点评:I just finished a week on Nomadic Waters' new yacht, the "Amazonian Bass Explorer," a luxurious mothership. The food was restaurant quality, a close second place out of over 50 destination fishing expeditions undertaken over the last forty years. Michael and Kristi Williams have assembled a great team, from guides to housekeeping staff and everyone in between. Their operations reflect a strong customer focus and best-in-class attention to detail. (Check out Nomadic Waters' website for an example: it's the best peacock bass fly fishing resource online. )
The fishing takes place over an area of roughly eighty miles by five miles, with the RioNegro fishing more like a swampy matrix of innumerable lagunas, sloughs and feeders than as a river per se. Our group probably averaged 15-20 peacocks landed per fly angler per day. The average size of the fish was smaller than I've experienced on other peacock rivers: the fish were skinnier than usual. I suspect this is a cyclical issue relating to prey abundance. Every day, a few anglers landed 10lb+ azu (temensis or three-bar peacocks), so there are brutes about. Our fishing also suffered from late dry season water levels that started out ten feet above normal for this time of year. I'm confident that the fishing experience in an average year would be even better.
While you will see other liveaboard operators, waters are so vast that we didn't feel crowded. A full bar, cocktail deck, Starlink satellite service and large screen TV were the icing on the cake.
翻译:我刚刚结束了在 Nomadic Waters 新游艇“亚马逊鲈鱼探险家号”(Amazonian Bass Explorer)上的一周行程,这是一艘豪华母船。船上的食物堪比餐厅水准,在我过去四十年参加过的五十多次目的地垂钓之旅中,这艘船的体验仅次于餐厅。Michael 和 Kristi Williams 组建了一支优秀的团队,从向导到客房服务人员,所有工作人员都尽职尽责。他们的运营体现了以客户为中心的理念和对细节的极致关注。(不妨看看 Nomadic Waters 的网站:它是网上最好的孔雀鲈飞钓资源。)
垂钓区域面积约为 80 英里 x 5 英里,内格罗河(RioNegro)与其说是一条河流,不如说更像是一个由无数泻湖、支流和支流组成的沼泽地带。我们团队平均每位飞钓者每天大约能钓到 15-20 条孔雀鲈。这些鱼的平均体型比我在其他孔雀鲈河流中钓到的要小:鱼身也比通常的要瘦一些。我怀疑这是个与猎物数量相关的周期性问题。每天都有几位垂钓者钓到超过10磅的蓝鳍金枪鱼(也叫三条纹孔雀鲷),所以这里确实有体型巨大的鱼。我们这次的垂钓也受到了旱季末期水位的影响,当时的水位比往年同期高出十英尺。我相信,如果是在正常年份,垂钓体验会更好。
虽然你会看到其他船宿运营商,但由于水域辽阔,我们并没有感到拥挤。船上配备齐全的酒吧、鸡尾酒甲板、星链卫星电视和大屏幕电视,真是锦上添花。