I’m not really one to do the whole social media thing. I have always had the attitude that we go to work and the only thing that really matters is that our guests and guides are happy at the end of the day. I don’t need the validation of beating on my chest and showing the world how great of an angler that I am, or think that I am. This is different. We took an extended trip to the upper reaches of the Rewa River in Guyana. We spent 72 hours traveling by plane, dirt roads, two tracks, and boats just to reach base camp. We slept under the starts and full moon so bright you could read a book. Sunk a boat, lost shoes, smoked cameras, got stung by scorpions, and were showed the most sensational place, in every sense of the word, by the toughest, most in tune, men I’ve ever met. I have realized that I am not tough, nor are my friends. The jungle is tough, the people of Rewa are tough, and we were fortunate to spend two weeks in their shadow seeing the jungle. We enjoyed both the high points and the low points. This fish came on the final day, following 5 days of of the emotional rollercoaster of big game fishing. The eat is so loud that we all heard it 65 feet away in our boat. What followed was truly the most intense fish fight I’ve ever seen. To lay hands on and release a true dinosaur, with my best friends @jefferson_cobb_flyfishing @gillie.greenberg and our guide Terry, was nothing short of spiritual. I will forever be grateful for the trip we had, and the return trips that are sure to follow. Thank you to not only the guides but our friends @midcurrent @midcurrenttravel for organizing and @skwalafishing for keeping a kid from Montana as comfortable as possible in a truly wild place. Another thank you to @406sagerep and @sageflyfish for providing the right tools to tame the beasts that call the jungle home. Here is to the 2026 season, may we all channel a little bit of that strength we saw in spades on the Rewa River…