Kopky pinches a couple lead pellets onto the wire above his fly. To cast he twirls line over his head or at his side and lets it rip. We both throw about 45 feet—all that’s needed to hit the boulder edges and eddies where the bass sulk and plot. BELOW Bôte is a Kayapo who lives with the Kendjam tribe in northern Brazil. He speaks very little Portuguese, but is extremely fluent in fish. Photo: Rafael Costa THE FLYFISH JOURNAL 031