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...
Neuquen, Patagonia Argentina, Argentina The best end of the season: last april and May was the end of the Patagonia trout season and despite of the low water level in almost all the rivers the fishing was outstanding not...
I wanted to post this article written by former guide and renowned artist Bob White. Bob was the first American guide to guide for Patagonia Outfitters. He first came down in 1986 and guided in Patagonia many seasons. Hi...
It might be his different way of seeing things, his unique perception of existence, his profuse creativity or spellbinding storytelling that is so appealing. When Mel spoke you listened, became a believer and hoped to be...
André De Ganay was born in France, where he lived during his childhood. He arrived to Argentina in 1946 after taking part in World War II. He started fishing in Patagonia in 1949 and he still does. He is a prominent bus...
Patagonia, Argentina Fished with Lucas and Mark owners of Traful River Outfitters out of San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina. This was my second trip and booked for 2016 as well! Cannot recommend this outfit enough! Onl...
A few days fishing in the north of the Neuquén province, in Argentina, made us realize that we can still dream about Patagonia and other sites that have not yet lost the magic that enchanted Darwin in his trips.We were ...
Join jovial host, and champion fly caster and fly fisherman, Simon Gawesworth for a week of breath-taking Sea Trout Fishing at Kau Tapen lodge, in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, home to 5 IGFA world records for Sea-Run Bro...
Junin de los Andes, Neuquen, Argentina February means hot temperatures in North Patagonia. We flew there last month looking to visit some of the classic rivers in my dear Argentina. We started off on the Caleufu, walking...
Ancient human traces reflected through the tools and art scattered around the basaltic plateau where the Strobel Lake is located get together with exceptional trout fishing, offering to the traveler an image of Patagonia...
Fd: How did fly fishing and photography get together in your life? Nick: I grew up fly fishing from a very young age. My mother is the major angler in my family and there hasn’t been a day in my life that I’ve had w...
Lake Strobel, Patagonia, Argentina Estancia Laguna Verde lodge
WEEK REPORT
Week: 2
Date: November 7th to 14th 2015
Report: 2
Weather conditions:
⢠Warm and sunny from Saturday with low winds, and with the last two days of
Internationally known as Willy, there is no need to say his surname to know who we are talking about. He has been a guide for 30 years in Bariloche, Esquel, Rio Grande and in several countries, for instance, in Venezuela...
Esquel, Esquel, Argentina Laguna Larga, Futaleufú y Yelcho
We hadn't done a great Patagonian trip for some time, so Luis San Miguel organized for us a fishing week during the beginning of December in Laguna Larga, ...
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 ...
Without even thinking about it I was back at the Jurassic Lake plateau. By observing the lava surroundings of the green pond I had a strong feeling that in this basaltic plateau, deeply eroded by the winds, there is some...
Nature lover, true fly fisherman and an exquisite photographer with a special sensitivity, he shows his three passions in his fantastic fly fishing images that have gone around the world. He has collaborated with Nationa...
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...
Patagonia Aysen Chile, Chile The big brown of Patagonia; in april, the huge brown of the Gal Carrera lake are leaving the lake and go upstream to breed. It's time to go fishing!
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...
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 ...
Piedra del Aguila, Patagonia, Argentina Bill Wason with guide Pablo and one of the many fish he caught on the Limay. Great surface action during the entire month of December.
One of the most unknow fishing in Patagonia is the egg pattern fishing where the number of King Salmon that enters to the rivers of Chile make the difference.Trout love to eat Salmon eggs they give a lot of energy to pas...
Piedra del Aguila, Patagonia, Argentina A lot of surface action on the Limay during all December. This was the one time I did not cast a dry fly.!!!
Dec - 8 - 2014
Piedra del Aguila, Patagonia, Argentina Fishidries and nymphs on the surface for turbo-charged rainbows like this one is one of the great attractions of the Limay Ri ver at LRL. This is from last season.
Below we expose those we consider
are most important, might help you know the region a little more and may make
you choose it as your next fly fishing destination.
1.
San Martín de los Andes. The perfect town progra...
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...
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...
San Martin de los Andes, Patagonia, Argentina An Objective Appraisal of the Middle Limay
The Middle Limay may just be the best kept secret in trout fishing in Argentina. Ask any foreign, international fisher for the...
Puerto Aysen, Región de Aysen, Chile The Rio Blanco Base Camp - Remote and Untouched fishing in Central Patagonia!
An impassable canyon above and below the Base Camp interrupts the Rio Blanco. We were one of the fe...
Piedra del Aguila , Patagonia, Argentina This is not a migratory brown. this is a resident Limay sunset brown taken by Jorge Trucco in April. This shows you what a tail-water fishery produces. There are plenty of these f...
Patagonia is an immense, yet sparsely populated region in southern South America. It is home to the world’s longest continental mountain range, while also encompassing the seventh largest desert on earth. Words can...
Due to its great underwater movement, the leech-like flies are unbeatable when we go for big fish. If well designed, these are not heavy to cast and don’t tangle, something key when we are casting at our maximum ski...
Bombers and their relatives, Buck Bugs, are flies from New Brunswick, born in the famous Miramichi River. These deer hair flies have then found a place in remote distant waters such as those in cold Russia, Pacific steel...
Puerto Varas, Región de los Lagos, Chile I have just returned from my 8th visit to Los Ulmos de Ralún Lodge, near Puerto Varas in the Patagonia Region of Chile where I spent a week with 7 friends and it was my best...
Traful River Valley, Patagonia, Argentina This is a closeup pic of a landlocked Atlantic salmon caught by Kathy Beck on the Traful in March of 2010 at dusk.
Fd: What can you tell us about your new book: Wild Trout? Wild Trout is a bilingual (English and Spanish) book that covers the basic aspects of the biology of wild trout in Patagonia. Its 300 pages show unique photos acc...
The EXPO FLY FISHING PATAGONIA (November 30 – December 1 this year) takes place in San Martín de los Andes, North Patagonia in Argentina, a small city located in the middle of some of the best trout fishing waters in...
Lago Yelcho, lago yelcho, Chile We are at Lake Yelcho, one of the great destinations within northern Patagonia in Chile.
This season, 2019-2020, has had some changes in both the ecosystem and the weather, very drastic p...
Gray Ghost is a great name for a fly. A name that may bring back memories of salmon and brook trout to many fishermen, and also of the green waters of the Curruhué River or the blue ones of the Traful in the distant ...
Piedra del Aguila, Patagonia, Argentina Friend and fisherman Lauren Le Flanchec left Limay River Lodge today. During 6 straight days he averaged 50 fish a day, both rainbows and browns between 20 and 26 inches. All fishi...
Fd: How was your fly-fishing operation in Northern Patagonia born?Since my very beginnings I've been guiding for several years for major Fly Fishing Outfitters in this area. Some time after, with the acquired experience,...
Piedra del Aguila, Patagonia, Argentina Writer Adrian Latimer, on one of his exploratory trips on the Limay River. This time he was targeting migratory browns on sinking lines and big streamers. Over the years Adrian fo...
Trevelin, Chubut, Argentina FISHING PROGRAMS
1. âOne Week Programâ 8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS / 6 FISHING DAYS
During a week you will be experiencing a varied fishing landscape through the Argentinean Patagonia. The ...
Chaiten, Región de los Lagos, Chile One of the best King Salmon Fishing is in Chilean Patagonia.
Kings here are real gigants , with an aberage of 35 and 40 pounds Yelcho River is one of the best destinations world wi...