We helped introduce this new sport to our Rio Negro stretch some 10 years ago in an effort to change the predatory fishing mentality to practice a sport where you become one with nature and do not hurt the fish.

Fly-fishing requires a specific fly-fishing guide - that is why this service is at an extra cost, and needs to be organized well in advance of your arrival at our lodge.

Our stretch of the Rio Negro is the only place in the state where a catch and release legislation is in force and respected by all living on the river and visitors. No one is allowed to take fish home unless they are local residents of the River for own consumption. This makes it less attractive for outsiders to venture to our River stretch and fish. Generally people that work and live here prefer to eat cattle meat and only sporadically introduce fish to their diets.

		We fish with barb less hooks and only keep the occasional fish for own consumption and then only those that are of acceptable size. Since the stretch of the Rio Negro that our lodge is situated on transits through marsh land before it reaches us and then after some miles goes back into the same marsh, outsiders have difficulty accessing the area thus protecting our swimming friends so they can reproduce, and their offsprings can replenish the waters of the Parana-Paraguay river basin, kind of like a nursery. We take our fishing behavior very seriously and ensure that when fishing we do not disrupt this delicate eco-system. The area has such a geological diversity and fish are abundant.

One can fish on the river as well as its oxbows, the many different type of lakes and the flooded fields which become lush and transparent from April to August as fish roam the plains for food and reproduction.

We have acquired some experience over the years on which flies attract which fish and we have developed some interesting looking flies. These incorporate both the color and shapes of some of the amazing looking tropical creatures and seem appetizing to our swimming friends, including the spectating Caymans that sometimes want to join in the game.

We also take the occasional piranha to prepare it for what we feel is the best sweet water "sashimi". Amazingly good!

For further information on fishing quality at our lodge you can contact our friends of Latin American Fishing Co. (http://www.latinamericanfishing.com)  whom we consider the top of the market when it comes to unique fishing advantures.