While my Alaska fishing trip is a still fresh I’m now deep in the planning stages for my Amazon Fishing Expedition in August. This post focuses more on the budget and how to pay for it. Points Strategy The plan was always to use points from American Express, Amazon and Bass Pro Shops as well…
When I started this blog, point A was always going to be for my Alaska trip of June 2022. Point B is for my Brazilian later this year to the Amazon. While I have been to Brazil many times over the last 30+ years (married to a Brazilian) I have never fished in Brazil, not…
While I’m still in my post-Alaska trip glow, my gears are grinding for next year’s trip to the Amazon, hosted by Amazon Angler. Even though it’s months out, and I will be with a small guided group this time and not solo, there is still a lot of planning and prep work to be done….
While 2023 will be full of adventures from the Amazon to the American Southwest, this post will focus on new waters to fish and new species to catch: New Waters In addition to fishing my home waters in Florida, here are the new areas I plan on fishing in 2023: New Fish To date I…
If 2022 was all about Alaska and chasing trophy rainbow trout and graylings with a side trip for halibut, then 2023 is all about Brazil and chasing trophy peacock bass as well as many other species of fish. The Amazon The Amazon rainforest stretches across 5.5 million square kilometers/2.5 million square miles – an area far more…
This is the third in a series (see posts East Berlin and Bulgaria). In 1993, my pregnant wife and I were Caught smuggling Kilim rugs and a tea set at border crossing between Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. We spent a day in Cuidad del Este in Paraguay and crossed the…
I have officially booked (for the third time in two years) an Amazon expedition for August 2023. The previous ones were canceled due to COVID and travel restrictions. My original plans were to explore and fish along the Rio Urubaxi a tributary to the mighty Rio Negro. Now I will be heading to the Rio…
How far is far? Depends on where and how you are traveling. Six hours in the car with screaming kids is far (trust me). Flying across the Atlantic in coach is far. Driving across country on a road trip with a great soundtrack is not far. Been there done that. The furthest point away from…
The Mata Atlântica road trip from Santos to Rio de Janeiro was my first expedition in South America, and with my now wife (then girl friend) did this trip in 1988. Mata Atlântica The Atlantic Forest stretches from northeast Brazil, south along the Brazilian Atlantic coastline and inland into northeast Argentina and eastern Paraguay.Although only…
Happy Birthday to me. Today I’m the big 6-0. Sixty. At 60 I do not plan on slowing down. I’m going to continue to travel, learn, do and experience life to the fullest. This blog is about present and future fishing and travel adventures that I will embark upon for at least the next three…
