Last year we welcomed Stephan Dombaj and the crew from The Fly Fishing Nation to Pirarucu for a memorable week of fly fishing for arapaima. They were joined by Ben Furminsky and Matt Harris, and the trip was documented in the film “Gigas.” The film is now live online for viewers to enjoy in its entirety.
CLICK HERE to watch the full film.
The Financial Times asks in a new article: “Can tourism offer a lifeline for one remote community?” The answer is yes. A big thank you to author Ruaridh Nicoll for his article on Kendjam and how fishing tourism has the power to protect communities and ecosystems from a wide range of threats.
To read the article in the Financial Times, CLICK HERE.
SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, Bolivia (July 18, 2019) — Untamed Angling is pleased to announce the expansion of their operations into Cuba with El Faro Lodge.
Well-known for their lodges in Bolivia and Brazil, as well as their commitment to finding remote and pristine fly fishing destinations that offer world-class experiences unlike any other, Untamed Angling is excited to share Western Cuba with the angling world.
Backcountry flats, coral reefs, and expansive bluewater make these remote waters especially attractive for fly fishing and conventional angling. The Guanahacabibes Peninsula and its national park and biosphere reserve have been preserved for 40 years and offer world-class fishing for many flats and offshore species. The region is not only still wild and without fishing pressure, but it is also home to a unique mix of beaches, channels, mangroves, flats, and bluewater, thereby allowing anglers to take on different waters and experiences each day. El Faro Lodge will be the first and only beachfront fishing lodge in Cuba and will offer the first-class service and luxuries that Untamed Angling destinations are known for.
“We are very excited about this new destination in Cuba,” states Marcelo Pérez, CEO and founder of Untamed Angling. “This wild, beautiful, and huge national park and biosphere reserve offer anglers a wide variety of species and many diverse environments. This will be a new challenge and adventure that we are pleased to share with fellow anglers.”
As is with all of their destinations, Untamed Angling is deeply committed to protecting the ecosystem and preserving a way of life for the local community through sustainable fly fishing tourism. With their partners in Cuba, including the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and Eckerd College, andCuban institutions, including CIM-UH, Guanahacabibes National Park, and the Center for Marine Research at the University of Havana (CIM-UH), Untamed Angling is actively supporting research programs and biological data collection to further understand the fishery and ecosystems.
El Faro Lodge will welcome its first clients for an exploratory season in May 2020.
About Untamed Angling:
Founded in 2001 by Marcelo Pérez, Untamed Angling takes a unique approach to destination fly fishing by combining fly fishing in exclusive areas with a significant social benefit to local populations and the preservation of natural resources.This model project allows Untamed Angling to explore the best areas for fishing while supporting local communities, cultures, and ecosystems. For more information about Untamed Angling, please visit their website. Also, learn more about El Faro Lodge on their website and on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
A new issue of In The Loop Fly Fishing Magazine is now live online, and we are pleased to see that Tsimane is featured on the cover. Stephan Dombaj and Paulo Hoffmann from The Fly Fishing Nation joined us last year for a memorable trip, and many of their phenomenal photographs grace the pages of the new issue of this European digital magazine.
Click HERE to check out the article.
We are grateful and honored to have Tsimane recognized by MR PORTER as one of “Five Of The World’s Wildest Fishing Trips.” We agree — the jungle waters of Tsimane offer extraordinary wilderness fly fishing opportunities unlike anything else out there.
Click HERE to check out the article.
There are unique fishing destinations in the world – wild locations where getting there is half the adventure and one can experience life-changing angling experiences.
At Untamed Angling we dream about these waters, and pursue the most remote and difficult-to-operate angling destinations in the world, undeterred by the distances, difficulties, obstacles, and the naysayers. We are wholly driven by legends, myths, and the spirit of adventure.
It’s the unknown that drives us each and every day in creating and developing the most exotic, remote and spectacular angling odysseys that have ever been made available to the fly fishing industry.
It’s the soul of our being:
venturing deep into nature.
