plane to RPO exclusive camp</span></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Jan. 22 - 27: Six full fishing days on exclusive river</span></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Jan. 28: Return by float plane to Manaus; depart Manaus for USA (afternoon flight)<br /></span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RPO Mobile Fly-In Camp / Jan. 27 - Feb. 4, 2012 (exclusive river program)</span> - 4 SPOTS LEFT<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Jan. 27: Arrive Manaus; overnight at Hotel Tropical (or other hotel specified by RPO)</span> </li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Jan. 28: Transfer by float plane to RPO exclusive camp</span><br /></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Jan. 29 - Feb. 3: Six full fishing days on exclusive river</span> </li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Feb. 4: Return by float plane to Manaus; depart Manaus for USA (afternoon flight)<br /></span></li></ul><br />I hope you will join us! For more detailed trip information, please visit my website <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/RiverPlateOutfitters.html">HERE</a>.Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-3079115484127906682011-01-11T21:29:00.000-08:002011-01-11T21:37:35.196-08:00Tarpon Cay Lodge on the Outdoor Channel this week!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9TF7R9VO7lTmjjfsjFpqlvPG9BP06Qxro-gCrXVmoSQCqms21d1SkN_-gNj0kOO2XQ1gM12l4_EbmhgWayk2P5Td0OFxY7ElWcQbT8tqaEsLt5xQTqqQYMQdPKiS38lQ1TPrEyweGaw/s1600/In+Search+of+Sabalitos+Intro.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9TF7R9VO7lTmjjfsjFpqlvPG9BP06Qxro-gCrXVmoSQCqms21d1SkN_-gNj0kOO2XQ1gM12l4_EbmhgWayk2P5Td0OFxY7ElWcQbT8tqaEsLt5xQTqqQYMQdPKiS38lQ1TPrEyweGaw/s400/In+Search+of+Sabalitos+Intro.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561169148496655858" border="0" /></a><br />My friend Joe Daniel of Wild On The Fly has produced a TV Show titled "In Search of Sabalitos" about <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/TarponCayLodge.html">Tarpon Cay Lodge</a> in San Felipe, Mexico. It airs this week on the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Outdoor Channel</span>. You can watch it Pacific Time at 6:00am Thursday, 3:00pm Friday and 10:30am Saturday.<br /><br />Here is the link to the show schedule and further information about this episode - <a href="http://www.outdoorchannel.com/Shows/WildOnTheFly.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.outdoorchannel.com/Shows/WildOnTheFly.aspx</a><br /><br />Check it out!Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-20792964814882113272010-11-17T12:08:00.000-08:002011-07-19T16:37:31.556-07:00Amazon Trip Report (Nov. 5 - 14, 2010)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFixkKfZyu4t1IUUVf408WlFbGkJ7BTBbHprUq_5TNv7NhWkaapEp3nXqaFz9oX2PVYBHtQop0jZSY_einHn3xqT3ialzP01pa0HgVoFMKqWJbdcN8v-aN8ddCf_92-tHCo-cuw4Lp_8/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFixkKfZyu4t1IUUVf408WlFbGkJ7BTBbHprUq_5TNv7NhWkaapEp3nXqaFz9oX2PVYBHtQop0jZSY_einHn3xqT3ialzP01pa0HgVoFMKqWJbdcN8v-aN8ddCf_92-tHCo-cuw4Lp_8/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633832521968578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_99smV2rXiXYjoU8YGKK4UPOpESYCwx-mXAgpi0IBLKQJZx4c5CqGcZgiLHAR9Yn608sJoxQDEN_OsfYN6uxa9noRcv64WprrGji45JGPZ8V1Hce1p-NuYibYl1Vz82iWUiBgrJKgYNE/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-8.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_99smV2rXiXYjoU8YGKK4UPOpESYCwx-mXAgpi0IBLKQJZx4c5CqGcZgiLHAR9Yn608sJoxQDEN_OsfYN6uxa9noRcv64WprrGji45JGPZ8V1Hce1p-NuYibYl1Vz82iWUiBgrJKgYNE/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540635103632439586" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">As I sit here on our flight back to Miami, I reflect upon my group’s wonderful week of fishing in the Amazon. This was my third trip to the Amazon and was certainly a week that would show many more facets of this very diverse environment. Our group of eight included George and Doug from the Lodi area, Shiz from San Jose, Steve and Joan from Placerville, Wade from Los Angeles, and Jim and myself from the Sacramento area. At the outset, we had heard reports of severe droughts in the Amazon Basin and wondered where our group would be camped. On approach to Manaus, we peered down and saw boat after boat stranded high and dry because the water levels near Manaus had dropped to 35+ year lows.<br /><br />Despite this fact, my pre-trip communications with our outfitter, <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/RiverPlateOutfitters.html">River Plate Outfitters</a>, assured me that they had a camp with decent water levels for us to fish. Apparently, after the media reports of drought on the Rio Negro, the northern region of the basin began receiving heavy rainfall. Water levels on many of the tributaries flowing from the northern state of Roraima were up and rising.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUkzjcadV8t5N6vJyE7hBprHg7-tV5-sR1aS7VuAe93VZeQboZq-y1A8XAW91May3kKmdYxb0tDq838HUeZU_gFtyBs6yXT_5aQTZI-rgyr6l4lcR_VDaIsW-Qq2NDSba63nj8epyEGQ/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUkzjcadV8t5N6vJyE7hBprHg7-tV5-sR1aS7VuAe93VZeQboZq-y1A8XAW91May3kKmdYxb0tDq838HUeZU_gFtyBs6yXT_5aQTZI-rgyr6l4lcR_VDaIsW-Qq2NDSba63nj8epyEGQ/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540642104037215362" border="0" /></a>Upon arriving Manaus, we were informed by our ground host, Gabriel, that we would be headed for one of RPO’s exclusive rivers – the Jufari River. We then boarded a Cessna Caravan float plane and our adventure began. As we flew from Manaus along the Rio Negro, it was amazing to see the drastic contrast of vast, exposed sandbars and extreme low water observed on the left side of the plane, and higher water and even blown out rivers flowing from the north on the right side of the plane. This was a lesson in itself,… it was a reminder that the Amazon Basin is massive, and the myriad of micro-climates can yield dramatically different conditions in one part of the basin versus another.<br /><br />After a 1 ½ hour flight, the float plane touched down on the Jufari River where our camp guides greeted us in their boats. We boarded the boats and motored 15 minutes upriver toward camp. At first glance, we noticed that the water levels looked ideal – exposed sandbars in some areas and the base of the trees were just above the water line. There was no sign of drought on this river. Once again, this was confirmation that River Plate Outfitters’ mobile camp strategy is best able to adapt to the dynamic conditions of the Amazon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRReD617W_QcBxtxPIKKA1Y_bI0yD8DHwbfBwjKOjqk9VxdJF-NSONovwbuE_21_lClitFTHB5CZUtm0S_k5kmdU3E7FjyIQTmSY524hBQQ8F7RHDfBhp_bLzH6ovKz5ofI8wy-725PuM/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-4.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRReD617W_QcBxtxPIKKA1Y_bI0yD8DHwbfBwjKOjqk9VxdJF-NSONovwbuE_21_lClitFTHB5CZUtm0S_k5kmdU3E7FjyIQTmSY524hBQQ8F7RHDfBhp_bLzH6ovKz5ofI8wy-725PuM/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540635095305496114" border="0" /></a>Upon arriving camp that staff scurried over to greet us with welcome drinks and snacks. We all toasted to a safe arrival at camp and looked forward to a fun week of fishing on the Jufari. Our focus then turned to rigging our rods for the week of fishing to come. Based on the water levels, most rigged a topwater setup and an I-line setup. One of the biggest advancements in fly line design has been the <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/product.php?recKey=98">RIO Tropical Outbound Short</a> flylines. These lines are designed to cast the large flies and heavy leaders necessary for fishing Peacock Bass. The most common rod weight amongst the group was a 9 weight. This size is castable all day, and still provides the power to battle a trophy double-digit Peacock Bass. Group member, Doug, commented that he tried fishing an 8 weight one day and was amazed that even a 4 – 5 pound fish would torque his rod to the maximum and would definitely feel under-gunned if he hooked a trophy fish. On the otherhand, a few other group members fished their ten weights with RIO OBS 11 weight lines with chicken sized flies and said that it was just too much “work” to fish all day long. So, it was agreed that a 9 weight was the sweet-spot for a rod setup.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3CV6_RBM9P0SbGAFWHrOG6XTiLfH9tmnODnLs0eTCafYGAkL4gqym3DBensDs7E6dAjNayGlGg-ffRCH1CMeNAsAxaofrFohyMsVflmoIZE7vooxYKPXI3EQpczSd6tWMlKtd-0alQA/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-54.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3CV6_RBM9P0SbGAFWHrOG6XTiLfH9tmnODnLs0eTCafYGAkL4gqym3DBensDs7E6dAjNayGlGg-ffRCH1CMeNAsAxaofrFohyMsVflmoIZE7vooxYKPXI3EQpczSd6tWMlKtd-0alQA/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-54.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540642086319889442" border="0" /></a>The next day our group commenced our first day of fishing and, throughout the day, was subjected to the weather extremes of the Amazon. In the morning, the heat and humidity was intense… it is so important that an angler’s intake of fluids keeps up with this tropical heat and the acclimation of the body in this environ. Then, in the afternoon the clouds advanced and brought with them a mass deluge of rain. Yes, this was a reminder that we were in the midst of the world’s largest rainforest. The tepid rainfall was welcomed as it cooled the air and made fishing more comfortable. Throughout our week, it rained heavily almost every afternoon. Although this weather kept the tropical heat at bay, it also yielded rising river levels throughout the week and would influence our camp locale throughout the week.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTjgXmvNUvlQ0JwTswMkVZkM0fK-xGSGdYnryXDmK3_zGKLGnSCZIrloe16KO2sS6O1D1eOg8pvM9e4QemcDAnypIHhpKskbPpF-YkaF0lvdRQAXUlojVc45qY2EfMln_EDY_exwFODo/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-10.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTjgXmvNUvlQ0JwTswMkVZkM0fK-xGSGdYnryXDmK3_zGKLGnSCZIrloe16KO2sS6O1D1eOg8pvM9e4QemcDAnypIHhpKskbPpF-YkaF0lvdRQAXUlojVc45qY2EfMln_EDY_exwFODo/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540636198058616194" border="0" /></a>This week was a trip full of extremes… from scorching heat and humidity to heavy rainfall, drought conditions on some rivers to high water on others, and even the daily fish count through the week. In the earlier part of the week, we were on the lower part of the river. In the first couple of days, good numbers of fish were landed and a number of trophy Azuls were landed. Shiz landed 3 trophy Azul Peacocks on Day Zero of the trip. Most memorable, his first cast of the trip yielded an Azul Peacock of 12 pounds! Of course, he was fishing his trusty “Judy’s F/T Clouser” in blue/white – a fly that has yielded him numerous trophy Peacocks on various trips to the Amazon.<br /><br />On Day One, the stars aligned for me somehow and I finally hit a personal-best on a beautiful Azul that was cruising in 18 inches of water. While Shiz and I were focused fishing to some busting fish on the left, our guide Zaza suddenly spotted a pair of trophy fish off the right side of the boat. I quickly backhanded my fly line and <a href="http://www.umpqua.com/p-1658-reducer-andersons.aspx">Reducer</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyY6pHpj18C2CuYcT9ELh9CtSkjSnMtPBhD2c8NO91ciKdneyvz0RUe2PWgKkHDbkmZ9RKP1AW1dzkhNa0RzN0_FrhNLS6OZ2Z863IQxJeu8rIzJdu928Xeeu3Xo3xPAYxD2kxEhBjm1Q/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-66.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyY6pHpj18C2CuYcT9ELh9CtSkjSnMtPBhD2c8NO91ciKdneyvz0RUe2PWgKkHDbkmZ9RKP1AW1dzkhNa0RzN0_FrhNLS6OZ2Z863IQxJeu8rIzJdu928Xeeu3Xo3xPAYxD2kxEhBjm1Q/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-66.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540635126854059874" border="0" /></a>fly (tied by Rob Anderson) in front of these fish and, in a blink of an eye, my line went tight and screamed off like a bonefish on a flat. This fish got on the reel and peeled off 20+ yards of backing while the line was rooster-tailing across the surface. EPIC! I was fortunate to be able to direct him away from snags and finally bring him to hand. The power of a fish this size is incredible… I was completely dripping with sweat and my heart was racing. I had landed fish to 19 pounds on previous trips, but I peered at this fish as Zaza boga’d it and thought… could it be possible that I have hit a new personal best? YES! Zaza confirmed that it was a tad over 20 pounds! It was truly a highlight moment in my angling journeys. To be blessed with a Peacock Bass of this size is truly a gift.<br /><br />We camped on the lower half of the Jufari this week. The first thing that many of us noticed was the difference in topography from other rivers our group had fished in the past. We noticed that many of the trees were quite short in height. It was explained that great expanses of this region were flood plain and this affected the growth patterns and cycles of the trees. It was quite apparent that the trees growing on high bluffs that were above the flood water line tended to be the tallest and most robust. Then, the lower lying areas would have very sparse younger trees. Another observation on this trip was the abundance of bird life that we saw around the river. We saw a variety of birds of prey, herons, Macaws, and Parrots. The most comical were the Parrots, who always flew in mated pairs and were quite noisy as if they were a bickering couple debating whether to go right or go left to get somewhere. In addition, we had sightings of otters, dolphins, caiman, crocs, turtles, and a variety of other species.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcVDigConIpyIrPIyB8siSHGsUEl7mwP7LnssiXFk906-nC2b0o18Qa1HRmVWnN3FAPtLPD7nX3YHqOwKS5tVQLoOX5kkkfJ3-aRLaMQMdN6MSDIMFlrisGTX1kytVKPUjUv6-MpcZlM/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-51.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcVDigConIpyIrPIyB8siSHGsUEl7mwP7LnssiXFk906-nC2b0o18Qa1HRmVWnN3FAPtLPD7nX3YHqOwKS5tVQLoOX5kkkfJ3-aRLaMQMdN6MSDIMFlrisGTX1kytVKPUjUv6-MpcZlM/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-51.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540639123833902482" border="0" /></a>On Day Two and Three of our trip, the river continued to rise and the camp was moved upriver in hopes of finding lower water levels and better fishing conditions. To our surprise, the water levels upriver seem relatively higher than they were downriver. Apparently, the river and its braids were narrower in this region and less able to handle the influx of rainfall from upriver. The river level rose above the base of the trees in some areas and this affected our fishing. On these two days, our group’s daily fish count was the lowest of the trip with 20 – 30 Peacock Bass landed per boat. However, each day an angler or two would land a trophy double-digit Azul.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqkWklzOCy00GSRvJTeILtj5fD48zihb4nclcgOunkl8uS8MnYCf6HajkUU4wl4bDIFcr67m1iytDuUEufmD2KVqjgBgeRqx4zhQu4INAgV_a82ypdPgaNeWXe1D8sh6dELM46ckU3-g/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-46.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqkWklzOCy00GSRvJTeILtj5fD48zihb4nclcgOunkl8uS8MnYCf6HajkUU4wl4bDIFcr67m1iytDuUEufmD2KVqjgBgeRqx4zhQu4INAgV_a82ypdPgaNeWXe1D8sh6dELM46ckU3-g/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-46.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540639117326447154" border="0" /></a>As our week progressed, we got to know our camp manager, Pelado, much better. It is always intriguing to get a local perspective on the Amazon and its fisheries. Pelado had more than two decades of guiding anglers in the Amazon before being promoted to a camp manager with RPO. His time guiding fly anglers developed his knowledge of fly design. The end result yielded a unique fly that he developed to imitate a Barracuda, a fish that Peacock Bass love to eat. At first glance, it looks like a simple skinny version of Lefty’s Deceiver. However, it was explained to us that the key element to this fly was its movement through the water. Many baitfish designs these days produce a jigging action, which in many instances produces fish quite consistently. However, Pelado explained that Barracuda move on a level plane through the water column, not up and down. Finally, Pelado incorporated an extended red tail to the fly – a key marking on the Amazon’s Barracuda. Thankfully, Pelado was willing to tie some of these for our group and they were very effective throughout our trip. The highlight for this fly was when 72 Peacocks were landed on one single “Pelado Fly” on Day Three.<br /><br />After relatively slower fishing around the upriver camp for a couple of days, it was decided by Heraldo, Pelado, and the guides that our camp should be moved back downriver to the first camp site. The guides agreed that the fishing was going to be better downriver where the river braided out into a multitude of channels and lagoons. The layout of the river downriver reminded me of the CA Delta in some ways. A webbed network of waterways that created myriad of holding and feeding lies for fish.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6fVBLTFYetlsWJsqaKe5zN-2IvsC6HJnpLgI95sylOEeFK35dzVlg5oXTzhy1Ds4QLsbkzq2T1U9oO2DYXBRAEFG0-q3pe4J3QXrzCNuo2-0hTswypehATeypc2UWPHmT5WwksZCNm0/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-40.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6fVBLTFYetlsWJsqaKe5zN-2IvsC6HJnpLgI95sylOEeFK35dzVlg5oXTzhy1Ds4QLsbkzq2T1U9oO2DYXBRAEFG0-q3pe4J3QXrzCNuo2-0hTswypehATeypc2UWPHmT5WwksZCNm0/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540636227830664226" border="0" /></a>One evening, Heraldo said he wanted to introduce someone to me. We walked past the staff quarters of the camp toward a boat that looked like it was out of a booked called the “Amazon Queen”. As I approached, a man name Manuel held out his hand with pride and a smile. Manuel was one of the “gatekeepers” for RPO on the Jufari River. He was a citizen of the nearby village of Caju and his primary responsibility was to continually patrol the river in his boat and ensure that no other competing outfitters were encroaching on RPO’s exclusive river. In addition, he also was given the responsibility of ensuring that the local fisherman were not harvesting Peacock Bass from these waters and following all rules agreed between RPO and the village of Caju. RPO purchased the boat and motor for Manuel, provides the fuel, and pays him to be the full-time monitor of this part of the river. This was, yet another, example of the amazing logistics and support that RPO provides to ensure that their rivers yield a good fishing experience for anglers, while employing and supporting the local communities.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20WRm0Bhx_9ol4OeN_bo27e3lcrTPyo4_4GCutaLvj7DTe_Lalom-VXTTf1Uq0tjKgJUw6Cgek6P2qA6STqRZFxHsGeqEdX0i1vTTxo9zK-vZuC9ZyVA-cTa9tglQNXRFVv-QKfal0qA/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-41.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20WRm0Bhx_9ol4OeN_bo27e3lcrTPyo4_4GCutaLvj7DTe_Lalom-VXTTf1Uq0tjKgJUw6Cgek6P2qA6STqRZFxHsGeqEdX0i1vTTxo9zK-vZuC9ZyVA-cTa9tglQNXRFVv-QKfal0qA/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540642083799572370" border="0" /></a>On this trip, our group learned about the logistical, political, and conservation efforts that go into securing an “exclusive river program” offered by RPO. Most anglers view an “exclusive” program as the important fact that their additional paid cost ensures that no other outfitters will be “sharing” the same fishery. As important as this is, there is so much more to RPO’s exclusive river program than just yielding a quality fishing experience. Our host, Heraldo, and camp manager, Pelado, shared with us the fundamental purpose and principal of RPO creating an exclusive program. RPO has various rivers that are exclusive to their camps only and in return RPO works intimately with the local communities along these rivers to support their livelihood in return for them allowing us to fish “their waters”. This interdependent relationship of RPO and the local communities provides support for these communities through stipends and material goods such as boats, motors, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, etc. RPO recognizes that these rivers belong to these communities and respects their livelihood from the same by supplementing the people with goods and services. In too many places around the world, we see exploitation of native people and their resources. So, it is with great respect that I commend RPO for operating with appreciation and giving back to these communities. It turns out to be a win for the local communities, RPO, and anglers alike. This week, our group would be fishing the waters near the village of Caju.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGikH5lMDm7y6pYpFYoWVlif9-KrdEwFkwyxFkvUnGrNsi7wFoRtms3aKcLMeek8YbqrSldGI2LJe64Yzmt8Q1TYZNQDfCdBGKFoMuxnT8r5QItx_BeLQDTDOhy35IMQjj0g5TUCk10A/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-60.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGikH5lMDm7y6pYpFYoWVlif9-KrdEwFkwyxFkvUnGrNsi7wFoRtms3aKcLMeek8YbqrSldGI2LJe64Yzmt8Q1TYZNQDfCdBGKFoMuxnT8r5QItx_BeLQDTDOhy35IMQjj0g5TUCk10A/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-60.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540642092339702690" border="0" /></a>Throughout the week, our group compared fishing notes and a common theme emerged. The now higher water allowed many of the smaller Peacock Bass to reside around submerged structure such as the base of trees or low lying branches. It was these areas where many Butterfly Peacocks would dart out and pounce on your fly. The closer you could present your fly to the structure, the better chance you were going to get a grab. Steve topped the week with a gorgeous 8 pound Butterfly Peacock.<br /><br />Next, this week of fishing seemed to be fickle at times when fishing subsurface,… with the fish wanting just the right presentation. Jim and Wade discovered earlier in the week that often the Peacocks wanted a “falling-fly” presentation. Specifically, the presentation would be a few strips of the fly, followed by a long pause that would allow the fly to fall as if injured. Most often, the fish would grab on the drop. Another discovery was that, when you got a fish following your fly back to the boat and not committed, you could sometimes produce a strike by “fluffing” the fly next to the boat. It was amazing how many times a fish would slam the fly when you teased it next to the boat. Finally, this week revealed another required tactic to hook these Peacocks. It felt as if we were sometimes getting short strikes or tail-grabs. We would feel for the grab, set the hook, and then only have the fish on for a head shake or two. It was at that point when we realized that it was helpful to visually watch your fly as it was retrieved back to the boat. As soon as you saw a fish dart at your fly and/or your fly disappear, SET THE HOOK. It was amazing how many more fish would be hooked and landed by employing this tactic. The most amazing part of this tactic is that most often we never felt the grab when these fish ate the fly.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Cc98sfUmc1EiQqNkiR_in4q04cnu1ajDfyT92Tgn7UD_ltFKg-8pc7f27GvYrsx-80G_zoQoTEFS1aHAC3e1orHRrCUldwtkV53FBLp500hUbTiWjA_yb5SVB5krAoQWAPooL42JmzM/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-15.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Cc98sfUmc1EiQqNkiR_in4q04cnu1ajDfyT92Tgn7UD_ltFKg-8pc7f27GvYrsx-80G_zoQoTEFS1aHAC3e1orHRrCUldwtkV53FBLp500hUbTiWjA_yb5SVB5krAoQWAPooL42JmzM/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540639131937050306" border="0" /></a>This week’s conditions yielded some of the best topwater fishing that my group has ever experienced. Now, I know that this sounds counterintuitive, but often when the subsurface bite would get slow we would switch to topwater and get immediate grabs from the Peacock Bass. Jim focused much of his fishing this past week on topwater and fished a variety of topwater flies that proved effective. We each had excellent topwater action around structure-lined areas with a <a href="http://www.umpqua.com/p-916-saltwater-poppers.aspx">Saltwater Popper</a> (UFM), Ron Dong Crease Fly, Bisharat’s Pole Dancer, Haskin’s Magnum Gurgler and SubZero, or Popovic’s Banger. I have no explanation for why rising water conditions would produce better topwater fishing, but I guess this yet another one of the Amazon’s fishing mysteries. So, this confirms the need to be thorough in your fly selection and be flexible in your approach when fishing the Amazon.<br /><br />The final days of fishing downriver produced some very consistent action. Each boat reported in each day with solid numbers of Peacock Bass landed. The group spread out on the lower region of the Jufari and it was a rare occasion that we would cross paths with other boats in our group. This is an experience where you feel truly remote… almost, as if this jungle river was your private fishing playground.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWk55Ao4IEQ9UP2epgKRuOZxk3B_U_FkREyQuivf2AEWcRD5uKwkXMS53b9yC71zW9dbFVWJvQl2RAC4qeVesRt55jUOrxhaCJEJ5Nq0qLiJVhLOlQ99tdoMoaaoNVO6gL1j3tpDFHL1U/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-64.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWk55Ao4IEQ9UP2epgKRuOZxk3B_U_FkREyQuivf2AEWcRD5uKwkXMS53b9yC71zW9dbFVWJvQl2RAC4qeVesRt55jUOrxhaCJEJ5Nq0qLiJVhLOlQ99tdoMoaaoNVO6gL1j3tpDFHL1U/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-64.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540636232749185362" border="0" /></a>During this week, I had the fortunate opportunity to meet the founder of the local village of Caju. He was visiting our camp because he was awaiting the delivery of some pain medications for his broken arm. He looked to be in pain, so I offered him some pain meds to hold him over until the delivery boat arrived the next day or so. He graciously thanked me with a genuine smile and a handshake. And of course, I thanked him for allowing our group to fish his local waters.<br /><br />Throughout the week of fishing, it was often commented by the group and that the most “fun” fish were the Pacas. These are the younger, juvenile stage of the mighty behemoth Azul Peacocks. We all agreed that these fish, pound for pound, fought much harder than the Butterfly Peacocks, but yet fishing for them was quite different. Often, we found the Pacas out toward the middle of a lagoon or along the current seams of a channel. Sometimes, we would see Pacas <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7PIX5ZR7Uql5gWcsWKdvW2HMxXCddTRcUtLoJzWTsVNU8NaV0lT7oIuEBAGXWzQnxnlyM17_NW-PDwBeV4ImWhQww2KxuCv-ej0UYJ8q7SzaOPdubMx4QYJc6WhWMEkj4QdWrYjXQXE/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-63.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7PIX5ZR7Uql5gWcsWKdvW2HMxXCddTRcUtLoJzWTsVNU8NaV0lT7oIuEBAGXWzQnxnlyM17_NW-PDwBeV4ImWhQww2KxuCv-ej0UYJ8q7SzaOPdubMx4QYJc6WhWMEkj4QdWrYjXQXE/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-63.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540642098496088082" border="0" /></a>busting bait in the middle of the lagoon and fish to them run-and-gun style. When you found them, often you could hook 5 – 10 of them before they moved on. George and Doug had some strong fishing sessions, with most of these Pacas ranging in size from 2 – 5 pounds. However, Shiz topped the week with a Paca that weighed in at almost 10 pounds! It was an amazing event that unfolded with the fish being spotted in 18 inches of water. We saw the wake of this large fish cruising along the tree-line of a flat and Shiz made a perfect presentation leading the fish. The wake of the fish turned into a swirl as the fish lunged toward Shiz’s fly. Then, all hell broke loose as the fish went on a long run, typical of a shallow water fight. Then, the fish turned back toward the boat and found a submerged snag to try to free itself. Our guide Deco, quickly saw the disaster unfolding and motored up to the snag and carefully unwrapped the fly line. Soon after, Shiz landed this beautiful Paca and we celebrated this awesome fish.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8h8OsPDEYOvUxn5n0yQwTajjgB9mE4Uhr3qDLPqsA46k_Mo6ZPy2nC4J6k7-MsKax-oaiHRHfsQMdoXlBn4XCd3FD9yKFQdOfI0n5nVIIsadmZxGH9rd75W7_AguSDO7vvtOgJbUADU/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-72.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8h8OsPDEYOvUxn5n0yQwTajjgB9mE4Uhr3qDLPqsA46k_Mo6ZPy2nC4J6k7-MsKax-oaiHRHfsQMdoXlBn4XCd3FD9yKFQdOfI0n5nVIIsadmZxGH9rd75W7_AguSDO7vvtOgJbUADU/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540639120989441490" border="0" /></a>The final count for our week of fishing was 1,418 total Peacocks landed, including 12 Azuls of double digit size. Everyone in our group landed a trophy Peacock during the week. Different from other trips in the past, this week’s fishing for trophy fish was much more of a “flats fishing” style of pursuit. Often, we could spot the fish in a lagoon or flat by the wake that it pushed while cruising. The guide would then pursue and position the boat for a shot at the fish. This added to the suspense and made it much more of a visual and technical game. I can personally account for a number of “blown shots” on my part for various angling errors – stepping on my running line, lining the fish, etc. However, if an angler properly delivered the fly it would usually get eaten.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9U5ppuNzDUldeKr3dBo7Kos9qn0NYYhmPThNZNJqWe3lqOnlE1Ti9CpdzJfw_1zFlgrtR2wUCIp-TRVzP3QBD-Bsian7TwTcsyr4D9fUEszPjyQcbqel6_R2OGA_bTJ2TNrC0bVg-SQU/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-37.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9U5ppuNzDUldeKr3dBo7Kos9qn0NYYhmPThNZNJqWe3lqOnlE1Ti9CpdzJfw_1zFlgrtR2wUCIp-TRVzP3QBD-Bsian7TwTcsyr4D9fUEszPjyQcbqel6_R2OGA_bTJ2TNrC0bVg-SQU/s200/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540648746958022402" border="0" /></a>Steve and Joan were the strong finishers for the week by landing 12 and 19 pounders on the last day of fishing. They were both fishing a red and yellow Pelado Fly – another testament that sparse flies fished very well on this trip. After recapping the trip with our group, it was noted that the required fishing tactics and productive flies this past week were very different from previous trips. This spoke for the need to be flexible, creative, and tenacious in your approach to fishing for Peacocks. By the end of the week, our group was fishing sparse subsurface flies to stay in the action. Some of us, were even going to the extent of modifying our existing flies by cutting out material and reshaping them to get a slimmer profile. This confirmed the need to have a variety of flies on any trip to the Amazon. For sure, on my next trip this coming January I will have a good selection of sparser flies, including the Pelato Fly.<br /><br />In final, more than anything,… this turned out to be a most memorable week of fishing with friends. We had a solid week of fishing, but I most remember the good times and laughter we shared throughout the week. It was the perfect week of travel, fishing, conversation, and memories. I eagerly look forward to my next adventure with these friends.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Keith Kaneko</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Keith's Tackle Notes:</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Favorite Topwater Setup</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Rods: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/dyn_prodlist.php?k=242774">Sage BASS</a> rod</span> (Largemouth model - 330 grain)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Reels: <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/dyn_prodlist.php?k=132667"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sage 6080</span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Fly Line: <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/product.php?recKey=98"><span style="font-weight: bold;">RIO Tropical Outbound Short</span></a> (10 weight full floating) – or – <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/dyn_prodlist.php?k=298999">Sage BASS line</a> (330 grain)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Leader: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/product.php?recKey=57">RIO Flouroflex 44# or 52#</a>; <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/product.php?recKey=56">RIO <span style="font-weight: bold;">Max Plus 40#</span></a></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />HOT Flies:</span> Bisharat’s Pole Dancer (fire-tiger or red/white), Ron Dong Crease Fly, Pike Fly, Haskin's Magnum Gurgler, UFM's Saltwater Popper, and Popovich's Banger (Silver).</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Favorite Subsurface Setup</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Rod: <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/dyn_prodlist.php?k=299010"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sage Xi3 990-4</span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Reel: <a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/dyn_prodlist.php?k=132667"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sage 6080</span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Fly Line: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/product.php?recKey=98">RIO Tropical Outbound Short F/I</a> </span>(intermediate tip)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Leader: <a href="http://www.rioproducts.com/product.php?recKey=57"><span style="font-weight: bold;">RIO FlouroFlex 44# or 52#</span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />HOT Flies:</span> Bisharat’s AirHead (red/yellow), F/T Clouser (baby blue/white), Fuch’s Peacock Deception, Thalken's Cruiser (Peacock or Mullet) and Anderson’s Reducer.<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/Amazon-Jufari-November%202010/?albumview=slideshow">CLICK HERE</a> for complete slideshow)<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW1Ao1TdTUW7vF71MPDTVgbFxZ76ug-lpUgmYp1KyPU2DuJ7yXDg1UcV81b2XKTNen0uo2QnfUNhFUfMuYDHCcjxlQ06t5PwK2TwfNZ9paIATyqUJVhd7iR9PisyYhFcq2YkOZJR8Xkg/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW1Ao1TdTUW7vF71MPDTVgbFxZ76ug-lpUgmYp1KyPU2DuJ7yXDg1UcV81b2XKTNen0uo2QnfUNhFUfMuYDHCcjxlQ06t5PwK2TwfNZ9paIATyqUJVhd7iR9PisyYhFcq2YkOZJR8Xkg/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540643923570319970" border="0" /></a>Arrival day...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjantOwyf9cHS93r7S3aKhUrBDiOVge6kJphRHzb5sUroUfRRWWno6AZ7JzxqHgjkHraZRKi2VUwTeseRvuwi9Pk4lNW_dKMm3ZZnBOE2pOcEVa2U1CJ0WwjzGHqIXBJgBjfHHv_aBRdfo/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-38.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjantOwyf9cHS93r7S3aKhUrBDiOVge6kJphRHzb5sUroUfRRWWno6AZ7JzxqHgjkHraZRKi2VUwTeseRvuwi9Pk4lNW_dKMm3ZZnBOE2pOcEVa2U1CJ0WwjzGHqIXBJgBjfHHv_aBRdfo/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633605564725938" border="0" /></a>Our camp on the Jufari River...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94zTmGbGfFKkG7SasHLMOVwri7pORs-1_RX9o4gjDva5M2aLiDkKWVqqZPkzd4gyxBYIREWfjNrRwNyTKCot6z_ziPRqR2UUjQtHsyIyP1PrQk1RxqqQWTaLR7U1Tw5wW8RV51yTb3yo/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-53.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94zTmGbGfFKkG7SasHLMOVwri7pORs-1_RX9o4gjDva5M2aLiDkKWVqqZPkzd4gyxBYIREWfjNrRwNyTKCot6z_ziPRqR2UUjQtHsyIyP1PrQk1RxqqQWTaLR7U1Tw5wW8RV51yTb3yo/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-53.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540652532056333234" border="0" /></a>Incoming rain storm...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigg-D0m4Is_XJXWBXOTFNbzRSxNOCge21gnrusWVvT7rnq6Rw2jMGzD2lr5KfmRj9xcm3IFLyCEnvxbetHrKm8x0UJYftsDSn9pYRod_WwsWo4Q6GvjjkZ-cI3FnYydT_osIJclRZVhEU/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-50.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigg-D0m4Is_XJXWBXOTFNbzRSxNOCge21gnrusWVvT7rnq6Rw2jMGzD2lr5KfmRj9xcm3IFLyCEnvxbetHrKm8x0UJYftsDSn9pYRod_WwsWo4Q6GvjjkZ-cI3FnYydT_osIJclRZVhEU/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540652520817405602" border="0" /></a>Doug and a nice trophy Azul...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5atEtb3tU4uv-BpMkehF83ybVgM5yV3zfKWH18cBVeRib7eAP6RIs3LMo6JM10D7q_XK_kQTnbY_fI2X5urv9VFuQgMdv-YrMwk9tLNWVaP0ZmqNIhO4G3crG3n3deaD0NxwTq4skII/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-26.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5atEtb3tU4uv-BpMkehF83ybVgM5yV3zfKWH18cBVeRib7eAP6RIs3LMo6JM10D7q_XK_kQTnbY_fI2X5urv9VFuQgMdv-YrMwk9tLNWVaP0ZmqNIhO4G3crG3n3deaD0NxwTq4skII/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633602515625570" border="0" /></a>BBQ Peacock Bass shore lunch prepared by the guides...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OQpKWPTSZNFl7-JaPSRaPeT3p2P6P2NKzeKk_5qAeH1E7Rek7i7XL6lo5qI7r4_YKDlkP2Ssg2bXRjJ1EIbvVoojNw_95N6xpqlWFICQ3LlW-1z6XUzS-HPdl8jZtuqt7SQvPAJF22Q/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-20.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OQpKWPTSZNFl7-JaPSRaPeT3p2P6P2NKzeKk_5qAeH1E7Rek7i7XL6lo5qI7r4_YKDlkP2Ssg2bXRjJ1EIbvVoojNw_95N6xpqlWFICQ3LlW-1z6XUzS-HPdl8jZtuqt7SQvPAJF22Q/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633598495889186" border="0" /></a>Evening story telling at camp... "the one that got away"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSf_p96CHuQSvR0JrulUBuSfmxz55V7MM8azIWUVj5vrV7tr7s36m9GjWxNPqw9cSQfp1r3jaJbvxjKS-ebr7uCGAJGe7bWkuRLOROMVQBZMtKH60DRoIaHKA6BlxFYGxN5MoE3ChLlc/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-47.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSf_p96CHuQSvR0JrulUBuSfmxz55V7MM8azIWUVj5vrV7tr7s36m9GjWxNPqw9cSQfp1r3jaJbvxjKS-ebr7uCGAJGe7bWkuRLOROMVQBZMtKH60DRoIaHKA6BlxFYGxN5MoE3ChLlc/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540652528403063186" border="0" /></a>George and his trophy Azul for the week...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLSaUSEQY-sRnenD_z6nKnW3q2GBj4QfUlfCmiAjtCShtA9_1MGrAOhLlwjH0pNWKGi_vOB6f4zzNHjITqp5YlnupAlwxXHopkApZIbcOu44TBwp2rdaVQtjM5BJPaQjlECMcXzHVL1g/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLSaUSEQY-sRnenD_z6nKnW3q2GBj4QfUlfCmiAjtCShtA9_1MGrAOhLlwjH0pNWKGi_vOB6f4zzNHjITqp5YlnupAlwxXHopkApZIbcOu44TBwp2rdaVQtjM5BJPaQjlECMcXzHVL1g/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633593131015378" border="0" /></a>Jim enjoying the breakfast selection...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KEcvsti-2jRAUysJsKKZOxXwj_-OBJnh3cQzgDCj0P92oUWeRQ2_yQtjZS7IJtxsAzdQ0lRaRZ-rPRgbUxsQ_nOkQKxJiTZO5vUX1xLIlngUMO3X0RC5EQC-ATFKvffvHcdr4V4451M/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KEcvsti-2jRAUysJsKKZOxXwj_-OBJnh3cQzgDCj0P92oUWeRQ2_yQtjZS7IJtxsAzdQ0lRaRZ-rPRgbUxsQ_nOkQKxJiTZO5vUX1xLIlngUMO3X0RC5EQC-ATFKvffvHcdr4V4451M/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633590093104370" border="0" /></a>Shiz... first cast of the trip, first fish of the trip... grande!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznxnsXqTonKm3ejXED4UEzTrIEEk173slgzsOegruz3h807SzLlfLD2JwRwcLPlx0dOf4NFnpgYR_xMgswHUMneVz7_ZPnAXKoDgA5We8dOrVzpD-JqHmgX10p17At63k7rspSlEF_LQ/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-58.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznxnsXqTonKm3ejXED4UEzTrIEEk173slgzsOegruz3h807SzLlfLD2JwRwcLPlx0dOf4NFnpgYR_xMgswHUMneVz7_ZPnAXKoDgA5We8dOrVzpD-JqHmgX10p17At63k7rspSlEF_LQ/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-58.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633298697343122" border="0" /></a>Our camp manager, Pelado, serving up some Brazilian pizza!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WuS0CuxCIRnZqZVdTKbDuKLfp_qhxmcI99IdHikzxp3XRd4IqddhJPehKn5khK-6YXP4xhL_iIdAg5eWLU018b5L2FN7DTZ1znLrc-IpXGmzbaHS90DAZGByDJ7MrM23S0PcM38cpMQ/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WuS0CuxCIRnZqZVdTKbDuKLfp_qhxmcI99IdHikzxp3XRd4IqddhJPehKn5khK-6YXP4xhL_iIdAg5eWLU018b5L2FN7DTZ1znLrc-IpXGmzbaHS90DAZGByDJ7MrM23S0PcM38cpMQ/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540652551545705538" border="0" /></a>Morning sunrise upon camp...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2xQld95o3dM049NSnAk2fXEFJZACY8zvVZNIV7n9D8LxhYTpKB7T6dqT1EqrIuguoWNdZ0MGOx-urwAIij1TKHj3pcXQEBdZjyuhaLeqvY9MLKfBgcf0qplzihDoZfkEzSG12VGSFMU/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-15.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2xQld95o3dM049NSnAk2fXEFJZACY8zvVZNIV7n9D8LxhYTpKB7T6dqT1EqrIuguoWNdZ0MGOx-urwAIij1TKHj3pcXQEBdZjyuhaLeqvY9MLKfBgcf0qplzihDoZfkEzSG12VGSFMU/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633289706638770" border="0" /></a>Guide Zaza showing a 2 pound Peacock that inhaled a Pole Dancer...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKveVOaTbIErV6ubvH4D0DlmQuSKINqtdaDykirARQz5WJAqfiVWJA2SI7RvNo10EEQbEUhemqjOjLtqpNfOb1jHA0usLzALuBQ1aTth5my0wJwm1rLVU4GdqUlDudULA1NgUoJG6h4g4/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-67.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKveVOaTbIErV6ubvH4D0DlmQuSKINqtdaDykirARQz5WJAqfiVWJA2SI7RvNo10EEQbEUhemqjOjLtqpNfOb1jHA0usLzALuBQ1aTth5my0wJwm1rLVU4GdqUlDudULA1NgUoJG6h4g4/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-67.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633284145548978" border="0" /></a>Joan showing her trophy of the trip... way to go Joan!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvVVPggUo-VYAQRsvT8asKL8tco8JQeypC2J1QbOBj4Peu5JkVu2mRAQeAfqA5UK9pM7Pse9nJN0m4gPolbfs1Q9at5XCt9Fut-mm4rd1n8O65B5O5TgJ9WUIfaVTXK8rN2DrOl0MI4c/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-69.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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Peacock Bass Especial...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2mT9aLai_miwEkr3KOXhGZ-aVkkuz2N9nuLWHIocZ_PxVOsibxYE8piWkjcp1g7wR6AMBBleltx97ssvPTBIcIDJhIdleQmPvTMN6M6f2TUbiSQ4ZKrb9AnZw2UowwvSKZsKrd5XQqI/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-70.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2mT9aLai_miwEkr3KOXhGZ-aVkkuz2N9nuLWHIocZ_PxVOsibxYE8piWkjcp1g7wR6AMBBleltx97ssvPTBIcIDJhIdleQmPvTMN6M6f2TUbiSQ4ZKrb9AnZw2UowwvSKZsKrd5XQqI/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-70.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540632876821610258" border="0" /></a>Steve diplaying one of his two "teeners" for the week...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74eW8-81YaEOnXtglON8DrAhM_EVtNpQ5tnlhlvoe-CTT098gY-SIHqx5eccAB_Psg87Jb9fCLH1o-SJ14lmgH0cjO1Yo7KhhrnFBI-EjxP0kMeaIzSAQEEjQjdOQ4IUi-CCNhboH2hI/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-12.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzV2WrKK16fUlhS718ihCmI3hbRqvOhhTKj1VC1dWjV30etZHgw-J7OwOo6hBeBVKL9F-yKO04m17tfEunTFsYssLk7O0yZf0UTLEMcl3RzCGEe0SqYVSRLguUo78a2o4JanfcB4pIno/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-71.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540632868531520962" border="0" /></a>Shiz landed this big Paca while fishing a shallow lagoon...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSUD_OKsufdwFTi-OzmYwJn8bwxk6eYBiG98YdBP3ET5AXHoI8TZ4SfroFmOSunGBNB0-b8rjmqBZZTNmZM8sEsCQMv_nBL11ISj-3sLes3NNvZvdokmb62VYSSUJd9GvKoNZ2Y7RGrM/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-78.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSUD_OKsufdwFTi-OzmYwJn8bwxk6eYBiG98YdBP3ET5AXHoI8TZ4SfroFmOSunGBNB0-b8rjmqBZZTNmZM8sEsCQMv_nBL11ISj-3sLes3NNvZvdokmb62VYSSUJd9GvKoNZ2Y7RGrM/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-78.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540632865360419106" border="0" /></a>Camp host, Heraldo, and his staff took great care of us during the week<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJiZcDdRuSgXMHiYNCppQDc2U2ZD-AaH5bywKWLKNaz9lJXW6GMTw_2lfgAdRAYVQbEQVjBdVwrCyoAb1TkqscuSEDi8OwcVyOlgKWWiXpJVL5J0UGW54UuT-Km_hWgcZ2SVezJ0a-V0/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJiZcDdRuSgXMHiYNCppQDc2U2ZD-AaH5bywKWLKNaz9lJXW6GMTw_2lfgAdRAYVQbEQVjBdVwrCyoAb1TkqscuSEDi8OwcVyOlgKWWiXpJVL5J0UGW54UuT-Km_hWgcZ2SVezJ0a-V0/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540632866231107314" border="0" /></a>Peacock release shot...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7i0xwAaZYd8FEW6KtUptnrKFXQXwPNzHGdn6Fs7lINhOEXEkkQofOpUa8TCuahcadhNrgk3Xp8-0xzuxAtKtc7TxzusJXvOPLQKk_hne7mwCEzLbJHKmenx4R4YWKx9KnNiHXkeOV9U8/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7i0xwAaZYd8FEW6KtUptnrKFXQXwPNzHGdn6Fs7lINhOEXEkkQofOpUa8TCuahcadhNrgk3Xp8-0xzuxAtKtc7TxzusJXvOPLQKk_hne7mwCEzLbJHKmenx4R4YWKx9KnNiHXkeOV9U8/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540643940569714978" border="0" /></a>Stripping basket, a few rods, and a few (hundred) flies...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wUzNjRexOgyyrUoUbtW3Hy2U-s3g-0Pw35xupcbKyNOyAT5ktei8RQKsTUrtRlCvcmVCZ1hDKe8cY1e80WHTauP2edMncBEe4QzdUdpr9jHl6CyMbKinAY5lkjqtALDmVrBhpFRozSg/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-17.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wUzNjRexOgyyrUoUbtW3Hy2U-s3g-0Pw35xupcbKyNOyAT5ktei8RQKsTUrtRlCvcmVCZ1hDKe8cY1e80WHTauP2edMncBEe4QzdUdpr9jHl6CyMbKinAY5lkjqtALDmVrBhpFRozSg/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540643938396243634" border="0" /></a>My trophy for the week, landed on Rob Anderson's Reducer ("Night Rider" color)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Hs_WspMyMnsVmgcCJbUezhAQpWUn3E6aIW1Kig7XPkDR7m9XJ3nr04qUzVUoihLN0DJXbcXe0JOAo3ydCpfFU3kC6P4dzvVilKvk-KlnuRCsWes6kYGHn1d0GPecrpmCHc-XvJa0h4Q/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-77.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Hs_WspMyMnsVmgcCJbUezhAQpWUn3E6aIW1Kig7XPkDR7m9XJ3nr04qUzVUoihLN0DJXbcXe0JOAo3ydCpfFU3kC6P4dzvVilKvk-KlnuRCsWes6kYGHn1d0GPecrpmCHc-XvJa0h4Q/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-77.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540632861991266322" border="0" /></a>Happy campers and staff on the banks of the Jufari River...<br /><br />(<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Anglingonthefly/Amazon-Jufari-November%202010/?albumview=slideshow">CLICK HERE</a> for complete slideshow)<br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-23101069618551692512010-11-15T13:32:00.000-08:002010-11-15T13:42:23.085-08:00Back from the Amazon!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VgewReg2qy0k_JO2mXMj2K6IGShUHQcr_UVHwhrw0sObaqc9a9y_vpwg0QeDXJsIwayQ5xujD0_SGkwkEDXfYDT07huV35W7pyDsm39C43bSVjONs0DGNTwBsRME6MdlCpM8P0oCcsw/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VgewReg2qy0k_JO2mXMj2K6IGShUHQcr_UVHwhrw0sObaqc9a9y_vpwg0QeDXJsIwayQ5xujD0_SGkwkEDXfYDT07huV35W7pyDsm39C43bSVjONs0DGNTwBsRME6MdlCpM8P0oCcsw/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539893958556404194" border="0" /></a><br />Homebound! I am en route back to Sacramento now. My group and I just finished a successful week in the Amazon fishing for Peacock Bass. We fished with <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/RiverPlateOutfitters.html">River Plate Outfitters</a> and their mobile fly-in camp on the exclusive Jufari River. We had a solid week of fishing and thoroughly enjoyed our entire experience in the jungle. Please stay tuned for a complete report and photos... coming soon!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1Sp-b_7pklEv9odQiysvGoLJweGyLvd9sPi99yupPgQrw2ZkKj8rewsEhHG9naPJhlOTzP-TKkrs39and2WDcaUzS7__b21ppmgpjIHHMWvC_ZWPV-ov_NXhs6DbaOmRnIJjKW9pAqk/s1600/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1Sp-b_7pklEv9odQiysvGoLJweGyLvd9sPi99yupPgQrw2ZkKj8rewsEhHG9naPJhlOTzP-TKkrs39and2WDcaUzS7__b21ppmgpjIHHMWvC_ZWPV-ov_NXhs6DbaOmRnIJjKW9pAqk/s400/RPO-Jufari%2528Nov2010%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539893970649048066" border="0" /></a>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-25641475075180887412010-10-31T19:27:00.000-07:002010-11-20T21:59:29.355-08:00South Caicos Bonefishing: Hosted Trips 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAIbe17RzwyFMo7qj00OnN72vxYcZtNlsL0LwFK-_dwP8hkt-nFZ5h8RU1HFbW1GrRqfZ1s-pPfQuU6zGxf9cQK1wRehYiaTTtGO95aeJ0snc5ndSzB-HzYnM5WtF_j35iNgVcJTBXCg/s1600/BtB+Bone-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAIbe17RzwyFMo7qj00OnN72vxYcZtNlsL0LwFK-_dwP8hkt-nFZ5h8RU1HFbW1GrRqfZ1s-pPfQuU6zGxf9cQK1wRehYiaTTtGO95aeJ0snc5ndSzB-HzYnM5WtF_j35iNgVcJTBXCg/s400/BtB+Bone-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488019021790467634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I am excited to announce that Angling On The Fly has secured a prime week for a hosted trip in Spring 2011 at our newest destination in the Caribbean, <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/BeyondTheBlue.html">Beyond the Blue at South Caicos</a>. This incredible destination is remote, pristine, and untapped for Bonefish... a truly special fishery that resides on the outskirts of the Caribbean. All classic wade fishing for jumbo Bonefish on the fly. Plan ahead and secure your spot on this trip with me. I look forward to our next adventure!<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beyond the Blue - South Caicos</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weeks:</span> May 10 - 16, 2011 (6 nights / 5 days fishing)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Host:</span> Keith Kaneko<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rate:</span> $3,490 USD per angler (double occupancy)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Includes:</span> 6 nights lodging; 5 days guided fishing; 3 meals per day; non-alcoholic beverages; fishing license; and ground transportation between South Caicos Airport and the lodge<br /><br /><a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/BeyondTheBlue.html">CLICK HERE</a> for more detailed information...Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-43602365689375804522010-10-13T10:45:00.001-07:002010-10-13T10:54:47.383-07:00Trip Report: Nicholas Dean Lodge (Sept. 19 - 25, 2010)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMR0kbUQVuO-qYs8l0wrxrroY2NnM2HmOoDvmnD-ZeA04tw0-yZsyKGkVHmOIkpwKh0gTCMFvxofnxY3OXOSgLrPfvE_O2N2A9UNUGOhYRuNuhnc3HuLV3HFtT8RKHc2Hq_tnqgk3odc/s1600/NDL+%28Christensen%29-4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMR0kbUQVuO-qYs8l0wrxrroY2NnM2HmOoDvmnD-ZeA04tw0-yZsyKGkVHmOIkpwKh0gTCMFvxofnxY3OXOSgLrPfvE_O2N2A9UNUGOhYRuNuhnc3HuLV3HFtT8RKHc2Hq_tnqgk3odc/s400/NDL+%28Christensen%29-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527588795154667986" border="0" /></a>Gorgeous B.C. Steelhead<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We recently received an excellent report from Jim Christensen and Greg Anderson who fished Nicholas Dean Lodge late last month. Here is Greg's report:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"We had a great trip. We landed 18 Steelhead between us plus 3 cohos and numerable trout. Fished the Upper Copper, Klore, the Upper Kalum and a few other remote rivers. We had some great hikes and only saw one other fisherman while we were fishing throughout the week. Saw wolves on the Upper Copper. Our guide (Jeff) was great. The food was great. We lucked out with the weather...no rain the first 3 days and then a little weather on the 4th. Friday it rained and the rivers were blown out as we left. Chad the lodge host was great."</span><br /><br />Thanks Jim and Greg for a great report!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fqLfVqJlOFXoO9lRJ19wC47132yGixRcmXCNWii3bLpq3NGCsVBLgjHuEFLlXwQEnlpyYTAkw7nf0a7eX8JqKEz4KztqcPivXgpMhcADenFf0_awQSowS6i-_lzdZozz6EsbhQsVx4I/s1600/NDL+%28Christensen%29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fqLfVqJlOFXoO9lRJ19wC47132yGixRcmXCNWii3bLpq3NGCsVBLgjHuEFLlXwQEnlpyYTAkw7nf0a7eX8JqKEz4KztqcPivXgpMhcADenFf0_awQSowS6i-_lzdZozz6EsbhQsVx4I/s400/NDL+%28Christensen%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527588790135736210" border="0" /></a>Bull Trout<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieauDHculvWgg-np93cGWXuwYpwQ4Q09Gn6jhURDamQcvhBcJ5BudBiULRU5y6ojTDupqo2VEvTsuFEit4PF6HzK9d9oJcC102k5EteQU0SsnH7ptT5ZYUx8XpVILqDQ0RGU7VqEjDDzs/s1600/NDL+%28Christensen%29-10.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgfcGFMbGeWcK9WYNTz3MOR5HV-bDK4UUCnLps4IltJ4VKouO6kmVljVEiro8WbeMlDWS_BqNdDsOzFv6G5cB-xkEdvGZcVonScfzctyTkXGlhfir9zZXfs2xi2ALHDU_0z9ASxZ9hc0/s400/Photo+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394604276185842" border="0" /></a>Bill definitely needed two hands to handle this whopper<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The following joint report has just come in from long time fishing friends Bill Ninke (New Jersey), Bob Huddleston (Minnesota) and Gary Fritz (Montana) who spent this week at <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/TarponCayLodge.html">Tarpon Cay Lodge</a>. Bill and Gary are repeat clients, having spent a week last August at TCL. Bob, upon hearing their glowing reports from last year, decided to join them this year.<br /><br /><span>“To maximize our fishing opportunities, we booked the option where we each had an individual guide and boat each day. We also chose a schedule so that each of us spent two consecutive days with each guide. This proved to be a wonderful arrangement. Each guide is excellent but has a somewhat different style, giving us a variety of experiences.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXazQoWlIYxsz_ZpWfguJhMWdJXOUJAKOt7vsyKHWE-RCuVxEWduC3MsNX6PfxH9efQ4GLYlAr5vlwE2QaL1SqmysckDqlU4BwLjI_9YGkCkGdh7AqY0nNfOKZuyP5_vlF09dbJA9ID-w/s1600/Photo+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXazQoWlIYxsz_ZpWfguJhMWdJXOUJAKOt7vsyKHWE-RCuVxEWduC3MsNX6PfxH9efQ4GLYlAr5vlwE2QaL1SqmysckDqlU4BwLjI_9YGkCkGdh7AqY0nNfOKZuyP5_vlF09dbJA9ID-w/s400/Photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394596801125714" border="0" /></a>Our three guide amigos – Martin, Cresp, and Carlos<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Convinced that the baby tarpon would always be available, we tried for larger tarpon down near the light house the first four mornings. Winds were fair the first and third mornings and very calm the second. We caught some 20 and 30 pounders those three days. Bill landed the biggest that Carlos estimated was near 60 pounds.<br /><br />Here’s Gary’s narrative.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">‘From less than 200 feet away I saw the fish roll. Bill, who was 80 feet away, made two false casts and landed his fly next to the fish. The tarpon instantly ate the fly and the battle was on. That cast would not have happened the previous year because Bill was not a distance caster. He took the time and made the effort to become a vastly better caster in salt water and his lessons and practice his last year paid off with that gorgeous tarpon, as well as others. I’m particularly proud of Bill because, as a guide, I see tons of anglers, especially older ones, who cannot or will not improve their fishing experience by becoming better casters. Bill wanted to do this and did.’</span><br /><br />We ran down to the light house area again the fourth morning but the winds were too high once we got there and we went back to baby tarpon. Bob and Gary discovered an easy test determine whether a try for the bigger tarpon was merited. They stood in the gap between the east end of the hotel and the next building first thing in the morning. If they felt a distinct breeze, it was going to be too windy to try. If near dead calm, it was off to the light house.<br /><br />The last three mornings it was fishing for babies in the creek mouths and creeks. Most afternoons we had showers. One afternoon was entirely wiped out and another was cut short by two hours. Afternoon tides were quite low so the baby tarpon were on the flats. Gray skies and wind made finding fish and getting them to eat very difficult. But, we still all caught tarpon. Most were in the normal size range for TCL fish.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hAUtuqFHWste5JbE2tW1WYTruwFJWrZklkn45SnPEZlG_itlSb5jECoY76rBMlDuArdwgVyXDRmq5-MZV5EGHUnv24ep362Zdxqr2xzvwNmi-Z1BWsGW_0vvIjhpjENxYHTmY5wClFY/s1600/Photo+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hAUtuqFHWste5JbE2tW1WYTruwFJWrZklkn45SnPEZlG_itlSb5jECoY76rBMlDuArdwgVyXDRmq5-MZV5EGHUnv24ep362Zdxqr2xzvwNmi-Z1BWsGW_0vvIjhpjENxYHTmY5wClFY/s400/Photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394586980796690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7z_ZjRQ7XRd5G0wis42M6WkEfsHvXLvavqvIAED8opdt7jaPnhurQc94G5H1RAZ6Zgl3ALmVOLDHWGiqNgd1YevcLSSdg6l611KyWiSNl7v-i4OlNnedZzkN_4ZPdmffPLK365wfUIU/s1600/Photo+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7z_ZjRQ7XRd5G0wis42M6WkEfsHvXLvavqvIAED8opdt7jaPnhurQc94G5H1RAZ6Zgl3ALmVOLDHWGiqNgd1YevcLSSdg6l611KyWiSNl7v-i4OlNnedZzkN_4ZPdmffPLK365wfUIU/s400/Photo+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394574401036914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eJmk_Tq6PivQBDF_iSwaYqX0HCoPshIosSIZEBeXzzcgPQOsE8b-JF5fK9s5wQziTQPjkmj2kxBpbAfWdHvHBIp790FbAeHbcMjL13pQpBDJ8M1aucxxNIh_fal1QUepvNjv2mkJvEw/s1600/Photo+5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eJmk_Tq6PivQBDF_iSwaYqX0HCoPshIosSIZEBeXzzcgPQOsE8b-JF5fK9s5wQziTQPjkmj2kxBpbAfWdHvHBIp790FbAeHbcMjL13pQpBDJ8M1aucxxNIh_fal1QUepvNjv2mkJvEw/s400/Photo+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394065357358082" border="0" /></a>Occasionally though, one of us would jump a surprisingly large tarpon.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_QaY8sG-7hicQNt9v1G_xE8YtcSCSnJazUSvsjUKbijPc9ACDin_YPSx3hdKiUMYQRv_GCljFRO6qRqrcLeOoFhw8xZ7DkhuiLwzO8uoLpWIl21S4l_5fgke1Cfx2OXcQMqgU6nhXhA/s1600/Photo+6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_QaY8sG-7hicQNt9v1G_xE8YtcSCSnJazUSvsjUKbijPc9ACDin_YPSx3hdKiUMYQRv_GCljFRO6qRqrcLeOoFhw8xZ7DkhuiLwzO8uoLpWIl21S4l_5fgke1Cfx2OXcQMqgU6nhXhA/s400/Photo+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394059725235394" border="0" /></a>Bob’s surprise in the mangroves<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-o2kjaGkAFEH1RRj1VkHJK4GHjvBx4ZJ4ktkaKfMyj_-aBANuXscs3YnKzev156LTzr8v-1w-eRB0w_9iQFvsdqhZF8rEWILBoEFKAh8-CQIE-DH-BAWhaTkvQR7fNQRCjTlavS3BM0U/s1600/Photo+7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-o2kjaGkAFEH1RRj1VkHJK4GHjvBx4ZJ4ktkaKfMyj_-aBANuXscs3YnKzev156LTzr8v-1w-eRB0w_9iQFvsdqhZF8rEWILBoEFKAh8-CQIE-DH-BAWhaTkvQR7fNQRCjTlavS3BM0U/s400/Photo+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394048434294802" border="0" /></a>Bill’s surprise on the flats<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The showers, thunder, and lightning flashes provoked an interesting discussion one evening. Bill and Gary claimed that if you counted the seconds from seeing the lightning until hearing the thunder that this gave an indication of how far away the lightning struck. Each second indicated one mile. Bob claimed this was wrong. Sound travels at about 1100 feet per second (approximately one-fifth of a mile per second). Therefore, you need divide the time in seconds by five to get the distance in miles. Bill and Gary checked this out upon returning home and confirmed that Bob is right. Now they are trying to blot out the many occasions when they should have been scared but weren’t.<br /><br />The food at TCL was superb. Beto (who serves as host, waiter, cook, bartender, and tour guide} prepared many luscious seafood dishes along with some local favorites using beef and pork. Baby octopus were in season and were incorporated in several excellent cerviches.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZMcrAdPDWQPy4Lhx6t-QEKqIc7x8DGA0DQWnP5_g1TLtAVVlJaY4bSk3qhsKfvaG2nJh-CcftArRN4mYLsM4pyKu05trRqbgwEyRxfJ64GjGCQp9GWNCCdh777USV-XuGNXRR8PrAwU/s1600/Photo+8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZMcrAdPDWQPy4Lhx6t-QEKqIc7x8DGA0DQWnP5_g1TLtAVVlJaY4bSk3qhsKfvaG2nJh-CcftArRN4mYLsM4pyKu05trRqbgwEyRxfJ64GjGCQp9GWNCCdh777USV-XuGNXRR8PrAwU/s400/Photo+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394036039224226" border="0" /></a>Beto, the Renaissance Man<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At lunch one day, Beto promised to prepare his famous Guacamole recipe as an appetizer for dinner. Bob ventured that he had an excellent recipe too. So Beto invited Bob to join him in the kitchen that evening to prepare Bob’s version also. The two versions emerged and Bill and Gary were charged with deciding which was better. They wisely chose to completely consume both versions and declare the competition a tie.<br /><br />Beto volunteered to take us on a tour after lunch one day, an invitation we gratefully accepted. We drove the waterfront and side streets of San Felipe, visited the nearby town of Rio Lagartos with its swimming cenote, stopped off at a wonderful white sand beach east of Rio Lagartos, and finished with a drive through the evaporation lakes and salt collection in Rio Colorado. We highly recommend this tour if you go to TCL.<br /><br />While we took an enormous number of different fly pattern with us, we actually used very few of these. For the larger tarpon, we used chartreuse Toads tied on 2/0 Gamakatsu SC15 hooks, Sea Habits in the Sardina coloring tied on 1/0 Tiemco 600SP hooks, and chartreuse and white Rob’s Receivers also tied on the 1/0 Tiemco 600SP. We had some red and white Whistlers along but never got around to using them.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs8OoAY7WohB2lFRay8TjGAaUIK9JYuWk-eGvC8-5aFFVPH49VwJS9_yeNfycOejOrSBCMqhylIc2K83yH2UxgWKJxg02JL_niN8eBipiBdWRWfZ1derpK5OuuURbxGOaAUKIkop3cxI/s1600/Photo+9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs8OoAY7WohB2lFRay8TjGAaUIK9JYuWk-eGvC8-5aFFVPH49VwJS9_yeNfycOejOrSBCMqhylIc2K83yH2UxgWKJxg02JL_niN8eBipiBdWRWfZ1derpK5OuuURbxGOaAUKIkop3cxI/s400/Photo+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515394028616572162" border="0" /></a>A touch of Chartreuse attracted the larger tarpon<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For the baby tarpon in the creek mouths and bays, we used mostly smaller Toads tied on size 1/0 and size 1 Gamakatsu SC15 or SS15 hooks (chartreuse, purple, tan and orange). Additionally we used various colors of Seaducers on 1/0 SS15 hooks and rabbit strip baitfish on 1/0 SC15 hooks. A foam-backed version of a Seaducer with added eyes to mimic a shrimp worked particularly well.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCIJ82jvz1sSo1nzJSj7hd8FGXWOxgUQ_CLIbIBrC1FyZPdPEw1lrJxyG1UkZy6xaKh58A7K8iQADVmKO0LXEj6HMaNZMCmIJY9d3xsZ6QOkqiJqkuTNwUBZDO4TSs23EBirb3Fs3Uno/s1600/Photo+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCIJ82jvz1sSo1nzJSj7hd8FGXWOxgUQ_CLIbIBrC1FyZPdPEw1lrJxyG1UkZy6xaKh58A7K8iQADVmKO0LXEj6HMaNZMCmIJY9d3xsZ6QOkqiJqkuTNwUBZDO4TSs23EBirb3Fs3Uno/s400/Photo+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515393209760082818" border="0" /></a>Toads and Baitfish<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsamJKL8nIZobVBB985lhVI-4ksWntVLzVkxbSP4MdWbFCt20lAUy_WuNArIbgBq0AfvbxFwOctPm2XpYSoZyYAXyM_4v1EK6E2seUSXYEitlj9HsVhblba7tauXoxk0lLH59C_VS0dWI/s1600/Photo+11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsamJKL8nIZobVBB985lhVI-4ksWntVLzVkxbSP4MdWbFCt20lAUy_WuNArIbgBq0AfvbxFwOctPm2XpYSoZyYAXyM_4v1EK6E2seUSXYEitlj9HsVhblba7tauXoxk0lLH59C_VS0dWI/s400/Photo+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515393204006903282" border="0" /></a>Seaducers<br /></div><br />For fishing the flats in the afternoons with the very low tides, very small flies were required so as not to spook the hell out of the fish. The rabbit strip baitfish rode high enough in the water so that it still worked. A foam-headed Toad on a size 1 hook did well as did two of the guide Carlos’ flies – a small black gurgler and a small deer hair slider. If we go back to TCL, we’ll have a much wider selection of very small flies than we took with us this trip.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-NfbHM5zhsC5IISoBhK9HVxx_BiZat0HcNZ6gzriHX8di8WYx2VE3pnV7yt2viG3O3ChL5cWyHYN6ofRYZ34ZcDbaOPae-lrAN_x8xgYDzh5g1zHkYjjhViBHZEJWQ5sjRHnmRkUi08/s1600/Photo+12.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-NfbHM5zhsC5IISoBhK9HVxx_BiZat0HcNZ6gzriHX8di8WYx2VE3pnV7yt2viG3O3ChL5cWyHYN6ofRYZ34ZcDbaOPae-lrAN_x8xgYDzh5g1zHkYjjhViBHZEJWQ5sjRHnmRkUi08/s400/Photo+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515393199086935218" border="0" /></a>Foam-headed Toads and Baitfish<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnueD8hV15Sffo6Td1Y4N736AFO4E2SmIsX7KfKROBgb_yB1dYQHx4Tz0dlUElpAp4QO3ClWeLyHzsphCfGH710IM2nOXrukqesBy94o6hyNMr7tvqPLRyhUXy2Scdc4HoEA1fKBItZM4/s1600/Photo+13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnueD8hV15Sffo6Td1Y4N736AFO4E2SmIsX7KfKROBgb_yB1dYQHx4Tz0dlUElpAp4QO3ClWeLyHzsphCfGH710IM2nOXrukqesBy94o6hyNMr7tvqPLRyhUXy2Scdc4HoEA1fKBItZM4/s400/Photo+13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515393188257500018" border="0" /></a>Carlos’ Patterns<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As a summary of our experiences, here’s a direct quote from Gary.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">‘While I'm not sure who was the bestest or caught the mostest, I can say that I had a great time at San Felipe. As Carlos would always say, I had “good action”. He and I did a lot of fishing in the creeks where the “action” is amplified by the close quarters. I learned a lot about landing tarpon that were leaping over, around and through the brush.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">While I thoroughly enjoyed each day, perhaps my favorite was a day with Carlos when we fished to tarpon exploding on bait fish just offshore from some sandy beaches and then went up several creeks to have fish wrap my line around branches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm an anti-fish counter, but the first afternoon I had 17 babies eat the fly, jumped 12 and landed 7. And that's in a few hours of fishing. Of course, numbers are a woefully poor measure of a fishing trip. I had a ton of opportunities to catch fish, fished with some first class Mayan guides that I can call amigos, got to know a little bit about a spectacular marine environment, became friends with a irrepressibly good natured Mayan cook who made the best assortment of sea food that I've ever had, stayed in a little fishing town with no crime and no other gringos, learned new stuff about tarpon and the flies they eat, and enjoyed all of this with two great friends. Now that's a good fishing trip’</span><br /><br />What more can we say?”<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYmi1GkvwjzqbyeJ8zk-xnlPub1yosgd_IGFXfPiHHUdedjvBJasJKVcY52X96rh80thtqUpX6tGYn_l0jrkLA7HfygLm41gU8HzsWkMFPd7x1eeItRa8uRDrmTuRwoh-H_V-C_0lj1M/s1600/Photo+14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYmi1GkvwjzqbyeJ8zk-xnlPub1yosgd_IGFXfPiHHUdedjvBJasJKVcY52X96rh80thtqUpX6tGYn_l0jrkLA7HfygLm41gU8HzsWkMFPd7x1eeItRa8uRDrmTuRwoh-H_V-C_0lj1M/s400/Photo+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515393181966393426" border="0" /></a>After the showers<br /></div>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-43902517398075537922010-09-03T09:11:00.000-07:002010-09-03T09:28:22.887-07:00Trip Photos: Tarpon Cay Lodge by Gary Kramer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvpBqiROSfVFJj9zbjpOkQlPfyd7QvLOT0XzBuUjysseCEoGlmOWz0Supq9gQb8orKWa2gS9YlnDhJ8Uh-2Vd8GJ78XesaeRf3-KkY76AAgbQEYfjzEOKcZ42XrkG7Z5gooha2Q7tXqc/s1600/TCL-Kramer-4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvpBqiROSfVFJj9zbjpOkQlPfyd7QvLOT0XzBuUjysseCEoGlmOWz0Supq9gQb8orKWa2gS9YlnDhJ8Uh-2Vd8GJ78XesaeRf3-KkY76AAgbQEYfjzEOKcZ42XrkG7Z5gooha2Q7tXqc/s400/TCL-Kramer-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512720926822936546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We are excited to have received a few photos from client, writer, and photographer <a href="http://garykramer.net/">Gary Kramer</a>. This is Gary and his friends' 3rd season fishing with us. Gary is a renowned outdoor writer/photographer that is continually published in almost every major outdoor sporting publication. Over that past couple of years, Gary has published articles about <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/TarponCayLodge.html">Tarpon Cay Lodge </a>in Fly Fishing in Saltwater titled "Yucatan Yearnings" (Jan/Feb. 2010 issue) and in Gray's Sporting Journal titled "Tarpon Reclinado" (April 2010). <br /><br />This past summer, Gary and his group returned to <a href="http://www.anglingonthefly.com/TarponCayLodge.html">Tarpon Cay Lodge</a> and had stellar fishing for baby Tarpon. They reported many shots at Tarpon each day and, once again, thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience. Thanks again Gary and friends! We look forward to your return visit next season... until then, Fish On!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG2ghLwcuFtRfDQSQjhrgVlXvW3XC62yiCUFJ5o-U3RxW96RH4qXH21dwmzW7BW_8RcXMeOcmUjrh7iTjXEDhCZ2tqQyx6CoyZqdI0x9LjEGsGWO2sMSwD_L9k0xhnXGwbB744s46ZLk/s1600/TCL-Kramer-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG2ghLwcuFtRfDQSQjhrgVlXvW3XC62yiCUFJ5o-U3RxW96RH4qXH21dwmzW7BW_8RcXMeOcmUjrh7iTjXEDhCZ2tqQyx6CoyZqdI0x9LjEGsGWO2sMSwD_L9k0xhnXGwbB744s46ZLk/s400/TCL-Kramer-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512720921209552210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKBno1AET77Q8sPRO5g_z5wqLnAdrGZS1uRPLmY2Bo39WdsP_ZE4VIKb4ZK6wqBrp6uKf7T3ZzIeNLVZBgHRu7Mtbf6wNu-T5O6ddkorP4Ia9P8QtedX6C_YR_zPBzPbj_RjrCoFtcDs/s1600/TCL-Kramer-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKBno1AET77Q8sPRO5g_z5wqLnAdrGZS1uRPLmY2Bo39WdsP_ZE4VIKb4ZK6wqBrp6uKf7T3ZzIeNLVZBgHRu7Mtbf6wNu-T5O6ddkorP4Ia9P8QtedX6C_YR_zPBzPbj_RjrCoFtcDs/s400/TCL-Kramer-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512720915469683090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78bPpEU0qpcn-CFBuitBQQs0Yn8MllkTmVRESKhUw76-KsjVI3wKJgCPdN9-BPsT-I7uu_c1xzaAyYJhQCOfzm5-xOASyetFlUMT7N62nvDA_PMMjq8-VBP5RZLdmNhScwQuWbnUtM4c/s1600/TCL-Kramer-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78bPpEU0qpcn-CFBuitBQQs0Yn8MllkTmVRESKhUw76-KsjVI3wKJgCPdN9-BPsT-I7uu_c1xzaAyYJhQCOfzm5-xOASyetFlUMT7N62nvDA_PMMjq8-VBP5RZLdmNhScwQuWbnUtM4c/s400/TCL-Kramer-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512720908531496370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKG452H9BuTDIBVfVAnnd7NdNAZLz1_ZNHQ0vXSv2y0Slr0b-oA6bg6_Tr5dOoaDmwMERLMTgZ2thuTBwJy3CoqzPZS7ue8SWDnS6XCxoIMLe14vX9vaJdmli-nTfkWWuDTNM4rjhJyA/s1600/TCL-Kramer-6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKG452H9BuTDIBVfVAnnd7NdNAZLz1_ZNHQ0vXSv2y0Slr0b-oA6bg6_Tr5dOoaDmwMERLMTgZ2thuTBwJy3CoqzPZS7ue8SWDnS6XCxoIMLe14vX9vaJdmli-nTfkWWuDTNM4rjhJyA/s400/TCL-Kramer-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512720905568213314" border="0" /></a>Keith Kanekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980097879874454902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063040144575735423.post-87579975804398382922010-08-27T21:54:00.000-07:002011-08-31T21:35:42.240-07:00Isla Blanca Report and Photos<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64f2uRlD2XBijOgwLGmFRU9Sl-pIjX-WhRfNH0oqUJTrfPrhvLeA3qJAZMmcTtLP32bBwd8V8V2oDf3i7opOZOrM5HHZc6NohoTrLnugJkLuUf5QkYg9PktkO2Xb5_ZnfzdriZkHy8rM/s1600/PawsUp.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64f2uRlD2XBijOgwLGmFRU9Sl-pIjX-WhRfNH0oqUJTrfPrhvLeA3qJAZMmcTtLP32bBwd8V8V2oDf3i7opOZOrM5HHZc6NohoTrLnugJkLuUf5QkYg9PktkO2Xb5_ZnfzdriZkHy8rM/s400/PawsUp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510319962663309074" border="0" /></a>Jim lands a nice Palometa at Isla Blanca...
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<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Hello Keith<span style=""></span><span style="">,</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">As usual we found lots of fish species to keep us busy. I guess the reason I’ve been going to Isla Blanca<span style=""> </span>so often is the fact that with four key fish species to hunt, one is bound to find something that wants to eat. Although it sometimes took some searching, each day we managed to find snook, tarpon, bonefish and/or permit. The snook and tarpon seemed to like both a very drab (brownish grey) seaducer or one with some root beer to burnt orange crystal chenille underbody. The bonefish and permit went for rag head crab patterns, some weighted some only lightly so depending on water depth. The wind, though not bad, kept us in the mangroves for a couple of days. The tarpon were around so no problem. On calmer days we chased bones and permit. As you know one of the neat things about the IB venue is that there are “options”.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">A brief note on tarpon: Ed and I had a period of missing hook-ups on tarpon. Sometimes the hook points were rolled but other times, try as we might, we could not get the hook set. We were both using twisted leaders initially but switched to a standard, single strand, leader and had fewer problems. Could be that our rods were too soft. Anyway a leader change solved the problem (or was it just us).</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Our guide took us to several spots that I had not fished before………always something new there. I’d not fished with Enrique on any prior trips. His 25 years of experience was evident …. As with the other guides I’ve used at IB Enrique really knows that area.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The accommodations at the Sea Adventures were fine. It appears that management has tightened things up a bit since last year. By-the-way, it seem that if one leaves a relatively modest tip at the Oysters restaurant they will invite you back on subsequent nights even without the one-time-only ticket. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Soooooo I guess we need to take a look at tides/moon phases for next year. I think Ed is also interested so will check with him.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Best Regards,</span></span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Jim</span></span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNN59dp9pU9QospkAPv0XuiXoAt61SuoPV4gytdkVuAtQ8d-PKjSQWwYL-h5Mi5ovW2ILlHzAXuXnt2AQAvCGUpJKAICBrFU7blfGU46Sz42Qfm-Gmwh_BA3zmmyLJ9DB3R8_bmgc7xk/s1600/IslaBlancaSnook.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNN59dp9pU9QospkAPv0XuiXoAt61SuoPV4gytdkVuAtQ8d-PKjSQWwYL-h5Mi5ovW2ILlHzAXuXnt2AQAvCGUpJKAICBrFU7blfGU46Sz42Qfm-Gmwh_BA3zmmyLJ9DB3R8_bmgc7xk/s400/IslaBlancaSnook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510319955387647778" border="0" /></a>Jim and his Snook landed in a shallow lagoon...
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