Golden Dorado redux | Set Fly Fishing

Introduction to

Golden Dorado

Golden Dorado is a new specie for many international anglers looking for a challenge.

SET Fly Fishing offers you the chance to approach this unique specie for the first time, with the coach of a professional guide, on a reduced 3 nights, 2 and a half day program.

Combining your trip, with a short Golden Dorado experience, will allow you to get the grip of this amazing fish.

This program is ideal for a First Golden Dorado experience.

Isoro Marsh

Jetu´u (Cabaña de Esteros) is our newest lodge, located on the banks of the Isoro wetlands. This lodge offers the opportunity to fish a classic marsh environment created by overflow of the mid-section of the Parana River, not from rain as in the Ibera wetlands. Having access to the Parana River also allows us to fish for numerous other species such as Pacu and Pira-pita, if the time of the season is right.

Sample Program

SET Fly Fishing´s Golden Dorado redux program starts with your first contact with out in-house agency. Our team will provide all the information and will take you on-hand since the very beginning.

We will pick you up at the airport in Corrientes, and fly you to a local airstrip near Goya. From there it’s a 1/2 hour drive to your destination where you will spend the next 3 nights and 2 and a half days fishing.

Itinerary

DAY 1: Catch an early commercial flight from Buenos Aires to Corrientes or Resistencia Airport. Transfer to the lodge, check in and half days fishing.
DAY 2 and 3: Two full days fishing.
DAY 4: Check out. Transfer to the local airport, fly to Corrientes or resistencia. Fly back to Buenos Aires on a commercial flight.

3 nights and 2 and a half days of fishing have a cost of $3,100 per person, double occupancy, with one boat and guide per two anglers.

This trip is limited to a total of 8 anglers.

INCLUDED IN THE TRIP PRICE

All lodging as described on the itinerary
All meals, beer and wine
Full-time guide and coordinator during the trip
All charter flights and local ground transfers
All the special services described on the itinerary
Fishing license, all flies

NOT INCLUDED IN THE TRIP PRICE

International Flights or flights between Buenos Aires and Corrientes/Resistencia
Any Buenos Aires expenses – hotels, meals, transfers, etc
Laundry
Gratuities

Gear

Here you will find our recomendations for gear. Have in mind that if you want to pack lightly we have gear we can lend at no extra cost.

If you decide to use our gear, please let us know in advance so we can have everything ready at your arrival.

Rods and Reels

We suggest an 8 weight, 9 ft, 4 piece, fast action rod with a good fighting butt. This weight allows you go cast heavy flies and also lessen arm fatigue. If possible, we also suggest that you bring an additional 8 weight rod that can be strung up with a different line.

Quality reels with working drags that balance your rods and Reels should be loaded with a minimum of 150 yards of 30 lb backing.

A note regarding Pacu and Pira Pita – two additional omnivorous species. Though Dorado is the primary target if the conditions are right you will have the opportunity to fish for Pacu and Pira Pita. For both of these species a stiff 6 weight, 9 ft, 4 piece, with a good fighting butt, is sufficient.

Lines

Lines have to be “tropical” due to the water/air temperature in the area. As we said before, its nice to have two rods with different lines, but here is the deal.

For fishing the Upper Parana River we ask for one weigh forward floating line (WFF) – This would be for surface patterns, mainly for mice. And an intermediate clear tip for streamers.

At the Ibera Wetlands, as water is so clear, we only ask for two floating lines. One for surface patterns, and the other one for streamers.

Most of the tropical lines should do the trick, but here are the ones we recommend.

Tropical Floating Line: Scientific Anglers Mastery Jungle Titan.
Intermediate clear tip: Cientific Anglers Sonar Titan Jungle Clear Tip

As you will be using a 6wt rod for the omnivorous species (pacu and pira-pita), you will have to bring a matching #6 weigh forward floating line for that rod and reel.

Leaders and Tippet

Leaders for dorado should be 9 feet long, and the secret formula goes as follows: 5+3+1.

Five feet (5 ft) 0,7 mm mono + three feet (3 ft) 0,6 mm mono + one feet 40 lbs Wire Bite tippet.

You can also use the 8+1 formula: 8 feet of mono (0,7 mm for the Upper parana, and 0,6 mm for the wetlands), plus 1 feet bite wire.

Rio Saltwater mono (not fluorocarbon) 40 lbs (0,6 mm) / 50 lbs (0,68 mm).

Rio Wire Bite Tippet POWERFLEX WIRE BITE TIPPET 40 lbs (sku 6-22147) for dorado and 30 lbs (sku 6-22146) for pacu and pirapita.

Flies: Your guide will provide any fly you might need.

Meet our Guides

At Set Fly Fishing we believe our team makes the difference in providing guests with memorable lifetime experiences. We are proud of our guide team that has grown and matured with the company over the past 20 years.
Specific guide teams are focused on the same species, either trout or Dorado, throughout the entire season. This accounts for their high level of expertise on “their waters” and gives our guests comfort knowing that they are in the best hands.