The season is winding down, and we’re looking back at one of the highlights from its opening weeks — Ralph Scherder fishing the Aluminé River in Northern Patagonia with our own Gustavo. Ralph is a fly fishing guide, writer, and founder of Dark Skies Fly Fishing based in Pennsylvania, and this wasn’t his first time… Continue reading Early Season Throwback: Ralph Scherder in Patagonia
Tag: brown trout
Piedra del Aguila Reservoir
This enormous reservoir is created by the flows from the Limay, Collon Cura and Caleufu Rivers. The lake is the home to large rainbows and browns that feed on the multiple minnow species that inhabit the lake…
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… Continue reading Fly Fish Food´s visit to Patagonia
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… Continue reading River of Monsters Chip
Julie Tallman
Julie Tallman Whoa! My boatmate exclaimed, “Look at him!” When my sulking brown trout finally came to the surface, I could not believe its size. We had just boated Rick’s big brown, 29”, 10+ pounds, and I had hooked this fish on the first cast back at the spot where Rick caught his. What a… Continue reading Julie Tallman