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The bow of a boat on flat water at first light

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Field notes

What the river is doing, what we are seeing, and what to bring. Field notes from an Amazon fishing and birding operation.

The river in the dry season, sandbanks showing, from the air

Roosevelt · Fishing

When to fish the Roosevelt: a month‑by‑month guide

There is no closed season on this river. There is a water level, and it decides everything: which species move, where the boats go, and whether you are casting at a flooded forest or a sandbank. Twelve months, one at a time.

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The charter aircraft on the strip, river behind it

Both rivers

Getting to the middle of the Amazon

The flight out of Manaus, what it costs you in time, and the short list of things that are genuinely worth packing.

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A scarlet macaw in the canopy

Roosevelt · Birding

330 species and counting: the Roosevelt bird list

The full list, trail by trail, with the ones we see every week and the ones that made a season. We are writing it down properly before we publish it.

In preparation

/ Four expeditions

Every note here belongs to one of four weeks.

Rapids running between boulders on the Roosevelt

Roosevelt River

Fishing

Giant catfish in high water, peacock bass in the dry. The main river, and the one with the name.

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A blue-and-yellow macaw at close range

Roosevelt River

Birding

330+ recorded species and 14 miles of cataloged trail, three minutes from your cabin.

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Boats lined up on the sand at the start of the day

Guariba River

Fishing

Eight anglers a week on a river with almost no fishing pressure. Multi‑species, catch and release.

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A scarlet macaw in the canopy

Guariba River

Birding

Rapids, igarapés and closed canopy, worked from a boat as much as on foot.

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A rocky stretch at low water, with a boat moored and gear carried over the boulders

Reading about it is the easy part.

Tell us when you can travel and we will tell you what both rivers are doing that week.

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