#Black hills gold series#

The 20-pounder transformed the pool into a blender with its airborne displays, protesting my hookset violently as it contorted skyward time after time. Two false casts and I delivered the eight-inch red and yellow fly in front of the fishвЂ™s nose, stripped twice, and the dorado grabbed the streamer and went airborne in the same instant. Wooden boats built by indigenous people who partake in TsimaneвЂ™s guiding efforts are used to. As we waded into the knee-deep water, Tettenborn spotted a dorado holding on the edge of the shadowed water.

Later in the afternoon, however, we emerged into a pool half shaded by house-high boulders and a couple of tentacled almendrillo trees. While we were able to spot a few fish before casting, for the most part we spent much of the day blind casting in riffles and pockets of water where Tettenborn knew fish liked to hold. If youвЂ™re thinking of making the trip to Pluma, commit to getting in shape and youвЂ™ll not only improve your chances of landing more fish, but youвЂ™ll also have a far more enjoyable adventure. The demands of hiking several stretches of the river for long distances, moreover, requires a level of fitness on a par with a day of fishing on a mountain trout stream. After a few casts, it becomes clear that this is not a destination for a beginning fly angler, for the need to make 60-to-80-foot casts isnвЂ™t uncommon. Our beat is a gin-clear creek framed by giant boulders, steep hills, and the occasional waterfall. The first morning I head far upriver with Agustin Tettenborn, a 23-year-old Argentinean guide who is in his second season at the lodge. TsimaneвЂ™s Pluma Lodge is a sprawling and well appointed destination for anglers in the heart of. By October, the baitfish begin moving back downstream and, with that, the dorado season ends. As the sabalo migrate up the river beginning in late May, the dorado follow them, never straying too far from their favorite food source.

#Black hills gold series#

The river winds below the lodge and consists of a series of shallow flats, riffles, and the occasional deep pool. The sprawling lodge consists of a series of well-appointed private rooms with hot showers and comfortable beds. I joined a group of anglers from Colorado and South Carolina as we began six days of fishing at TsimaneвЂ™s Pluma Lodge. For Marcelo Perez, a 50-something Argentinean architect turned fishing lodge developer, the pristine waters of the 2.4-million-acre Isiboro Secure National Park was the ideal place to construct a series of destinations for his Tsimane Lodges, a series of premium destinations catering to anglers from across the globe-most of whom arrive from America. Of all the places to find golden dorado, few rival the wilds of Bolivia for its abundance of the fish as well as their outsized dimensions. golden dorado for which BoliviaвЂ™s Pluma Lodge has become famous Courtesy of Brad Coors Colorado anglers Will and Brad Coors have plenty of reason to smile after landing one of the hefty.