It’s critical to stay hydrated when you’re fishing. That’s especially true in the Amazonian heat, or when we fished in a drier 114 degrees in Zambia. If you’ve been drinking for hours and haven’t had to pee, you’re already behind the eight ball. The best way to prevent it is to drink early and drink often.

On our second trip to the Rio Negro region of Brazil’s Amazonas state, Hanna dialed in the topwater bite and put everyone else to shame with her big fish consistency.