Trip Reports
Brazil 2025 Trip Report - Part 1
Ah the Amazon! One of my favourite places on earth. I have been exceedingly lucky to be there three times since Janua...
Brazil 2025 trip report - Part 2
I have done the Manaus city tour 5 times. I think it's an integral part of a trip to Manaus and a great introduction ...
Brazil 2025 Trip Report - Part 3
Sunday morning we have a 6 am meet up for the two-hour charter float plane flight into the camp on the Xeriuini. With...
2024 Argentina with SET Fly Fishing - Part 1
We’ve had time to digest our South American travels from the past couple months and are ready to share our trip repor...
2024 Argentina with SET Fly Fishing - Part 2
After lunch we headed to the southern area of the marsh, El Disparo, to switch locations for night two. It’s about an...
2024 Argentina Exploratory Trout Time Part 3
After a week of Dorado fishing we returned to Buenos Aires on Saturday, December 7th. We had most of the day in B.A. ...
Brazil 2024 Trip Report - Part 1
February 2024 - We are just back from the Amazon jungle of NW Brazil and one of the best fishing trips I’ve been on!
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Brazil 2024 Trip Report - Part 2
Nancy and I fished together on arrival day (Sunday afternoon.) I was hoping this peacock Bass experience would be wha...
Brazil 2024 Trip Report - Part 3
The Xeriuini was very low and many times we had to be out of the boat to help push it over beautiful sand to the next...
Speed Bumps and Black-Tailed Devils by John Retallack
In 2019 and 2020, I booked trips with Fish Tales to Cuba (Zapata Peninsula) and Mexico (Yucatan, Punta Allen) after d...
Part One Trip Report "The X-Flats" - Xcalak, Mexico - May 28-June 4, 2022
On Friday, May 27th five keen anglers started the journey for Fish Tales’ final 2022 spring season flats trip with a ...
Part Two Trip Report "The X-Flats" - Xcalak, Mexico May 28-June 4, 2022
Day 4-6 Holy Crap there are Fish!
As we headed out to calm conditions we were in for a real look at what Xcalak had t...