Our group of 8 anglers flew to Manaus Brazil late August for a mix journey targeting Peacock Bass and Arapaima. The very first 7 days were invested in the Rio Marie fishing for Peacocks. The next 4 days/five nights would be invested in the Mamiraua Reserve at Pirarucu Lodge looking for 100+ pound Arapaima.
The Rio Marie River is home to a few of the biggest Peacock Bass on the planet, and when again, it did not dissatisfy. Utilizing 9wt rods with jungle clear pointer lines we fished the dropping river’s lagoons and creek mouths with 3-8 ″ long banners. The day-to-day program is quite easy, guides were offered day-to-day beats to guarantee you were fishing unmolested water. Anglers make precise casts from steady aluminum skiffs all day. The more times your fly remains in removed through cover and ambush zones the Peacock Bass lived in, the more success you had.
Some extraordinary fish were handled our week. Fish over 20lbs are thought about prizes and our group was fortunate sufficient to discover numerous.
Fly designs differed however 2/0 to 4/0 black and orange, and white and red flies that pressed water corresponded entertainers. Poppers in red and white were likewise reliable. This journey is not almost big wheel. Butterfly Peacock Bass are very numerous and can be captured in numbers. Prepared “Butterflies” are around 2-6lbs and are very difficult combating. No requirement to alter flies for the smaller sized fish, they easily demolish huge and little flies.
On the last night of our stay we had a great beach barbeque hosted by chef Leandro who has actually been with Untamed Fishing for more than ten years and his food was great all week.
After a float aircraft trip from our drifting lodging on Rio Marie to Tefe, Brazil we took a quick boat around one hour to the Mamiraua Reserve and Pirarucu Lodge. Pirarucu implies Arapaima in Portuguese. The Mamirauá Reserve is more than 1 million hectares, and was developed to protect Arapaima and their environment. The location is renowned for its great wildlife, with 427 types of mammals, 1,300 bird types, 378 types of reptiles, and more than 400 types of amphibians. Our cabins rested on drifting logs in a large area in the river. Caymans and Arapaima rolled, swam and sprinkled 24 hr a day. Monkeys might be heard in the range the majority of the time and many bird types flew and called all the time and the majority of the night. The location buzzed with life!
The water was incredibly high for September, our guides remained in week 3 of about a 14 week season. They had actually never ever seen the water this high! Pirarucu’s season begins in late August and surfaces in November. This timeframe is selected for low water! Which was not the case for our stay. Big masses of lawn drifted down the river, trees were immersed 5-6ft undersea and there was no noticeable river bank. Fishing was difficult however fulfilling. With the high water fish were not focused and had the ability to feed actually inside the jungle. You might see and hear these beasts rolling 50 backyards back in the jungle. Other types that are generally readily available to anglers such as Arawana and Tambaqui were likewise deep in the cover and we had no chance at those till the last day when the water had actually lastly dropped enough in a couple of areas that the fish chose to come out to some degree.
Arapaima fishing is made with 10-12wt rods and sinking lines, on our week truly quick sinking lines. Tippets vary from 60-120lbs, the very best lines were Sci Anglers Customized Cut Jungle sinking line and Sci Anglers clear Complete Intermediate sinking line. Flies were enormous 8/0 banners in range of colors, I do not believe pattern was essential, however hook quality certainly was. The fishing advised me of tarpon fishing in lots of aspects. Hooks sets, hook set success … strength of fish and how difficult you require to pull to land the fish. On our week, we had actually additional difficulties related to the high water. As soon as connected, almost all the fish would race for the trees, managing them early was crucial. Because there was no river bank readily available, we needed to raise fish into the boat to unhook, photo and launch them. Nobody was hurt however I can certainly see how a tail slap might be an issue with these very strong fish.
Fly fishing in the Amazon Basin is definitely unbelievable. Not just are the fish very amazing to capture however the location itself is truly something to witness. If you have an interest in reserving this journey or require recommendations on what to bring and what to anticipate please do not hesitate to get in touch with travel@caddisflyshop.com.
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