Agua Negra Fishing Report
July 6-13, 2019
The third week of the season gave us the chance to meet five really good anglers who have spent many, many years chasing fish around the world.
Chris, Doug, Dennis, Jeff, and Dax are really good anglers and great people who shared an amazing week of hiking and fishing in this amazing jungle.
The weather was good for the whole week, with high temperatures during the day and cool nights. The levels of the main river were higher than normal, and the color of the water got better by the end of the week. For this reason, we hiked and spent most of our fishing days in the mountain tributaries.
There was a huge number of big yatorana and a lot of medium-sized dorado. We also caught some monster dorado in smaller water, which made for a great experience.
The Chimoro and the Agua Negra had many feeding frenzies, and we caught a lot of fish on the surface.
During the week we landed three fish over 20 pounds, many yatorana, and medium-sized dorado on the surface. A highlight was a 25-dorado caught by Chris on the crystal clear Chimoro.
Secure Lodge Fishing Report
July 5-12, 2019
The third week started with a southern storm, making the fish less active due to the cold water. The anglers who joined us included four Americans — Steffan and Wilder (who tied more than 300 flies for the whole crew), Kipp and Hakoon (father and son), and two Argentinian friends Omar and Eduardo.
For the first two days, everyone worked hard to find the dorado. Ultimately they did, catching some fish in the lower section.
The anglers took the opportunity to make camp upstream and chase nice dorado and pacu. By mid-week the water started to warm up, and the fishing showed us once again that Secure River always produces.
The rain from the previous week increased the levels of both creeks, the Ashahana and Maniquicito, which led fresh dorado into these waters. It’s always great to cast flies to new fish in the creeks.
Pluma Lodge Fishing Report
July 6-13, 2019
This week we had five American anglers and one angler from Spain. Luis, a guide and fly shop owner from Madrid, was joined by his American guests Michael and George, who were on their first trip with us. Matthew, Jeff, and Winola were also from the U.S.
Weather and water conditions were perfect all week, and much of the water was gin clear. Five fish over 20 pounds were landed, along with many smaller fish. And not one but two surubi (striped catfish) were landed by George and Michael in a double hookup after sight fishing for these incredible fish.
The upper sections were showing unbelievably clear water, so longer and lighter leaders were mandatory. Both Matthew and Luis got the chance to sight cast and land two beautiful 18- to 20-pound fish on the Upper Itirizama.
Jeff landed his biggest fish on the Secure on day three — a fish that exceed the 20-pound mark.
The main Pluma is showing a healthy population of 8 to 10 pounders, which makes for lots of fun with smaller flies and terrestrials. We also had a great time with the surubi.
