I’ll always listen to advice, good to get some inside information.
Paul and his team are awesome, he pretty much runs the sportfishing game in Suriname and all outside agencies book through him as far as I know. If it's the trip I think you'll be at the lodge camp then tent camping for the last few days. I'd really like to see some pictures of the lodge camp after you're back so I know what to look forward too. I stayed on the floating camp and it was rustic to say the least lol
A few quick suggestions given the logistics of this trip:
1) Always check your luggage and pick it back up at each airport to avoid them forgetting to transfer it to the next flight. My bags didn't make the plane out of Miami to Port of Spain, Trinidad then when they did finally make it there wasn't another flight to Paramaribo, Suriname for 2 days...not to mention you're not down the street where you can just have the airport drop them off like you would if that happened domestically...you're 6-12 hours from the nearest proper city by a combination of car/boat.
2) Bring lots of extra terminal tackle because the fish and environment are not easy on your gear. They sell most of the stuff you need at Tomahawk but in limited quantities so if your whole group hits the store you will wipe them out of stock and may not be able to get enough of what you need. Run to the weights when you walk in! Mostly 8oz but a couple 10oz should be good. We doubled up 8oz in heavy tides. I already stockpiled Owner ST-66 trebles for my next trip (Size 2/0)...strongest hooks money can buy and sharpest yet still had two of them snapped clean off from the shear bite force of monster Piraiba. Wire leaders are an absolute necessity when fishing for smaller fish/bait because there are quite a few Piranha in the area so I'd bring a bunch of them.
3) Bring at least one very heavy duty setup if you're Piraiba fishing, I'd say minimum 30lbs of drag and 300 yards of 100lb braid on a rod that can handle it. Also handy for big RTC because they will try to wrap you around logs and you need power to keep them out. You can chase the fish with the boats but in that first few seconds of the fight you can easily get spooled if you don't have enough drag/line. I lost a fish that peeled 250yds of line off against 45lbs of drag in about 30 seconds one night and there was nothing we could do to stop it. I fished 150lb braided mainline but next year will fish 100lb so I can qualify for IGFA records. Most fished 200-400lb braided leaders. I'd bring 100yds of leader material.
https://www.cabelas.com/product/fis...er-hd-treble-trade-hooks/741890.uts?slotId=11
https://www.zeck-fishing.com/lead-boom-8013120002
https://www.zeck-fishing.com/main-line-stop-8019120006
4) Not critical by any means but some sort of foam pad for the long boat rides since you're sitting on aluminum without proper seats in some cases to and from the camps. A badminton racket...you'll see why
