News from Estancia Chochoy Mallin
Chochoy Mallin is truly the last frontier of fly fishing in Patagonia. The area is breathtakingly beautiful and features many picturesque streams to walk and wade.
Winter Fishing in Patagonia
Imagine how restless you would feel if for five months of the year, all fishing near you was closed due to government regulations.
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The Minnow Hatch: A Unique Angling Opportunity
…It is truly spectacular to witness rainbows and browns feed very aggressively, splash and break the surface to attack these minnows at strategic places of the river. The strength and power of these trout after feeding for a while on minnows is mind-blowing…
Landon Mayer´s “South to Patagonia”
Landon Mayer´s “South to Patagonia” Last December I had the great fortune of finding myself in a run with multiple prime trout holding locations, and incredible amounts of large adult fish going absolutely berserk in a feeding frenzy. The biggest challenge was not in spending hours hunting and presenting, but in deciding which 18-26 inch …
Fishing tackle for Northern Patagonia destinations
There is no way to predict every fishing situation that you may encounter but, after years of traveling in Argentina to here is the list of tackle that we recommend for San Martin area and surrounding streams.
Fly Fish Food´s visit to Patagonia
Fly Fish Food´s visit to Patagonia Last summer Curtis and Cheech from Fly Fish Food spent a week with Andes Drifters (now SET Fly Fishing). Below, their experience in first person. “Curtis and I arrived at the airport in San Martin de los Andes and were met by the Head Guide Gustavo to be driven …
Brown the color of fall
Fall brings along large brown torut getting agressive previous thier spawn season and the use of large articulated streamers brings great results on many Northenr Patagonia stream during the months of April and May
Gink & Gasoline´s Trout and Dorado Combo experience
Gink & Gasoline´s Trout and Dorado Combo experience This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime fly fishing adventure. I have fished some amazing places but none offer the diversity, solitude and hospitality of Argentina. Floating the storied rivers of Patagonia, you get the sense of what it would have been like to be the first angler to …
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River of Monsters Chip
River of Monsters Chip Most of the fly fishing world have read about the big sea run brown trout of Tierra del Fuego but few know about or have fished the RIVER of MONSTERS. No sea runs here but bows that make the reel sing and BIG, BIGGER and really BIGGG browns. The mighty Limay …
Fly Fishing the Rio Caleufu
Fly Fishing the Rio Caleufu by Memo Stephens The meaning of life is all about fulfilling dreams(…). I’ve harbored a little dream of my own; to float, camp, and fly fish the entire length of the Caleufu River in Patagonia Argentina… Take a look at the story here: By Memo Stephens. Patagonia Journal Managing Editor. …