Big trout rivers (wade fishing)
9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish
Open the checklistRio Branco
- Type
- Freestone river, Roraima, Brazil
- Season
- See the dates at the source
Where the season comes from
Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Amazonas no Estado de Roraima Anexo II da Portaria - 01/mar 30/jun
Our translation: Amazon river basin in the State of Roraima: species as in Annex II of the Portaria (Ibama 48/2007); closed 1 Mar - 30 Jun.
Set for Roraima, not this water by name. The page states no clear months, so none are shown.
Also on the agency's pages:
II - a pesca exercida por pescadores profissionais artesanais e amadores que utilizem linha de mão ou vara, linha e anzol, na forma do disposto no art. 1o, §1o, da Lei no 7.679, de 23 de novembro de 1988, quando não houver normas estaduais mais restritivas.
Our translation: [Excluded from the specific prohibitions of Annex II:] II - fishing by artisanal professional and amateur fishers using hand line or rod, line and hook ... when there are no more restrictive state rules.
IBAMA (hosted by IPAAM, Instituto de Proteção Ambiental do Amazonas)
Defesos continentais (atualizado 27/11/2025)
IBAMA · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there. - Live gauges
- None listed
- Listed by
- 1 authoritative list
- Guides
- None listed
- Shops
- None listed
Today on Rio Branco
No live reading
Why there is no reading
No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.
Photo credit
The Rio Branco at Caracaraí, Roraima. Photo: Túllio F, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More about Rio Branco
The Rio Branco is a freestone river in Roraima, Brazil. Brazil's Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) runs a telemetry station on it at Caracaraí. This page covers the lower Rio Branco from Caracaraí to its mouth on the Rio Negro.
Where to fish
About this
Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Restrooms near Rio Branco
Restrooms near Rio Branco
Restrooms within 2 miles of Rio Branco in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of the restroom near Rio Branco
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Rio Branco, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Restroom
0.6 mi away in a straight line- Public (mapped)
- Free (mapped)
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
- Is it clean?
- Flush or vault?
- Step-free?
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
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- Rio AraguaiaGoiás · Freestone river · about 2164 km
Regulations and official lists
About this
Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.
Guides and shops near Rio Branco
About this
Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Guides
No guide within 60 km yet.
Shops nearby
No shop nearby yet.
Gear checklist
About this
A wade-fishing checklist for big trout rivers: a 9 ft 5–6 weight outfit, nymph, dry and streamer setups, waders, boots and a wading staff, with estimated prices by tier and where to buy.
Videos for this water (5)
Watch: reading a trout stream
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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Watch: nymphing basics
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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Fish Tales
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Rio Branco.
No stories from here yet.
Sources for this page
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
All 3 sources and dates
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the gauge CARACARAÍ. Water type is our own classification.
- SNIRH ArcGIS: Estacoes_Hidrotelemetria (Codigo=14710000)Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) · checked 2026-10-20
- Defesos continentais (atualizado 27/11/2025)IBAMA · checked 2026-11-04
- Overture Maps places (guide map points)Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0 · checked 2026-09-30