Enrico with an Aruana Enrico’s Dinner – Butterfly Bass
 Bob – A12 lb Peacock
With all of that, except for Larry’s bad luck, it had been a great day! I had tracked into the jungle and caught a total of over 45lbs. of fish; mostly fighting Peacocks, and it only had taken about 3 hours to do it! I had caught some strange looking, new (to me) species of fish, flown over and experienced the immensity of the trackless jungle, and vicariously participated in the unique event of freeing up the Amazon Queen from the sandbar maze. I went to sleep that night a happy guy!
Day 3, The Fishing gets Better: The client fishermen/women stay in cottages that string out from the lodge, through the woods, along both sides of a concrete path that meanders through the jungle along a bluff overlooking and parallel to the river. Each cottage comfortably accommodates four people. A wooded area in between separates each cottage and each one is quite private from its neighbors. There is a good-sized, common use “living room” in the center of each cottage with a double bedroom flanking each side. The living room contains a couch, a generously sized table and chairs, a refrigerator that we could stock with “free” beer and soft drinks, and 120-volt electrical outlets along the walls. Each bedroom has two, separate, double beds and is shared by two people. Each bedroom also has its own bathroom with a shower. There is electricity (supplied from the lodge’s central generator), running hot and cold water, and each room is air-conditioned. There is also an attached, outdoor screened-in porch on the backside facing the river. In our cottage, Larry and I shared one bedroom and Bob and Bruce shared the other.
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