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.
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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 ...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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....
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...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States I'm always nervous leading up to a trip. I want every one of my clients to catch a fish and enjoy their time on the water. There are so many variables that factor into a clients su...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States The weather in Central Pennsylvania was unseasonably warm...but very welcomed! It was bright and sunny with high temperatures in the low 50's. We fished many Central Pa streams in a...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States I fished Spring Creek in Central Pa with my client Rachel on 6/19/18. An overnight rain shower raised the water level and clouded the stream quite a bit so I chose to start Rachel o...
Mozirje, Slovenia Length/weight: 83.00 cm
District and family: The river Dreta ( from the spring to the confluence with the Savinja in Nazarje) / Mozirje
Name of the fisherman: Jozo
Fish taken: no
Fishing style: fly fishing
Type of bait:
Meeker, Colorado, United States It's that time of the year midges & Blue wings!
Had a great time on the water with these boys last weekend! With morning temps in the mid 30's & daytime temps running in the mid 50's it's...
What is Whirling
Disease?
The whirling disease parasite, Myxobolus
cerebralis, is native to Europe and was first described in Germany in 1903.
Whirling disease is the descriptive side effect
produced by a complex rela...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âI am haunted by waters.â â Norman Maclean
The first wave of true spring run off occurred during the first week of May causing the Big Wood to peak at nearly 7,000 CFS. ...
To My Fellow Fly Fishing Nuts;Hello from a beautiful Spring Day in B.C. that’s screaming; Yard Work, Spring Cleaning, Spring Skiing, and Golf at me at the same time. It’s all helping me re enter society after another...
United States Current Conditions
Spring runoff is subsiding on the Eagle and flows are dropping. We'll be floating the Eagle in the next couple of days! Flows are still on the high side for wade fishing but if you find ...
Benton Crossing, California, United States Spring time in the Sierra brings the migration of the big REDS. Cutthroat trout migrate from Crowley Lake up the Upper Owens River to spawn. These fish are abundant in the river...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about your beginnings? My passion for fishing was born from an early age, but after changing many techniques, I (Luigi Mautino) devoted myself entirely to fly fishing. Later on, I decided to cre...
Fly Tyer, Spring 1988Fast Sinking Streamers"Aren't there any good sculpin patterns that don't have the deer hair head," I asked? "You bet," said George Kelly. "I've got one I call the Foxy Lady and I really believe in i...