Most Important

• Passport (Brazil tourist visa should have been secured no more than 90 days prior to trip and affixed within your passport from the Consular office)
• Photocopy of passport photo page (in case of loss)
• Airline tickets
• Pen, for filling out custom forms, etc.
• Cash/Travelers checks
• Credit cards accepted in Manaus
• Approximately $300 in $20’s, $10’s, $5’s and $1’s.
• Insurance: Accident; medical; baggage and trip cancellation
• Inoculations and other medications (As per your local health clinic or personal physician – See Complete Peacock Bass Angler text for more details)
  

Clothing

• Rain suit (lightweight) - An absolute necessity.
• Tropical-weight long sleeve shirts for fishing (2-3)
• Tropical-weight long pants for fishing (2-3)
• Casual pants (1) / Casual shirts (1-2)
• Shorts (2)
• Tennis shoes and/or boat shoes
• T-shirts (2-3)
• Underwear, pajamas
• Socks, sweat socks
• Teva-type sandals or thongs
• Bathing suit
• Fishing cap or wide brim hat 
  
• (There is daily laundry service)
  

Other

• Camera, film, batteries.
• Sunscreen (block) / lip balm (Minimum 30 SPF)
• Toiletries
• Personal medications (ie. Lariam and other prescriptions)
• Camera and film
• 2 hefty bags for dirty clothes and to keep camera dry
• Aloe vera gel for sunburn
• Pepto Bismol (tablets) or Imodium for diarrhea
• Insect repellent (approx 55% DEET)
• Consider a small first aid kit
  

Other Options

• Non-melting snacks, like crackers, granola bars, etc. if
• you like in between meal snacks on the water.
• Ear plugs (to drown out snoring roomates)
• Electrical tape
• Replacement rod tip guides
  

Fishing Tackle (baitcasting and spinning)

• Baitcasting rods (1-2) - 6’2” - 6’8” MH to H action for large
• topwater plugs
• Baitcasting rods (1-2) - 6’6” - 7’ - M/H action for jerkbaits, spoons, etc.
• Spinning rods 6’6” MH action for smaller lures and jigs
• Jerk baits and spoons can be used on 17-25 lb mono. or braid, ranging from 30 lb Fireline to 65 lb test Spectra (Power Pro).
• Jigs - can be fished on 14-20 lb mono or 30 lb Fireline
• Extra line (primarily 65-80 lb Power Pro and 30 lb Fire Line)
  
• Casting reels - Should possess smooth drags, strong gears & have capacity to handle 65 lb to 80 lb braided* line for large topwater lures. *Power Pro is an excellent braided line

Fishing Tackle (fly fishing)

• Fly rods – 1 8 wt., 1 10 wt., (at least 2 total)
• Weight forward floating or Jim Teeny Flip Pallot taper
• Intermediate sinking line for subsurface presentations
• 3 to 6 inch Deceivers, Clouser Minnows, Poppers,
• Dahlberg Divers, Half and Halfs, Hi-Ties, Deceivers.

Lures*

• Luhr-Jensen Big Game Wood Choppers (3)
• Hot colors for the above lures & all Luhr-Jensen baits include: Perch, Clown, Peacock, Firetiger & Black/Orange
• Luhr-Jensen Peacock Specials (2)
• High Roller Rip Rollers 6-1/2 inch (3) Perch, Clown,
• Black/Orange Scale
• Excalibur Super Spook (2)
• Lucky Craft Pointer 128 suspending, Arorra Black (3)
• Bomber Long A 1 oz. [firetiger, white with red head, chrome] (1 or 2 each)
• Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows 1 ounce sinking [chrome withblue and pink back and green mackerel] (4-6)
• 1 oz. Bill Lewis Rat-L-Traps (2-4) [Chrome colors]
• 1-oz White Bucktail Jigs (4)
• Retrieval spoons such as 1/2 to 1-1/4 oz. Gold (2)
  

Fishing Accessories

• Needle nose pliers
• Extra treble hooks and split rings
• Split ring pliers
• Cross-Lok Snaps [120 lb] from Stamina Lures
• Knife or Leatherman tool
• Scale or Bogagrip
• Baseball/golf glove for handling fish
• Line clippers
• Polarized sunglasses with good UV protection
  

Things to Leave at Home

• Expensive jewelry, other valuables, drugs, firearms, colognes
  

Special Notes:

• Keep in mind that the above tackle list is simply a guideline. It is very complete. You do not necessarily need all that is listed.

Important notice: Amazon charter flights are limited to 40 pounds of combined baggage per person. All destinations have free daily laundry service.

Lures can be purchased by going to the following web address.
http://www.tackle-box.net/?affiliateID=4 Or calling 1-866-431-1668

Conventional fishing lures can be purchased from the website www.worldwideangling.com and clicking on the front page tab “Other Sires And Links” In this part of the website there is a link for “Tackle-Box” from there you will find everything you need.