Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia

Type

Tent Camp

Fishing Style

Sightfishing and Wet Wading

Season

June through October

Rate

$$$

Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia
Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia
Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia
Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia
Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia
Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia
Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia
Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia

Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia

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Tsimane is undoubtedly the best golden dorado fishery on earth.

It is located within the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory & National Park, Bolivia, where the Amazon jungle meets the Andes mountains. The landscape is stunning and its rivers are run clear through the jungle and the mountains, with wading and sight-fishing opportunities that exceed most anglers’ imaginations. The surrounding jungle remains in an absolute virgin state and is one of the most sensual natural expressions of wilderness in the world.

The rivers are inhabited by the golden dorado and other sport fish from the Amazon basin, such as the pirapitinga or Amazon pacú and the yatorana (pound by pound, one of the strongest fresh-water species).

Each year a massive migration of golden dorados occurs which can only be compared to the annual runs of Pacific Salmon. Some experts equate it to the great migration of plains game on the African plains. The golden dorado migration follows the upstream movement of the sabalo, a baitfish that spawns in huge numbers in the Amazon basin.

Tsimane blends, like no other jungle destination, the best aspects of a fly fishing experience: sight casting, freestone wet wading, floating lines, majestic vistas, Amazon mountain rivers with clear, virgin waters, and wild big golden dorados everywhere.

Sécure lodge is situated in the Sécure river headwaters. Downstream you’ll fish the “Cachuelas” area, a line of rapids and rocks extended along 3km, which holds big dorados always. Upstream you explore the upper part of the Sécure River; always plenty of pacu and big dorados, with the chance of try the 2 tributaries of the area: Maniquisito and Ashahana.

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Species at Tsimane Secure Lodge, Bolivia

Golden Dorado
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Yatorana
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Pacu
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Based on the comforts of the main Sécure Lodge and the chance of doing headwaters out-camps, anglers have access to three different sectors: Río Sécure-high sector, Sécure River-medium sector, and the streams called Maniquicito and Ashahana. This broad variety of waters and pools allow groups to fish in fresh water every day, and rarely, if ever, repeat the same fishing beat. This is one of the main rivers of the TIPNIS and the most important tributary of the Isiboro River, Madeira River and the Amazon itself.

This river is born in the confluence of the Nutusama and Cascarrillas streams. Along its first sectors this river goes from north to south; moreover, between the Mosetenes Range and the Eva Eva Mountain Range; it is wedged among peaks that range from 900 to 2,000 meters above sea level. The river length is 497 km until it reaches the Isiboro River.

HIGH SÉCURE RIVER

This is the sector of the Sécure River that is found upstream from the Sécure Lodge. The river here is extremely beautiful with crystal clear water, wedged among mountains and allows anglers an extremely close and exciting contact with the jungle. The means of transportation are handmade Chiman wood dugout canoes (coambas) powered by pushing poles or engines.
After a few hours navigating upstream, one can encounter two small tributaries (The Ashahana and the Maniquisito). On the higher Sécure we find dorados of over 30 pounds, many of them residents. There are also a lot of pacus, moturos, surubis and yatoranas, which are excellent species for practicing different fishing techniques.

SÉCURE RIVER

The Sécure River runs from Sécure Lodge to the Ushwea Village. The fishing here is carried out by fishing downstream and the means of transportation is with dugout canoes, poled or engine powered. The middle section of the Sécure River is shallow and open, similar to the rivers further down on the in plain regions. Its clear waters gradually become colored due to tributaries that sweep sediments from the high plateau. More and more logs and fallen trees are found in the typical stone structure of the Sécure River. The logs, sunken trees and subsurface structure are the perfect ambush points for a large numbers of dorados.

The beats in this sector are more accessible. The river features a large variety of fishing situations. There are long runs, “flats” with sandy riverbanks, and fords with ditches and deep pools. Dorados are undoubtedly the kings in this sector of the river; however, very large pacues can be caught in the deep pools, where food brought by the current gets jammed.

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