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09/25/2025

New Trip Alert—Only Four Anglers a Year

It’s getting harder and harder to find truly new adventures these days. I was able to get a dose of it—with a luxury angle—scouting out the new Headwaters fishery with a few weeks ago. The Rio Marié team is going to open up this headwaters to just four anglers a year total, and I’ve locked in dates for 5-12 September, 2027, to bring back a small group to chase trophy peacock bass in the Brazilian Amazon. We’ll enjoy five nights “glamping” (we have electricity and Starlink) and two nights on abroad the uber-comfortable Untamed Amazon mothership.

Two of the spots are already filled, but I have two remaining. The cost is $10,490 / person shared room and guide + $740 native fee. Want to be one of the four anglers in 2027 who gets to fish these headwaters? Send me a DM and let’s talk.

First photo is thanks to 🙌🏼.

09/25/2025

If this + big peacock bass is your kind of vibe, I have two spots remaining to join me back at the Rio Marié Headwaters Camp in Brazil September 5-12, 2027.

**Only four anglers a year get to fish this headwater, and we do so in jungle glamping comfort.

This trip is $10,490 / person shared room and guide + $740 native fee. DM for more information.

09/22/2025

By Jess McGlothlin “Things that have never happened before happen every day,” Bryan says as we load up…

09/21/2025

Wolf fish. A fish so ugly, they’re a dream to photograph. And there’s no shortage of acrobatics.

getting it done, going five for five on wolf fish a few weeks ago at .

09/21/2025

My body's back in Montana, but my brain's still in the Amazon.

Read the final week of Amazon fishery trip reports in this week's newsletter:

I'm back in Montana, wishing I was still in the jungle.

09/18/2025

We had a veritable A-Team at the Headwaters Camp scouting trip a few weeks ago in the Brazilian Amazon. What an awesome group of fishy humans.

Been home three days and still wishing I was back in the jungle.

09/17/2025

Night moves with the Kayapo. These past few weeks in Brasil at .

09/14/2025

Clearly we didn’t have any fun these past two weeks at .

Here’s a little peek behind the scenes here in the jungle. It’s been a lot of sweat, long days, plenty of work, but also a big dose of good times. Huge thanks to the Kendjam team of guides and staff for letting the cameras and I along on adventures, to and for being such an awesome adventure team both here and at , and to , .kayapo, and for being such a great team on the water on photo shoot days. Brasil, eu te amo.

I’m in Manaus now, getting ready to start the long trip back to Montana and the even-longer process of editing images and writing stories. You’ll be seeing more of this trip in magazines near you soon… so stay tuned. And if you’re interested in returning to Brasil with me in the next couple of years, send me a DM. Things are in the works. 😎

09/14/2025

It’s Sunday, which means it’s newsletter day. Read the latest Brasil update here:

More adventures in the jungle. I never want to leave.

09/13/2025

Hard to sum up the past two weeks at . I’m sitting on the little jungle plane taking me back at Manaus and civilization, and find I don’t want to go.

Massive thanks to and the entire team at Kendjam for making the jungle a home away from home. Had the opportunity to catch more fish than I could count, saw wildlife (including jaguar, puma, giant river otter, electric eels, tapir, capybara, caiman, and so much more), and had a lot of great adventures moving boats up and down the Iriri River. Special thanks to the Kayapo for their expert guidance on the water—these guys are the real rock stars. This double-up on wolf fish with and my second-to-last day in the jungle just about sums it all up.

This place is epic on a whole new scale.