Patagonia Flies ~ An Argentina Fly Fishing Resource

One of the most breathtaking views on this planet, Perito Moreno glacier is located in Southern Argentina in the Santa Cruz Province. This glacier is the third largest freshwater reserve on earth after Antartica and Greenland, and has not retreated in 90 years. This 60 meter high river of ice dams the Brazo Rico of Lago Argentino. Every four years or so the glacier no longer can support the rising water and the dam virtually explodes in a intense thundering sound with huge walls of ice falling into the water in front of them. It can be viewed from “Los Glaciares” National Park. The national park was created in 1937 and is about an hour and half from the beautiful little patagonian town of Calafate. The road is very suitable to rent a cars or there are many shuttles going to and from the park. One will see the massive ice formations with sky blue colorations that are a result of the reflection of light in the oxygen molecules that are trapped in the compacted snow. Fly fishing in the nearby Santa Cruz river for native Atlantic steelhead and beautiful trout is an absolute must do, also with a scenic backdrop of huge cliffs and big condors over your head it truly is another fly fishermen’s paradise. Photo taken by Luca Galuzzi.