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Rain Goddess Rates
Fishing Tours |
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5 Days, 3 Nights with 3 Days of Fishing |
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| DAY 1 | Arrive in San José, transfer to a first class hotel. |
| DAY 2 | Trip to the "Rain Goddess" via either overland travel by vans or bus through Barrillo Carrillo Puerto Viejo, or an early transfer to airport for 30 minute flight to Barra del Colorado, then by jungle bus boats to meet "Rain Goddess", full day of fishing. |
| DAY 3 | Full day of fishing. |
| DAY 4 | Full day of fishing. |
| DAY 5 | Flight back to International Airport to make the connection for trip home. |
| Cost: $1,750 per person, $850 non anglers ** Additional fishing days $350 per day/per person. Additional days non-fishermen $110 per day/per person. |
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7 Days, 5 Nights with 5 Days of Fishing |
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| DAY 1 | Arrive in San José, transfer to a first class hotel. |
| DAY 2 | Early transfer to airport for 30 minute flight to Barra del Colorado to meet "Rain Goddess", full day of fishing. |
| DAY 3 | Full day of fishing. |
| DAY 4 | Full day of fishing. |
| DAY 5 | TH="320">Full day of fishing. |
| DAY 6 | Full day of fishing. |
| DAY 7 | Flight back to International Airport to make the connection for trip home. |
| Cost: $2,250 per person, $1,070 non anglers ** Additional fishing days $350 per day/per person. Additional days non-fishermen $110 per day/per person. |
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Nature Tours |
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3 Days, 2 Nights |
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| DAY 1 | Early morning departure from San José for scenic drive across Braulio Carrillo National Park to Sarapiqui River to meet the San Juan River. Your Naturalist guide will show you the wild life and birds of the area during your 3 hour boat ride to the "Rain Goddess" at the mouth of the San Juan River. You will have lunch on board and then do a nature walk to the ruins of the old town and cemetery. San Juan del Norte was the starting point from where miners from Europe, Germany and U.S. crossed Central America to go to California and Alaska during the 1849 Gold Rush. |
| DAY 2 | Full day of nature tours to explore the Indian River and Si a Paz National Park. This is the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua and the largest rain forest north of the Amazon. All meals are included, beer and soft drinks. |
| DAY 3 | Morning nature tours. Lunch at 11:30 a.m. and then we will return you to Puerto Viejo for the return to San José. |
| Cost: $475 per person ** | |
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| All ground transportation in Costa Rica. Air travel to Barra del Colorado or trip to Puerto Viejo and river tour to "Rain Goddess". All meals on "Rain Goddess". Open bar: rum, vodka and whiskey (local brands). Complimentary wine is served with dinners. |
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| Not Included | |
| Transportation to and from Costa Rica. Tips to guides and crew. Borrowed rods and tackle that are lost, damaged or accidentally broken. $5.00 visa into Nicaragua. Phone calls made from "Rain Goddess" and articles of personal nature. Outbound overnight hotel stay in San José. Licenses and Fishing permits in Nicaragua's National Park: $30.00 per person. |
Fishing Tackle |
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| Tarpon tackle | 6 to 7 foot heavy action rod with reel capable of holding 200 to 250 yards of 20 to 25 pounds test line. Extra terminal leader material (80 lb. minimum recommended). |
| Lures | Coast hawks, 2 oz. multicolor. Buck tail jigs 1 1/2 to 2 oz. multicolor with jelly tails in red-yellow-orange-white. Rapalas #11 and #14, sinking and floating in red-white/blue and green mackerel. Mirror lures, M65 in Fire Tiger, Blue, White, Silver combination, Red, Yellow and Gold combination. |
| Fly fishing tackle for tarpon | 9 foot #11 or #12 fly rods for 12 weight line. Sinking fly lines of 600 grain density compensated sinking and depth charge or straight lead core lines and shooting heads work well fishing at the mouth of the rivers or out in the deeper saltwater. In the rivers a medium or intermediate sinking fly line works best. There are times when a floating WF fly line may work better, especially if the fish are taking poppers or surface feeding. Fly Reels must have sturdy drags with direct or anti-reverse drivers, be saltwater resistant and have a backing capacity of more than 250 yds. Bring sufficient leader material for building your choice of leaders. The minimum recommendation is a 20 lb. tippet utilizing an 80 lb. shock. |
| Fly fishing lures for tarpon | Whistler or Clouser tied streamers in colors White/Silver, Orange/Black, White/Yellow, Blue/White or Cockroach patterns with buck tail/feather, buck tail/rabbit fur are good producers of positive strikes. Most streamer flies should be weighted. Flashabou is optional and utilize a 3/0 saltwater hook. Large poppers are good if the fish are feeding on the surface. |
| Tackle for snook | Medium action rod and reel with capacity to hold 150 yards of 15 to 17 pounds test line. |
| Lures for snook |  Red and white in Mirror Lures. Rapalas and Rattle Traps in Fire Tiger, Blue/Silver and Orange colors work well. Small to medium (3/4 to 1 ounce) buck tail jigs with jelly tails. Surface plugs such as Creek Chub Darters in red and white, Sosin Jumpin Minnow in red and yellow and Zara Spooks in blue and white are also good. |
| Fly tackle for snook | 9 foot #8 or #9 fly rods for 8 or 9 weight density compensated sinking or Hi-D line or when fishing from the beach it would be best to use Hi-D or Floating Shooting Heads. Reels capable of handling 150 yards of 20 lb. backing with 12 to 15 lb. tippet and 40 lb. shock rigged according to angler's desire. |
| Guapote Bass Mojarra and Machaca | Light to ultra light bass tackle, 6 to 12 pound line. |
| Lures | Poppers, small rapalas and cray fish, crank baits; spinner baits in multicolor. General Bass tackle works well. |
| Fly fishing tackle | 7 to 9 foot #4 to #8 fly rods for 4-8 weight WF floating fly lines. When using large popping bugs or on windy days, a bug taper is advised. Multicolored, natural cork and foam bodied poppers sized 4, 6, 8 with rubber legs are popular. Pencil, Slider and hair bodied poppers are sometimes very productive in color of Black/Yellow, Orange/Red, Yellow/Black and Chartreuse. Machaca fishing requires using a short piece of light wire shock leader because of its teeth. Poppers with long shank hooks are also preferred. Wet flies are also used and are very productive when the mojarra and machaca fail to strike the poppers. Small streamers in yellow, red and tinsel color combinations are effective. Shrimp flies in beige, brown and gray produce when the fish are feeding deep. Yellow nymphs, small Clousers in size 8 hooks are also effective. |
| NOTE | Rods and reels are available on a loan basis, but a replacement fee will be charged if damaged, lost or broken. All lost or severely damaged lures are charged at replacement cost. |
| These recommendations are made by your hosts and fly fishing experts based on their experience and it is intended to aid you in your tackle selection. We welcome any additional inquiries in regards to tackle. |
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