FLY FISHING – Mequens River, Brazil

The Amazonian region of Brazil is known for its great fishing rivers. This night time excursion on the Mequens River shows some of the easiest fishing in the world. The jumping fish shown in the video are MATRINCHA, a Brazilian fresh water species. In this case, you only need to bring a flashlight (torch) instead of a fishing rod. The matrincha is a silver scaled fish (some individuals have a pale gold appearance) with a compact body and small head looking not unlike a shad in appearance.

It is dark across the back with pronounced dorsal fin and a well developed adipose fin which is tipped with orange. It has strong square tail which is, only very slightly forked; a black marking occurs on the upper portion of the tail fin which extends down to the root of the anal fin which like the adipose can be in most specimens slightly orange. 

A check on the Brazilian weight records indicates the matrincha can attain a weight of just over seven pounds, some say that it can grow even larger,  the fish we have taken on the Agua Boa have been in the region of one to three pounds.