A Remote Beginning Our journey started with a 6 AM departure from Salt Lake City. From there, we connected through Detroit and Miami before boarding the overnight flight to Santa Cruz. Although the travel was long, the excitement kept spirits high. The following day, anticipation turned to awe as we […]
Amazon Fly Fishing
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After returning from our first Fishwest-hosted trip to Bolivia, one thing became clear—when it comes to flies for golden dorado, what you pack matters. While we brought a variety of patterns, the jungle quickly taught us what was effective and what got ignored. The guides at the lodge have dialed […]
Peacock bass are not actually bass, but rather, they are cichlids. Related to African cichlids, peacock bass share a family tree with these African species that evolved alongside their ancestors on the super-continent of Gondwanaland before it began to break apart about 150 million years ago. Although they appear similar […]
If you look in to the Latin and Greek roots of fish scientific names, you’ll find some pretty cool examples. However, perhaps none paint a more apt description of their species than Hydrolycus armatus. The Armored Water Wolf. The Payara. The largest, meanest, most imposing member of a fish grouping […]