Faraway Fly Fishing

I recently had the privilege of hosting a trip to the upper Rio Parana for 6 days of golden dorado, pira pita and pacu fishing. The river was extremely high due to heavy rains in Brazil, but that didn’t seem to deter the dorado from displaying their characteristic acrobatics. Trying to capture jumps on camera [...]

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Here’s some photos kindly sent to us by Pinti in Repeski on the Rio Parana. Can’t wait to go back!

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Good news from Peto have arrived, fishing for dorado in the upper Parana is picking up, as it usually happens every year by the end of the winter. Check out this beast that one of Peto’s client has taken from the biggest river in Argentina.

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Speaking of Peto, he also has a great sense of humor, although his son might not this entirely humorous:

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Here’s a couple photos I wanted to share that our friend Peto sent me earlier this summer. The giant catfish is a highly-prized Surubi. Peto is a down to earth, die hard fly fishing guide, knows the Rio Parana like the back of his hand, and speaks more languages than I can count on one [...]

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This is absolutely Bad Ass: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhG4iEBaowE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theflyfishjournal.com%2Fnews%2F2009%2F08%2F26%2Freyes-del-rio&feature=player_embedded#t=140]

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Just an update. We’ve been in the Amazon rainforest of Bolivia a few weeks ago, scouting and checking the fishing conditions before our first season starts up in August. The Secure River is a pristine clear water stream, where the freshwater dorado lives in the Amazon basin. It’s a unique blend of this extremely powerful [...]

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After two days fishing at La Zona, I took a 10 hour bus ride to Corrientes, and then jumped into a taxi to reach a little town further north. There, I met two good friends who are expert guides in the Parana river, Peto and Mariano. Almost immediately after the arrival they showed me a photo [...]

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I was really looking forward to do this trip. My plan was to go to the lodge called La Zona in the city of Concordia to fish the last days of the season, and after that, travel north to fish the upper Parana River in Corrientes province. The weather was balmy and expert Dorado fisherman [...]

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[vimeo vimeo.com/3842867] By Tom McMurray

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