Fishing in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador "Being a fisherman is a way of life, it's not for everyone, but if you chose it you better do it right and know everything there is to know about it" -Osvaldo, 64.

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Mauricio playing his "fishing tune". He always plays it before going out to fish so he can catch many of them and fill up his bag. He learnt how to fish when he was 4, his dad, a shaman, told him he had to find his fishing tune, one that would only be revealed to him when fishing alone at night after a ritual ceremony.

Tags: fishing, tune, mauricio, flute, jungle, amazon

At age 6 Entza is still learning the art of fishing, at least 3 days a week he goes off with his brothers to the river to try his luck.
He imitates the singing of a bird, a bird that eats fat juicy worms. When it answers back he goes to the place where the bird is at and then digs up the dirt around that place and it's almost certain that he'll find those worms that fish like so much.

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Elsa, mother of 10, takes three of her sons and her baby daughter (on her back), to fish in a little stream with mullein. Mullein is a powerful poison that comes from the roots of the mullein plant, and when hit by a stick they let out a white liquid (the poison) which paralyzes the fish for a while so they can catch them pretty easily.

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Fishing in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador "Being a fisherman is a way of life, it's not for everyone, but if you chose it you better do it right and know everything there is to know about it" -Osvaldo, 64.

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