Patagonia Flies ~ An Argentina Fly Fishing Resource

Puerto Madryn, Patagonia Argentina whale watching season has begun with arrival of the Southern Right Whales. Each year from early June until late November these extraordinary animals visit our waters of the Gulf in New Valdes Peninsula, in order to procreate and raise offspring in the calm waters of the Gulf. They are incredibly peaceful and sociable, and sightings can be made from Puerto Piramides, a town in the peninsula. Here are two companies we highly reccomend www.hydrosport.com.ar and www.whalesargentina.com.ar they are people with great experience and we assure you will be amazed.

Amigos, desde Puerto Madryn Patagonia Argentina, les cuento que ya comenzó la temporada de ballenas (la especie “Franca Austral”). Todos los años desde principios de junio y hasta fines de noviembre, estos animales extraordinarios nos visitan en las aguas del Golfo Nuevo en Península de Valdés, con la finalidad de procrear y de tener las crías en la tranquilidad del golfo, son increíblemente pacíficas y sociables, y se pueden hacer avistajes desde Puerto Pirámides, (un pueblo dentro de la península) las empresas mas recomendables son www.hydrosport.com.ar www.whalesargentina.com.ar gente con mucha experiencia y les aseguro que volverán maravillados. Saludos Wilfredo.

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The photo of the week was sent to us from our friend Guillermo Vázquez who is a incredible fly fishing guide in Villa La Angustora. If you ever get the chance to visit this beautiful Patagonian town nesteled in the heart of the Andes mountains we highly recommend you to contact Guillerrmo for all your fly fishing needs at www.limayriver.com

Many long days and nights fly fishing on the river can diminish ones cigar supply very quickly. However, just a short drive into the city of Bariloche there is one of the greatest selection of fine cigars at Vuelta Abajo located Quaglia 242 loc.6 phone# 02944-434785

On May 25th 1810 Argentina declares a revolution against Spain (el Día de la Revolución de Mayo). Now this day is a national holiday generally celebrated with family and friends eating a traditional food dish called locro. In the fly fishing world it also signals that within six days the lower stretches of the Rio Limay are closed for the season, meaning last chance to catch a big brown until November first.

Here’s the the photo of the week sent to me from Gustavo Parra from Neuquén, Argentina. We met Gustavo while fishing the Rividavia this past summer and he recommended us to fish some incredible waters that led us to catch some beautiful landlocked salmon and brook trout. This is Gustavo fighting a huge Brown trout on the lower stretch of the Rio Limay.

We thought it would be of great help for all fly fisherman and travelers visiting Buenos Aires to have some recommendations for restaurants that are just a quick cab ride outside of downtown, and not so touristy to get a real flavor for Argentine cuisine. What we will do each month is feature one restaurant. For May we will start out with Sucre which is an outstanding restaurant with innovative cuisine and an impressive wine list. Featuring the incredible chefs Fernando Trocca and Gonzalo Sacot one will be nothing but overwhelmed with the service and quality of gourmet dishes that Sucre has to ofter. Street: Sucre 676 ~ Phone #: 4782-9082 ~Hours: 8PM-2AM www.sucrerestaurant.com.ar

Here’s a video from one of our recent trips with many different people on many rivers. We all caught some amazing fish and had an incredible time. You will see some scenery from Patagonia and also some great Dorado fly fishing up north from my dear friend Matias Picapietra and his brother.

If your coming to Argentina and enjoy fishing big streamer flies your in luck. Many of the river systems here are conducive to big olive and black leech type patterns representing pancora seen below in the photo. Like many other trout fisheries the bigger fish are often found down deeper with slower retrieve.

Welcome to the new Patagoniaflies.com. A resource for Argentina fly fishing. Stay tuned for some great pictures of Argentina fly fishing, travel advise, fly fishing tips, lodging/guide/flyshop recommendations, great places to eat in various cities and much more. Whether you are from Argentina, a traveling fly fisherman who does not speak spanish or a traveling fly fisherman who does speak spanish; we can help. Ultimately, patagoniaflies.com is simply a fun place to bring fly fisherman together and interact and colloborate around all things related to Argentina fly fishing. Stay tuned for some great news, amazing fish pictures, good information and a good time.