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...
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,...
“Because we dared follow our heart we changed part of history” - Mark Dubois“When I’m not afraid to die I’m free to do anything” - Mark DuboisMy early years in San Martín de los Andes
were uniquely special, ...
Arezzo, Perugia, Firenze, Siena, Roma, Tuscany, Italy Tail Water Tevere
Near the town of Sansepolcro, the Tevere flows through the Tuscan countryside (about 1,5 hours south of Florence). Below the Montedoglio Dam, the...
Meeker, Colorado, United States The boys are back in town & they found the browns today!
Looks like the cool weather is going to stick with us for the next couple of weeks holding back a early run-off. So, if ya want i...
»There is no fishing heaven on Earth, there are just heavenly seasons, magical moments on the water.« It is a job of a fishing guide to look for a right moment on the right water. A guide should also know his town, wat...
Kamnik, Slovenia On our two â days fly fishing on KamniÅ¡ka Bistrica River, through the town of Kamnik, Janko caught his first fish on fly fishing rod and fulfilled his long wish.
Janko, has quickly understand ...
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 ...
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
...
After
awakening on June 4, 2011, with the eruption at the Puyehue-Caulle Volcanic
Complex, different organizations immediately started monitoring the area in
order to identify the implications of this phenomenon on th...
March 1st is the New Year to all the fishermen
in this part of Croatia since it's
the date of the trout fishing season
opening. The fisherman's year here lasts until September 30th, when fishermen
all across Dalmatia pac...
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...
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 ...
San MartÃn de los Andes, JunÃn de los Andes, Neuquen, Argentina Under my humble point of view, fall season is an excellent time for fly fishing around San MartÃn and JunÃn de los Andes area in Patagonia Argen...
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...
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...
San Martin de los Andes, Nuequen, Argentina Nathalie with a beautiful 26" brown trout caught on the dry fly, in the difficult and technical waters of the Filo Hua hum river. Was a windy mornig!
San Martin de los Andes, Patagonia, Argentina A tape measure and a monster brown. This is a pic from 2 years ago on the Limay. On one of our exploratory trips. Before the construction of Limay River
Lodge
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, ...
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...
The first time I visited the North Platte River I was heartbroken. My girlfriend at the time had just kicked me to the curb. It happened really fast and it was painful. I was in the dumps—Johnny Cash style.A good bu...
Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States Spring Has Sprung in the High Country!
Spring Break is in full swing now at the Wolf Creek Ski Area, but we are still fishing on the Lower San Juan River with both wade and ...
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...
San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen , Argentina El rio Caleufu en su parte superior se encuentra alto pero normal para la epoca, la pesca esta buena, se capturan mayormente truchas marrones.
Las moscas mas rendidoras fuer...
I work in a tiny little town in the easternmost part of Iceland for all of this summer, cooking up breakfast for all the tourists who come to stay at the hotel. When I am done, I try to get to some fish. The first couple...
San Carlos de Bariloche, Neuquen - Rio Negro, Argentina I went fishing to the famous Limay River outlet (mouth) and stayed there for several hours. It was hard! When there were only 15 minutes of remaining light, I had a...
Trying to book a fishing trip to Patagonia for a Singapore angler, without having a booking agent in between must have been something at least weird and most probably “daring”. Well, not for Ambassador Baharudin…Wh...
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...
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...
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 ...
From high alpine creeks where the finesse of a three-weight is all you need to the major river drainages where throwing giant streamers with seven-weights is the name of the game, Colorado is a great place to experience ...
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...
Former guide and renowned artist Bob White was awarded "1988 Guide Of The Year" by Fly Rod & Reel magazine. At that time he was guiding for Patagonia Outfitters in Argentina and for Tikchik Narrows Lodge in Alaska. H...
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...
Brian O’Keefe is one of the world’s most remarkable anglers and photographers, having had photographs published in the most important periodicals and magazines. The Catch Magazine, co-founded by Todd Moen and Brian, ...
Noah Rosenthal, Los Angeles, CAIt was Tuesday September 2nd and I was in the middle of the last shooting day of the feature filmBand of Robbers (a modern day telling of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as adults) when the email ...
Fd: How did fly fishing and photography get together for you? MJ: Growing up in Texas, I had a rod in hand as a child fishing for bass in local ponds and lakes. This grew into an obsession and throughout my teenage year...
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...
Jim Teeny is one of the most innovative fly fishermen. His famous Teeny nymph and his series of fly lines have changed the sport forever, becoming a must for every fly angler. Jim has held ten IGFA world records, and his...
Fd: What are your roots in fly fishing? Where did you start? I have always loved to fish. My parents are Canadian, and I grew up spending my summers sitting on a dock, casting endlessly for little bass. I learned to fly...
When photographer Francisco Bedeschi was about to publish his second fly-fishing book ‘Best Rivers’ (of Patagonia) in 2004 he asked me to write the main introduction and texts on the Collon Cura and Quemquemtreu Rive...
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...