Season day one is definitively for friends. And as a tradition we
like to start with one of our favorites fishes, Brookies.
This place is probably one the last sanctuaries of brook trout were
trophies can be found in ...
RÃo Gallegos, The Route of the Spring Creeks, Argentina In the making of the Route of the Spring Creeks we started with this report of the first scouting and include also some data and pics from the whole season.
The...
RÃo Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina Season Report - The Route of the Spring Creeks
3rd Season went through and some new fishermen along with some regulars came to experience our route of authentic estancias of Pata...
El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina Season nº5 says goodbye and here goes a summary by the head guide and manager from this program Juan Ma:
Every season we learn more about our land and waters. This particular seas...
El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina Brook Trout fishing in South Patagonia
One of the most famous kind of fish for its beauty and the fun of catching them is brook trout, salvelinus fontinalis. Lately Patagonia âc...
RÃo Gallegos, Santa Cruz , Argentina An Argentina lover and good spanish speaker, Mr. Lars Ivarsson was joining me and my family for the Route of the spring Creeks. Lars is one of the most relaxed fisherman I know, an...
RÃo Gallegos, Santa Cruz , Argentina What once was just a talk with my family is becoming a dream come true! "The Route of the Spring Creeks" is already beggining and definetively is a new program for people that visi...
RÃo Gallegos, Santa Cruz , Argentina First 1week of January, as usual, we got the visit of our english friends. David and Sarah. David fishes very well and Sarah is a experienced horse rider.
Pelke was our first sto...
RÃo Gallegos, Santa Cruz , Argentina Mid December can be one of the best month of fishing The Route of the Spring Creeks. Water level is perfect, flowing in every part of each river. Trouts everywhere, but fishing als...
FD: What kind of fishing scenarios can we find on The Route? ROSC is based on fishing small trout rivers. We have the chance of fishing a total of 6 creeks in a range of 150/200km of our location. These creeks have all...
Mid summer in south Patagonia means warm weather days and together with it, the usual wind pushing bugs into the water, makes terrestrials become a big part of trout’s regular diet.
Despite the normal feeding habits...
Just when spring is well along the way to the onset of summer, the retamas line the roadways with their bright yellow flowers bringing with them reminiscences of their European origins. They were brought to Patagonia by ...
Southland/ Otago, New Zealand October â A new season begins
One of my season goals was to catch my first trophy trout of over 10lb. Thinking that this would be a season long endeavour I planned my first opening t...
Wanaka/Queestown, Southland/ Otago, New Zealand November in the South Island of New Zealand ushers in a second opening season following the first in October. From the 1st of the month the remaining rivers, mostly around ...
Wanaka/Queestown, Southland/ Otago, New Zealand 5 Tips to DIY (Troutbum) Fishing NZ
Fishing New Zealand is up there on the bucket list of many anglers from around the world, however some struggle with the cost of doin...
Meeker, Colorado, United States April 13,
The White finally blew out today, so we slipped into one of the spring creeks. Not the numbers from yesterday, but hard to complain when you get to touch some brown gold!
At the beginning of December of 2013, Benjamín Marolda and I travelled to Río Gallegos. Juan Manuel Biott was waiting for us there. Him, along with his parents, Pedro and Fernanda, had opened for us the doors of their ...
So my boss is leaving to host a trip to the Bahamas tomorrow morning, while the rest of us fly shop grunts are left with a front moving in, predicted to drop between 5" and 8" of snow on our already old-stricken central ...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about how the idea of setting up a fly-fishing operation came up? I’ve wanted to be a guide since middle school. However, as I got older, I was convinced by people older than me (adults) that...
There was a damp, early-morning fog at Ed and Helen Nelson's Spring Creek Ranch, a few miles south and across the river from Armstrong Spring Creek, near Livingston, Montana. This was to be the first of three guiding day...
Meeker, Colorado, United States March 21st;
With the cool nights holding back an early run-off, the river & spring creeks have been in great shape & fishing good! Look me up if your looking to get out.
Fd: First, why do you think every fly fisherman should visit Wyoming at least once?Lack of other people. Wyoming is the least populated state in the Union and there seems to be a direct correlation between the quality o...
Wanaka, Central Otago, New Zealand 4 tips to prepare for your New Zealand Fishing Trip
Are you planning to make the trip to New Zealand this season? Would you like to try your hand at hunting down our elusive brown an...
Northern Patagonia Argentina fishing season have almost seven months throughout you may experience different type of wheather, waters as well as fly fishing styles, so having the right information will be the first step ...
The season has just started in Patagonia and every year we are looking for new places and adventures. I´m a fishing guide so, this is the time were I enjoy myself with friends fishing and scouting places. This year we g...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields?AD: I started painting when I was 6... That's my earliest memory. Fly fishing art began in 1997. The gal...
Every day, we get news on sweet catches and dream spots from around the world. Videos, pictures, tales and more. Today, we got some words from photographer David Lambroughton, words that describe great times in a great l...
Fd: How did it all began for you regarding Art and Fly Fishing? Michael: Fly fishing and Art came together early in my life. My father, Walter A. Simon was an artist who encouraged my efforts from the time I was 5 or 6...
1) How was Mañihuales Lodge born?Mañihuales Eco Lodge was born from a series of events that began around 2013, when the former owners of a land close to the Mañihuales river, in the middle of the Chilean Patagonia, ...
New York, United States Numbers of lake run browns in the creeks and rivers remains very good. Steelhead numbers are inching upwards. Lots of snowmelt means blown out creeks for a while. Look for streamers to fish well as the creek levels drop.
Chilean Patagonia is truly an amazing fishery. There
are more rivers and lakes that you could probably fish in a lifetime. If I can
tell you what is the most amazing thing for me about Patagonia is that most of
the seas...
New York, United States Lots of XL lake run browns in the area! These guys are too much fun to tangle with. Look for good fishing for the lake runs to continue throughout the month of November and into December. Erie cre...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States I guided a great sat water fisherman from the Washington DC area by the name of Thao Le. She was new to the freshwater game and new to fly fishing in general. I choose to take my be...
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States Guided two great guys for Wild Trout On April 3, 2017. We were fishing on Spring Creek near the town of Bellefonte, Pa. The weather was partly cloudy, high temps were low 60's and ...
There is no doubt that classic streamers and bucktails fish well. Nevertheless, if we apply the same care and dedication that we do with when tying dries and nymphs in its different stages, to imitate smaller fish perfec...
Gary Borger is one of the world’s foremost fly fishing educators. He has been a fly fisher since 1955 and has taught classes and lectured internationally on all aspects of fly fishing for trout and salmon. A free-lance...
Hernando Beach, Hernando County, United States Welcome to winter fishing in Florida. There are a lot of opportunities to catch fish here in Florida. Letâs start in Salt Water. The creeks and rivers are loaded with ...
Nick Lyons is one of the biggest names when it comes to fly fishing literature. In charge of The Lyons Press, he has published some of the most recognized books on the matter, working with legendary anglers like Lefty Kr...
Flamingo, Everglades National Park, Florida, United States The fishing continues to be very good out of Flamingo There has been a big push of bait through the Everglades which has brought a lot of fish south chasing the...
New York, United States Fishing still remains very productive. Look for the browns to start keying in heavily on baitfish patterns as the numbers of browns dropping out of the creeks starts to rise. Steelhead remain hit ...
New York, United States After a long summer and a dry start to fall, we have finally had a few rainy days here in western New York. The creeks and rivers rose quite a bit toward the end of last week. Over the weekend and...
Miami, Florida, United States Next to our Spring season, this is by far the BEST time to fish in the Everglades. This is what I call our second Tarpon season. Nobody on the water, unlike the spring and there are lots o...
Couple of hours from Garda lake, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Not only large rivers on the dolomites, in fact there are tons of alpine creeks or streams. Those fishing spots gift you large emotions, untouched nature, fores...
Spring is here which means the sport-fishing season has started. The first day of summer was very nice and it brought up the thought that it was time to go fishing for the first time this spring. So I stopped by lake Me...
Five years have passed since my last trip through the Yelcho Lake area. From that moment, the tales of fishing for Tuna and Sierra fish in the sea always resounded in my mind, and it is just 45 km away from the Yelcho Lo...
Buffalo, NY, New York, United States Waters up across the area. Bigger rivers are muddy but the other creeks that have good flow are fishing well. We're still seeing quality fish! Browns running 10 pounds and steelhead u...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States "A year of snow, a year of plenty."
â French Proverb
The snow pack in the Big Wood drainage is currently at 172% of average and still has the potential to climb heading into spring....
In Taupo we are blessed with some of the best fly fishing in the world. Where else can you have a different and unique fly fishing experience every day for a week? Sure there are other places famous for monster trout, ...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States "When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest." ~ Ernest Hemingway
We are going to have plenty of water this summer! The average snowpack fo...
Ohio, United States Good despite high, dirty water. We've had a lot of rain last week, and then got snow. The bigger systems are now dropping and should begin to fish. Got out to some small creeks and found some fish despite 8-10" of visibility.