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Beautiful... but dangerous |
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Bacaba kept this ray at arm's length!
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Tiger Heron |
After Bacaba carefully released the ray, I was probing the shore when a big "spotty" (spotted or paca peacock) ambushed my fly just off a maze of branches near the end of a long lagoon. To keep him from returning to the tangle of branches, I clamped down hard with my line hand, but not hard enough. The pain was immediate as the line sawed through my sunglove including the leather patch on one of my fingers. Yes, I was left with a nasty line burn, but also an "about-as-big-as-they-get" spotted peacock of almost 11 lbs.
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Paca Peacock |
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Flashtail Whistler |
"A fair trade", I thought. A big caiman watched and seemed to agree.
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tern |
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skimmer |