As soon as it hit the water, a brave Dorado takes it, jumps, and swims toward the boat. That´s what they do when they are larger, they swim fast to the middle of the river. I left the rod down and set the hook properly when he took it, but then I lost the tension when he swam to the boat, and you know what happens then.
That time I was the one who had been caught; the light, the weather, the spot, my cast, the Dorado jumping. Everything was so perfect that I couldn´t wait till the next winter to come back. I went again that winter and many other times to chase the river tiger.
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