Photo Essay: Peacock Bass (and More) in the Remote Jungle - Orvis News

By A Mystery Man Writer

Mike Dawkins shows off a big peacock bass. photo courtesy Mike Dawkins My hands are tired and eternally crimped in the rod-grip position. My stomach and chest are riddled with small bruises in perfect proportion to the fly rod fighting butt. My luggage contains shredded fly lines, reels that received more of a workout than they ever dreamed of while sitting on the shelves, rods that were doubled over and contorted in shapes they were not designed to ever see, and a dozen flies that are torn and beaten up by razor sharp teeth. These are the after effects of a trip to. . .