Photo - Golden Dorado Air Assault
The Photo of the week was taken by Noel Pollak while fly fishing for Dorado. This photo captures the intensity of the Dorado and its strength and capacity to leave the water with such massive force to take out various waterfowl,snakes, small mammals, and any creature that gets in its path; hopefully your fly. Dorado are the kings of their domain calling home to the massive river systems in South America , specifically the Plata and the Amazonian waterways, and are still really being discovered in small canal systems in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Bolivia and probably many more. They are a very unique fish in the ways they hunt for their prey , in that they stalk it out like lions and are known for vicious strikes. Depending on the waterway and time of year you are fishing for Dorado they can be caught with bug muddler flies and floating lines using a steel leader. The biggest Dorado known to be caught is 68 lbs although it is much more common around 5-20 lbs with the bigger fish usually caught in the month of October down deep with sinking lines from a boat.
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that is an amazing photo. a dorado is definately on my fish wish list. i have also heard that these species can be caught relatively close to buenos aries; is this correct? that would make for a good shorter trip for the business or touring traveler who may be in buenos aries for one reason or another but may not be able to commit to patagonia.
Absolutely, there is incredible Dorado fly fishing 1hour and half away from Buenos Aires. Patagonia flies actually has a service that caters to the Businessman Fly fisherman who has a day to spare and wants to go fishing for Dorado. I am going to do a post on that trip soon, however if any one is in the city and interested contact me at alex@patagoniaflies.com for more information and keep your eyes out for a future post.
nunca pude ir a pescar dorados , me conto Matias que es algo espectacular , espero poder ir en algun momento , cual es la mejor epoca ???? podras poner alguna foto de una mosca de dorado ???
un abrazo
Miguel
si mi amigo me pongo un foto con algunas moscas esta semena. La mejor epoca es octubre por grandes , por ejemplo en corrientes, pero cerca BA es el verano Enero hasta Marzo porque hay mas calor y mas actividad , tambien estoy aprendo mas cada dia, no se que es la mejor epoca en Salta ?
en Salta no se , pero estuve leyendo que en el Juramento se sacan Dorados entre 8 y 12 kg , una locura , pero si o si tenes que flotarlo , es dificil el acceso para el vadeo …..vi que en el Juramento usan moscas de 30 cm de largo ….como las tiras ????ja, ja, ja, en Octubre podemos pescar dorados cerca de Bs As ???
Alex,
Great website. Enjoyed the conversation at Tobacco Leaf in Las Vegas. Hope you enjoy the Flor de Oliva…not a Jose Piedra, but a decent smoke and good value for the states.
Good fishing,
Steve