From the Vise to the Water

Armando kneeling with his first 20-lb Payara caught on the fly, Orinoco River1999

The Origin of My Payara Flies

As a boy, mounted payara heads on a tackle shop wall started an obsession. Years later on the Orinoco, that obsession turned into the fly that changed everything.

The Origin of My Payara Flies

As a boy, mounted payara heads on a tackle shop wall started an obsession. Years later on the Orinoco, that obsession turned into the fly that changed everything.