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Untamed Angling to Give Away a Trip to Pirarucú to Celebrate “Gigas” — a New Film from The Fly Fishing Nation

January 24, 2019 by untamed No Comments

Untamed Angling to Give Away a Trip to Pirarucú to Celebrate “Gigas” — a New Film from The Fly Fishing Nation

The new film about fly fishing for arapaima is a selection for the International Fly Fishing Film Festival and RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival

MANAUS, Brazil (January 24, 2019) — Untamed Angling is pleased to announce the release of “Gigas,” a new film from The Fly Fishing Nation. “Gigas” features fly fishing at Pirarucú, an Untamed Angling lodge located in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve in Brazil.

An official selection for both the International Fly Fishing Film Festival and RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival, “Gigas” follows a group of anglers as they take on giant arapaima in the jungle wilderness of the Amazon. To celebrate the release of the film, Untamed Angling, The Fly Fishing Nation, and The Venturing Angler have teamed up to give away a trip to Pirarucú. The trip giveaway includes five days of guided fly fishing and six nights of accommodations for one at Pirarucú. (Flights and gratuities are not included.)

To enter for a chance to win, attend a screening of the film at the International Fly Fishing Film Festival or RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival, and then post a photo from the event on Instagram with the hashtag #untamedventuringnation and tag @pirarucuflyfish, @untamedangling, @theflyfishingnation, and @venturingangler. One entry per person will be accepted for each event attended, thereby allowing viewers multiple entries. The winner will be randomly selected after both film festivals have ended.

For Rodrigo Salles of Untamed Angling, the film release and trip giveaway are both opportunities to experience Pirarucú. “Untamed Angling is excited to give viewers a glimpse of what fly fishing for arapaima is all about through the film,” says Salles. “Stephan and the team at The Fly Fishing Nation did phenomenal work with this film, and we are excited to give a trip away to one lucky viewer.”

The International Fly Fishing Film Festival and RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival have numerous events in 2019. Dates and locations are listed on each festival website.

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Jungle Fly Fishing for Peacock Bass at Rio Marié with Catch Magazine

November 9, 2018 by untamed No Comments

As we well know, Rio Marié is the placeto fly fish for giant peacock bass. Todd Moen and Brian O’Keefe from Catch Magazine traveled to the Rio Negro Basin last year to experience this destination for themselves. While fishing these waters, they came to fall in love with Rio Marié, and they’ve highlighted their experience with content in Catch Magazine and their film “Rio de Gigantes.” Now their footage is available online.

Click HERE to see more from Catch Magazine.

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Fly Fishing for Dorado in Bolivia in TSIMANE 3X – Season Two

September 26, 2018 by untamed No Comments

The jungle fly fishing experience at Tsimane in Bolivia is one unlike any other. Giant dorado inhabit these waters and reveal to their prey, and sometimes even anglers, who’s in charge. These fish are ready to attack flies, test gear, and reward anglers handsomely for their efforts when it all comes together. Maddie Brenneman made a trip to Tsimane this season and found this all out for herself. And what an experience it was!

Click HERE to learn more about fly fishing for dorado at Tsimane.

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A New Season at Kendjam — Scouting Week 2018

July 26, 2018 by untamed No Comments

The Untamed Angling team always looks forward to the opening week at Kendjam, and one of the most exciting aspects is having an untouched Iriri River to explore and scout for ourselves. Talk about a great opportunity to fly fish these world class waters!

The week started with a nice meeting with all Kayapo of Kendjam. We introduced our staff and new guides and had a great integration meeting at the warriors house. All of the members of the Kendjam village and the UA staff were – excited to launch the new season, and the energy of the young Kayapo guides and the new guides were the highlight of the event!

We are pleased to have an impressive guide team this season:

  • Guilherme Manzione, our head guide, is a Brazilian guide trained and formed by Untamed Angling. He’s been part of the team since our very first exploratory season at Kendjam.
  • Augusto Tosso is an Argentinean guide who has guided at Tsimane Lodge.
  • Lucas de Zan is an Argentinean guide who guides for dorado and wolfish on the Entre Rios and is also passionate about the jungle and photography.
  • Andre Vergara, our trainee guide, is a Brazilian who is the president of Brazilian Fly Fishing Association.
  • We also have the Kayapo guide teams set in a rotation to involve more people from the village.

With everything in order, we finally got our feet wet on the water and started scouting things out.

As always during this part of the season, the Iriri River was very clear and had excellent water levels, flowing at a good pace day by day. The condition of the water was perfect for floating wider river runs and wading in small river branches where fish hunt and hide.

This is one of our favorite times of the year for topwater action for bicuda, matrincha, and peacock bass. Jungle fish are always really hungry at the beginning of the season. Just imagine: They spent the wet season with a lot of water inside the jungle, thereby allowing shelter and protection for their prey. This makes feeding much more difficult. So when the water finally comes down, it’s hunting time for all predator species, and they really become aggressive.

We started training our new pro guides in all sections of the river (1 to 4) and showed them the wide range of fishing possibilities on the all river sections. This included the variety of jungle species possible on the fly and techniques for each specie and each water type.

The key in the training for the guides is to crack the code of fish behavior and discover their feeding, resting, and protection zones. Of course, this is all different depending on fish species, type of water (runs, pools, riffles, flats), and water level. Mastering these complexities is the key for determining and executing a successful fishing strategy each day.

While scouting, we were blessed with some amazing feeding frenzies of peacock bass in rock structures. Then we saw fish feeding on the surface, and these were the big matrincha. Always fun!

The highlight of opening week was the large schools of nice-sized fish in perfect water conditions. This allowed us to catch them with dry flies and poppers — a delight on a 5-6 weight rod. These fish were hungry and strong, and they averaged between 4 to 6 pounds.

Later we found where the wolfish were sheltering themselves. At the beginning of the season, these fish are generally not as discoverable as abundantly as they are later in the season. However, we found some fish in perfect shallow and crystal clear, small jungle tributaries. And finding schools of wolfish is like finding hungry wolves — you can expect them to attack your fly. No question.

Fishing with dry flies for pacu gave us one of the best gifts of the week. We also got some crazy topwater action with the torpedoes of the jungle — the bicuda. These fish hit all kinds of topwater flies, but the best was getting them to come to the surface to check out Chernobyl flies and seeing them hit in shallow water right in front of us. We normally catch these fish at the top of a run before the whitewater, but in this case, we had a different experience. They attacked the flies, and once hooked, they headed downstream at light speeds to the whitewater, jumping repeatedly the whole time. We ran after these fish as they headed downstream, jumping over  rocks – and a few times, we hit our shins and knees on them. Eventually we ended up with the trophy in our hands. We consider these fish torpedoes for good reason!

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Rio Marié Featured in Fly Fisherman Magazine

June 16, 2018 by untamed No Comments

Ph: Bryan Hesterman

Ross Purnell visited Rio Marié last year and took on the giant peacock bass of Brazil while also learning about the tradition of fly/lure fishing in the Amazon. His visit led to a feature in Fly Fisherman Magazine as well as a cover story in the popular magazine.

Click HERE to see the article from Ross Purnell and Fly Fisherman.

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“Jungle Angler” Now Available on Amazon

June 15, 2018 by untamed No Comments

Last year, anglers got a peek into the fly fishing experience at Tsimane through the film “Jungle Angler” from Capt. Jack Productions and Off the Grid Studios. The film traveled on the Fly Fishing Film Tour and showed more than 100 audiences what fly fishing for dorado in Bolivia is all about. Now “Jungle Angler” is available on Amazon.com (and free for Prime members).

Click HERE to watch “Jungle Angler.”

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Rio Marié Makes the Cover of Pesca Sportiva

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It has been a great year for cover stories for Untamed Angling, and we have now made the cover of another magazine. Fishing for peacock bass at Rio Marié is the cover story for the new issue of Pesca Sportiva magazine. We couldn’t be happier about all of the coverage of our destinations.

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Kendjam Featured in the New Issue of Catch Magazine

June 14, 2018 by untamed No Comments

We are pleased to announce that Untamed Angling has been featured again in the new issue of Catch Magazine. In the new issue just released, our very own Rafael Costa has a feature article on fly fishing at Kendjam. Well done, Rafael!

Click HERE to check out the new issue of Catch Magazine.

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Catch Magazine Releases Trailer for Pirarucú

March 21, 2018 by untamed No Comments

We are pleased to announce the release of a trailer for Pirarucú — a new film from Todd Moen and Catch Magazine. The trailer accompanies a new story about Pirarucú and fly fishing for arapaima in the newest issue of Catch Magazine. The trailer looks exciting, and we already can’t wait to see the full film!

Click HERE to check out the new issue of Catch Magazine.

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Pirarucú Featured in Catch Magazine

March 11, 2018 by untamed No Comments
We are thrilled to be featured in an article in the new issue of Catch Magazine!

Todd Moen and Brian O’Keefe visited Pirarucú last season, and a feature article about their trip is now available to read online. This is the second recent issue of Catch Magazine that has featured an Untamed Angling destination, including a cover story in the last issue.

Click HERE to check out the new issue of Catch Magazine.
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