It’s Official After two years of severe drought and unprecedented conditions across northeastern Argentina, which created some challenges and puzzles to find the best Golden Dorado fishing, water conditions have now recovered. Since October of 2022 the entire Parana River system has returned to normal levels and forecasts indicate that it will have abundant water …
Explorations and New Fisheries Scouting keeps us going Presenting jetu’u Cabaña de Esteros Home waters are always special. They are the place you’ve known for a long time, and have come to learn every intimate detail. You’ve spent many hours through changing seasons and varying weather conditions, studying it, thinking about it, and calculating your …
Golden Dorado Surface Patterns Fly fishing for Golden Dorado is an addictive sport. These fish make you work for it, but when you connect, it’s an indescribable experience – even better when they produce explosive strikes over surface patterns! Golden Dorado surface fly / t-walk In addition to the sheer joy a surface strike brings …
Golden Dorado 2022 Spring Season Fishing Report For over twenty years our mission has been to deliver the finest fly fishing experiences in Argentina. Every species we chase presents a unique challenge, and our approach has always been to find and pursue fish in destinations and fisheries that provide the very best opportunities and conditions …
Rewilding Jaguars return to Ibera For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by the Ibera Wetlands. My passion for fishing at such an early age fostered that fascination, and ensured it was a place that I would someday have to see and experience for myself. Reading the descriptions of vast expanses of …
Cheech Pierce & Tim Flagler Dorado Fly Tying Session Tying flies specifically for Golden Dorado fishing remains a mystery for the international fly fishing industry. Perhaps it’s a niche market that isn’t fully developed enough for the fly producing companies to get involved. But Argentinean fly tiers have been creating them for decades, and from …
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Home of the Largest Golden Dorado the Parana River Beginning its life in southern Brazil, the mighty Parana River flows south through Paraguay and Argentina for over 3000 miles. It is the second largest river system in South America (yielding only to the Amazon in reach), fourth longest in the world, and the number one …
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I’ve enjoyed watching these incredible fish as they live, feed, and survive, in various types of fisheries and waterways. But only a few times in all of these years, and only in the farthest reaches of the Upper Parana River, was I lucky enough to witness the unparalleled drama of the Dorado spawning.
The primary prey fish of the Golden Dorado is the Sabalo, a medium sized schooling fish that often weighs between 3 and 5 pounds, which requires a bit of strategy along with opportunity.
These adventures are commonly reviewed as the highlight of the trip and more often we have requests from repeat anglers to do more adventure venues, which has been the motor for us to constantly seek for the next one to find.