Devan S. Posted January 8 Posted January 8 This is so cool. I'd really like to do a jungle golden dorado on the fly. One of these days..... Johnsfolly, dpitt and Ham 3
Ham Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 I got up at 0346 on 1/8. It’s 0346 (Local) on 1/9 and I’m about to sack out. Dang Long Day of travel. dpitt, Terrierman and nomolites 3 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Ham Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 So, you are strongly recommended to plan an extra day in for travel contingencies. The plane to the lodge makes one flight in for guests a week. It would be soul crushing to miss the trip because of a missed connection or a cancelled flight. we are doing a group tour in Manaus today and a group dinner tonight. I’m trying a local soda that I was told had plenty of caffeine Johnsfolly, Flysmallie, dpitt and 2 others 5 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
gotmuddy Posted January 9 Posted January 9 40 minutes ago, Ham said: So, you are strongly recommended to plan an extra day in for travel contingencies. The plane to the lodge makes one flight in for guests a week. It would be soul crushing to miss the trip because of a missed connection or a cancelled flight. we are doing a group tour in Manaus today and a group dinner tonight. I’m trying a local soda that I was told had plenty of caffeine looks legit. ***edit*** quick google search says 30mg per can so not bad. Ham and Johnsfolly 1 1 everything in this post is purely opinion and is said to annoy you.
Ham Posted January 10 Author Posted January 10 Today was our group tour of Manaus. I am not sure what I expected, but it was pretty Great. started out with the Opera House Teatro Amazonia. It was built by the Big Players during the runner boon years. They had so much money they could afford to bring in all the materials and artisans to create a baroque style opera house on the shores of the Rio Negro. It has been through restoration and renovation after decades of neglect following the rubber crash. It is heavily used now, but this is the off season. Them to the Big fish market. we stayed almost long enough for me to go nose blind. I was amazed by a guy eating his lunch on top of some “fresh” fish. the to the old market. An open air bazar originally started by some Englishmen. We didn’t have enough time and I got overwhelmed by all the stuff.then we hopped in a pretty good sized aluminum deep V with a 140 hp outboard and headed up the Rio Negro. We went up a tributary and pulled on some Arapaima at a fish farm with natural baits tied onto a cord. They are monsters. we went to a buffet style lunch on a floating structure. Buffets are fun when you don’t know what anything is. then we walked on an elevated walkway into the jungle and were accosted by monkeys. the little guys hit pretty agitated over bananas. We also saw some Howler Monkeys. back to the boat to see the joining of the waters which in some circles is the “true” beginning of the Amazon River. IMG_2732.mov Along the way we saw a boat loaded up with people headed up the tributary. These trips can take over a week. And sometimes the boat waits days to get enough people to make it worthwhile. Everybody sleeps in hammocks. The shorter trips only take 36 hours or so. Pretty neat to see other people carving out their lives so differently. Johnsfolly, BilletHead, dpitt and 7 others 10 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
BilletHead Posted January 10 Posted January 10 What an adventure! Ham, Quillback and Terrierman 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
netboy Posted January 10 Posted January 10 Be sure to try Feijoada, the national dish of Brazil, while you are down there. It is a pork stew with black beans, sausage, bacon, onions and served over rice. It was the traditional Sunday meal at many local restaurants when I worked in Rio. grizwilson, Johnsfolly, FishnDave and 3 others 6
Ham Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 Day 1 of fishing finally arrived! Not a moment too soon. The planes are both new. The group is split into 7 on each plane. This was the other group that landed a minute or two behind us. The Lodge and the bungelows are sooooo nice. as soon as I could, I beat feet down to the boat dock and caught my first couple fish of the trip. I caught a red tailed tetra and the joker hit out of my hand before I got a pic. second fish was a pacu. I’ll try at some point to get a hard ID. I headed back and got ready to go out in the boat. I brought the 3/6/8. All three did some heavy lifting. we started our day in a lagoon and the trip was amazing. All the fish running by the boat was killing me. A lot of good pics of my fish were taken by my partner and I don’t have access to them yet. This was a dog fish I caught. This is one of the two species of jucunda here. I caught two of them but only ended up with one pic? I need to do better. This is a Pink Tailed Chalcues. A fun little guy that pulled hard. Golden Pacu. Off the boat dock at the end of the day. Lobed Fin Piranha. I caught two! I got a Bicuda! I think there are a couple of species here. I will have to add another post in when I have the rest of the pics later. i got 51 fish to hand and had 11 species today. I said I would be disappointed with less than 10. No worries on that. let’s see if I can get to 15. For those scoring at home, I lost/ had destroyed 5 flys today. It is interesting as I change flys how poorly some of them work and well some just aren’t beefy enough. Thats it for today. I’m wiped out. I did get Butterfly and Spotted Peacock today. The Spotted turn into the mean ole 3 striped BIG peacocks as they mature. I also got a Leporonius species. A pic was taken, I just don’t have it yet. Terrierman, FishnDave, Flysmallie and 7 others 10 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
BilletHead Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Whoop whoop! Ham 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Johnsfolly Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Great job Ham! Congrats on your first days success. Very productive in terms of numbers and species. Can't wait to see what you catch tomorrow 😉😁 Ham 1
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