Secure Lodge Fishing Report
July 19-26, 2019
We welcomed two American and four Canadian guests this week. One of these guests was Fly Fisherman Magazine Editor Ross Purnell, who landed a marvelous 20-pound dorado in the middle section of the river. This section of the river is where the Sécure has great structure with roots and fallen logs, and where dorado often like to ambush sábalo and other minnows.
Our fifth week began with consistent and warm weather conditions before we encountered some clouds and rain the last two days of the week. Everyone got shots at medium- and large-sized fish, with a 24-pound dorado and a 20-pound pacú as the biggest fish landed during the week.
As always, more rain means “more life,” with new runs of fish coming into the system and renewing and increasing the populations. This makes for great fishing and what should be an exciting week ahead.
Agua Negra Fishing Report
July 20-27, 2019
The fourth week of the season gave us the chance to meet five really good anglers from Idaho — Amanda, James, George, Bill, and Blake (the host) — who have spent most of their lives chasing fish all over the world.
The fishing and weather conditions were the best at the beginning of the week, which gave us the chance to enjoy the Secure River, the Chimoro and the Agua Negra at their best. Amanda and Blake hiked the Agua Negra, and they got really good results. They saw many feeding frenzies, landed some really good pacu, and sight fished for huge dorado.
The main part of the Secure was really fun as well, as it was loaded with a lot of fish of all sizes. Bill, George, and Jim had really good fishing, and by the end of the week we landed more than 60 fish around 10 pounds, three fish over 20 pounds, a huge pacu, and many, many small fish.
The biggest fish of the week was caught by Amanda on the Upper Agua Negra, and it was a 22-pound dorado.
Pluma Fishing Report
July 20-27, 2019
This week we had six anglers from the U.S., including Steve and his son Houston from Texas, Will, Adam, and Andy (all from Texas as well), and former guide Jeremy from Colorado.
Weather conditions were good the first half of the week, with chilly mornings and warm afternoons. On Wednesday night rain brought in high water levels and much colder temperatures. This slowed the fishing down until the sun showed up and the water lowered.
The upper sections of the river were technical as always, but Adam got his trophy after he sight casted to and landed a nice 15-pound fish. On the Lower Secure, Will landed his first fish on the fly using a mouse pattern!
There were some good feeding frenzies, and the fish were aggressive after the rains. The biggest fish of the week was landed by Houston on the Main Pluma on the last day.
Even with the tough weather conditions, the river is showing a healthy population of fish and giving us plenty of opportunities every day.
