Sécure
When Cold Water Doesn’t Matter
Conventional wisdom suggests cold water slows dorado down. This week, Sécure proved otherwise.
Despite cool air temperatures and cold water throughout the week, anglers witnessed extraordinary feeding activity across the watershed, with dorado of every size hunting continuously in shallow water. Combined with excellent river levels and improving clarity, conditions produced one of the most visually exciting weeks of the young season, with great sight-fishing opportunities.
Sécure welcomed three first-time visitors this week: two from the United States (Joe and Chris) and one from Argentina (“Tuqui”). Together they experienced one of the Amazon’s greatest spectacles: watching wild dorado hunt in water barely deep enough to cover their backs.
3 Joe Halley & Chris Fleck (United States); Carlos “Tuqui” Viscarro (Argentina).
Cool temperatures throughout, with overcast skies, cold nights, and a brief midweek rain that had no impact on the fishing.
River levels remained excellent.
The week began with slightly stained water, creating ideal conditions for careful approaches, before visibility continued improving.
A remarkable aspect was the extraordinary feeding activity despite the low water temperature, with dorado hunting aggressively throughout both the upper and lower sections of the river.
Catch of the Week
The Yellow Offering
Moving quietly well away from the shoreline before making a careful approach, Carlos “Tuqui” Viscarro delivered what guides affectionately call a yellow offering. His fly landed in the middle of complete chaos.
Several large dorado were tearing apart migrating sábalo in barely six inches (15 cm) of water — completely shallow — their backs breaking the surface as they attacked only a few feet from shore. Moments later, a magnificent 16-pound dorado inhaled the fly.
It was the kind of visual encounter that defines Tsimane’s wild Amazon fly fishing.
Memorable Moments
Predators at Work
During one unforgettable encounter, guide and angler stopped fishing altogether.
Instead, they reached for their phones.
Two dorado fought violently over the very same sábalo, behaving more like a pair of wild attack dogs than fish.
It was one of those rare moments that perfectly explains why golden dorado rank among the most exciting species in the world to pursue with a fly rod.
One Feeding Frenzy, Three Dorado
In another remarkable hunting sequence, three dorado weighing 5, 9 and 14 pounds were landed from the exact same location.
The feeding activity lasted unusually long, allowing anglers to witness — and fish through — one extended frenzy after another as migrating baitfish kept pouring through the shallows.
Looking Ahead
If river levels remain stable and temperatures begin to rise, the healthy fish population currently holding throughout the system should keep providing outstanding sight-fishing opportunities across every section of the Sécure.
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