The season started out with lots of snow and cold weather producing some incredible fishing in Bariloche’s lake district with many big beautiful browns being caught on streamers stripped nice and slow using shooting heads of around 250 grams, and also many big fat brook trout. The rainbows are very healthy and seem to prefer [...]
Patagonia is known for its beautiful fly fishing lodges and private water, but there are also endless places that you can go to if you have a car. Within the area one can easily access incredible lakes and rivers all within hours of Bariloche. For example the Rio Limay, Manso, Chimihuin, Malleo, Alumine, Carilfu, Correntoso [...]
Patagonia Flies wanted to thank everyone who joined us for our wonderful fly fishing day trips for dorado here one hour and half away from the big city of Buenos Aires. It really has been a great season and still going. More importantly it was a pleasure getting to meet fly fisherman from all over [...]
Here is the photo of the week. It seems like its going to be a great fall steelhead run in the Santa Cruz as Patagonia Flies dear friend Rodrigo Amadeo just sent us this photo of a beautiful steelhead fresh out of the Atlantic caught yesterday . Nice work brother.
The Fall run is on. The big fish are finally in the Rio Limay as it was a particularlly dry year with very llittle rain in the last two months. The lake run browns wait near the mouth for higher water and strong winds to make their run down river. Here is beautiful example of a male [...]
The crew from Patagonia Flies has recently returned from a wonderful long trip to the Southern Patagonia learning new waters and designing new fly fishing programs. One of the most amazing rivers we explored again was the Gallegos river with its omnipresent resident brown trout population and elusive sea runs one never knows what to [...]
If you are in Bariloche, Argentina or planning to go. Patagonia Flies is now offering day trips to all of the surrounding lakes and rivers. For more information contact miguelflyfishing @gmail.com
If you are planning a fly fishing trip to Argentina Patagonia Flies highly recommends you go to fish for the treasured and sought after Atlantic Steelhead with Rodrigo Amadeo on the amazing glacial waters of the Rio Santa Cruz in southern Patagonia. It’s here where the last run of fresh Atlantc Ocean steelhead call home. [...]
Basic equipment for fly fishing the Rio Grande from my humble point of view. If fishing single handed fly rods (only recommended for very low wind to calm days) a #8 9’ to 10 ft would do the job. Casting distances are not big, but the fish are! I recommend single handed for easy days because when [...]
The photo of the week is of Patagonia Flies Wilfredo (Homero) Yaconis with his impressive giant rainbow caught in Southern Patagonia. Nice work on bringing that beast to hand for the team.
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