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26/03/2025

El día de mi suerte… 98cm fork length

20/03/2025

Throwback to the raw, untamed expanse of Los Llanos Orientales de Colombia—where Orinoquia metaphorically stretches in all directions.

The descent from Bogotá is swift—90 minutes to trade the cool embrace of the Andes for a world that broils and pulses, vast and inescapable. The first hours hit like a fever dream, the heat pressing down, the horizon unbroken. It’s a place that does not comfort the un-anointed. Many a traveler has arrived full of wonder and left questioning their own resolve.

But the river is promise. It strips away doubt, the wind and water scouring body and mind clean. This land is old beyond reckoning—rocks that predate life, creatures that move like shadows, a silence that speaks.

And then, there is the fishing…

19/12/2024

When you set out to do something few have attempted, the path is rarely smooth. Here in Manabí, people have caught Roosterfish (Gallos) from the beach or rocks before—hell, I’ve landed close to 20 myself. But few actively target them, and even fewer succeed. These fish are ghostly creatures: predictable, yet completely erratic. Over time, I’ve learned how to find them with some consistency. But getting them to take an artificial lure or fly, without chum or bait, is another story—a riddle I’m still trying to solve.

Outside the small, salty community that knows these fish exist, saying I’m fishing for Gallos often gets me strange looks. It’s like telling someone you’re hunting T-Rex or searching for Bigfoot. Showing photos of caught roosters sometimes helps, but most locals only know them as fish sold in the market—gutted and lifeless. A bright, combed-up Roosterfish in the surf might as well be a unicorn to them.

But some people know. Some have seen. People with understand what these waters hold. Along Ecuador’s coast, where currents collide, the ocean teems with life. The Eastern Tropical Pacific is one of the most bountiful marine ecosystems on the planet. Warm and cold currents meet here, fueling nutrient-rich upwellings, while rivers, mangroves, and the tropical sun inject even more life into these waters.

Timing, though, is everything. The ocean’s rhythms—seasonal and cyclical—can be hard to decipher. But the signs are there if you know how to look. The locals who live in sync with nature today—not the ones who only reminisce about the past—know the drill. Moon phases, tides, baitfish movements, and water temperatures are in constant flux. Lining everything up within the narrow three-hour window when conditions align is a big ask.

But when it all comes together, and you hold a grande Gallo in the surf, the feeling is indescribable. The fishing here isn’t what it once was and faces threats from all the usual suspects, but it’s still good—still pure. You just need to know how to look.

Manabí, la tierra prometida.

03/11/2024

Just a few of my favorite things…

23/10/2024

Tricky iPhone shots…

12/10/2024

08/10/2024

La temporada… Manabi 2024.
“At the beach, life is different. Time doesn’t move hour to hour but mood to moment.” – greeting card.

02/10/2024

The Capac Ñan, or Royal Road, once connected the Andean world, and in many ways, it still does. The Ancestral Community of Bellavista in Tocachi, Ecuador is working to revitalize a section of the trail that crosses the paramos of Mojanda. This is one of the highest sections of the Capac Ñan in Ecuador, reaching nearly 4,000 meters. It’s an incredible place, and the project is vital for protecting and preserving the pre-Christian culture of the Andes. In its heyday, the Andean road system was one of the most extensive transit networks in the world, rivaling the Roman roads built across Europe and the Mediterranean. The ruggedness of the Andean landscape adds to its mystique. It makes one wonder if the modern roads traversing the Andes will last another 500 years…. Que sera?

26/09/2024

La tierra prometida…. Manabi, Ecuador.

Un lugar donde la roca, el cielo y las olas juegan bajo el sol o se esconden en la garúa…

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28/01/2024

La luna del lobo…

26/01/2024

El veranillo…

26/01/2024

Una Quiteña en su hábitat natural…