Jeff Currier's Fly Fishing Presentations
"Fly Fishing Tales from the Jungle – Venezuela"
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PowerPoint Based Presentation |
 “Fly Fishing Tales from the Jungle – Venezuela” - Jeff is no
ordinary fly fisherman. His expedition to Venezuela’s Orinoco River in
search of world record size payara as well as varieties of piranha and
peacock bass was successful. Whether you would plan a trip here or not,
you are guaranteed to see one of the most exciting fly fishing shows of
your life!
Christopher Columbus was the first European to visit Venezuela. He came
in 1498 during his third voyage to the New World, and landed on the
Peninsula de Paria. Following the coast, he explored the Rio Orinoco
Delta and concluded that he had found much more than another Caribbean
island. More explorers came a year later, and it was Alonso de Ojeda who
gave the country its name. Arriving at Lake Maracaibo, he admired the
stilted houses that the Indians had build above the lake and called the
place Venezuela - "Little Venice." A year after that the Spanish
established their first settlement, Nueva Cadiz, which was later
destroyed by a tsunami. Early colonization in Venezuela was much less
rampant than it was in other parts of South America, and the colony was
ruled with a loose hand from Bogota. It was much less important to the
Spanish than the mineral-producing colonies of Western South America,
but Venezuela would later surprise the world when massive oil reserves
would be discovered.
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