Villa Mañihuales, Región de Aysen, Chile The current season has been a special one, full of surprises and new friends in the middle of a pandemic that seems to have got attached to us and does not want to leave us....
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, ...
"With the authorization of Nahuel Huapi National Park´s
Authorities, the Tourism Office and the Wildlife Guard of Neuquén´s Province,
we were able to do a survey in different parts of the area affected by the ash.
It ...
RÃo Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Hi Folks,
I apologize for the delay in getting this off to you. I was waiting for the report from La Villa, but I am afraid they are having some techincal difficulites.
As...
RÃo Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Happy new year to everyone! We are all very excited with the beginning of the 2015 season here at La Villa de Maria Behety.
This week we had the visit of Peter B. and Sheldon...
RÃo Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Week number 6 has come to an end, and as in the last few years, the group of David S. his daughter Karen R., Richard M., Chris B., Mike H., and John R. enjoyed the first week ...
RÃo Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina We had another group of repeating anglers this week at La Villa; Jim R., Mark B., John D. from the USA, Steve W. from Scotland and Jon S. from Syria. Unfortunately Fred M. could...
RÃo Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Week number 4 is always a classic as we had the group headed by Alfred B. and Roger Y. that fish here since La Villa opened its doors back in 2004, Keith C., Colin G., Arthur M....
This attractive streamer takes its name from a French count that lived close to Villa la Angostura in Patagonia, Argentina. For decades, he was a regular fisherman at the Correntoso river´s outlet into Lake Nahuel Huapi...
This is a tribute to my friend Billy Pate who died on April 19 at the age of 81. The name Billy Pate is linked with incredible, mind blowing, fly fishing records, as well as with the renowned Billy Pate Fly Reels made b...
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...
CATCH AND
RELEASE: HOW IT CAME TO BEToday, it is
hard to imagine a quality fishery where fly fishers do not return their catch to the water
alive. This is the standard on the rivers in Patagonia. Releasing their fish is
...