Argentina

Ten Rivers & Ten Lakes

Lanin National Park
near San Martin de los Andes

FLY FISHING

The Trout
We find a wide range of trout species in this Patagonian region: Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Brown Trout (Salmo trutta), Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), and Landlocked Salmon (Salmo Salar Sebago), which were introduced at the beginning of the century and are found in a unique wild state nowadays. They all stand out for their beauty and fierceness.

Daily Program
Waking up in the morning you will be greeted by the sight of the snow-capped peaks reflecting on the waters of Lacar Lake. A big breakfast with fresh baked bread, natural jam made from local fruits, juices, a strong Italian coffee and a delicious iced tea will make you start your day in the best way. After breakfast, we will set out our journey by 4-wheel-drive vehicles, two fishermen per vehicle driving to the fishing area previously selected to fulfil the anglers' demands, depending on the season and the best conditions at that moment.
After fishing all morning, an assistant will be waiting on the banks of the river or lake at midday, with a top-level shore lunch and a unique variety of refreshments, beers and wine.

Later, if so desired, you can rest on cots before the afternoon and evening fishing session
When we return to the lodge, you will be able to shower and get ready to enjoy the incredible dinner prepared by our chefs in the Arrayán Club House, where you will be delighted to taste the most delicious food of the region, served with the best wines of Argentina.

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Below follows a brief description of the Ten Rivers chosen so that you have the necessary information about the Argentine Patagonia and your stay at the lodge, characteristics, species, seasons and fishing techniques.

• Chimehuín
  You'll discover a lot nice trout under each branches of willow trees obtaining unbealible surprices. These medium waters offer you the possibility of catch nice brown and rainbow trout with light fly rods. The world famous Chimehuín have a unique morfology for a trout river. You can enjoy a all day dry fly on a drift boat or looking forward big trout in "La Boca", place where the river is born in the Huechulafquen Lake. In middle January is possible to found hatches of a particular kind of big may fly, similar to "hexagenya" and catch the most nice trophies.

• Malleo
  Here you can enjoy the true escence of fly fishing. Its features do possible to use light gear and a seeing the trout you are fishing all the time. Mainly using dry flies you'll catch brownies, rainbows and brookies. When is growing dark appear mostly caddis, tricos and different may flies hatches. Our challenge is to deceive wild trout with subtles techniques. A gentle wade do a pleasure the fishing journey.

• Alumine & Collon Cura
  Runing in a beatiful and desert valley like some Oregon's rivers. Offer one fantastic float trip across 40 miles. Eventhough these are big waters we combine dry fly and nymph with subtle fly rods and streamer with medium fly rod. The best example for a public water without fishing presure along Patagonian territory, which give us a sensation of to be in a virgin place.
  Across the course which runn in canyons, we can fund from slowly flats to white water riffles. Its long banks are fulled of willow trees where are hide and seek nice trout waiting for big atractos dry flies. On ours equipped drift boats you will enjoy the most fantasti drift trip in Patagonia.

• Filo Hua-Hum
  An astonishing valley in a private Ranch compund a classic scenery of 40's Montana. You' ll enjoy a typical "ranch day" in Patagonia, with "asado" (traditional Argentinean meal) doing horse Riding, if you like, in order to reach the fishing plases. Every spot hide a unexpected surprise. His medium waters offer us nice rainbows, brownies and some brookies. Ideal river for nymping fishing with light or medium fly rods. Every evening appear many hatches of may flies and caddis.

• Caleufu
  Twenty five miles of medium waters running in canyons have the most large trout poblation around the place. A lot average trout and also many trophies of rainbow and bronws making the Caluefu a fantastic opcion. At the end of every fishing season big bronw swim up stream for spown and they are indicated to catch with medium wieght fly rods and weighted streamers. In middle season the low flow allow to use light fly rods and doing a gentle wade for the same nice fish.

• Quilquihue
  Mostly in private lands and its medium crystal clear waters give us many surprises. With its banks full of trees and bushes providing lots of hiding places for wild trout. Precises and short cast are enough for unforgettable catch. Dry flies are the most indicated technique to deceive these fishes. The typicl two puond rainbows is normal here. It lapses across the a forest section to an dessert section.

• Catan-Lil
  This small and poblated water give us the possibilty of to use the most light fly rods and lettle dry flies. Low flow allow a gentle wade. Denominated like "schooll river" because is the best oportunity to start to read waters for the begginers. You will catch trout in each spot that you thought that was a fish. It runn in a meanders morfology across a dessert valley.

• Nahuel Mapi Creek
  In the beggining of the season you can find really nice trout in this smallest waters. Into a Ranch this totally private waters give to you the possibility to fishing without anybody around you. Combining a fishing days with traditional country days in a Estancia you will have a unbealiable day.

• Meliquina
  Perhaps the most nice around and a perfect size in a trout river. Tha medium water of Meliquina toast a numerous population of rainbow and brown trout. This so close place to the Lodge is important alternative for the begginers in the art of the flyfishing.

Here, as in the river section, you will find a brief description of the ten most interesting lakes of the region. If you haven't tried it yet, you will discover a totally new way of fishing and you will surprised by the aggressiveness of the trout that inhabit the particular lake.

• Escondido
  After an adventure 4 x 4 road you will find this dreamy and dashing place. This small lake hide under his surface trophy rainbows. Casting against the reeds, on a boat, you will offer to the trout addult dragon flies. Of this way you can enjoy the most fantatic strike in the surface. This very cozy lake like say his name in Spanish is a real hidden place but so close from the Lodge.

• Espejo
  Wonderfull sceneries, very populated forest and the most crystal clear waters prepair for us an unforgettable fishing day. Such in the oulet of very cold creek and rivers as from the boat you will catch rainbows, brookies and brownies allways of a nice average. In the sunny days like uin others Patagonia lakes you will be able to enjoy the dry fly fishing with addult dragon flies.

• Filo Hua-Hum
  Banks fulled of reeds give great hide to trophy brownies which live here looking for dragon nymphs and little fishes. On a boat sailing close to de reeds you will be able to catch them. The allways live possibility the fish in the river and his outlet doing a great mixed option.

• Queñi
  Almoust a pond with allways calm waters is the perfect place to enjoy a family fishing day. Fulled of rainbow and brown trophies it wait for give beautiful surprises. Being possible to combine a fishing day with a sight seeing trip to nice a waterful and thermal waters doing even a better option.

• Lolog
  A long lake present us a several possibilitie during a fishing days . you will sail along his banks looking for nice rainbows, brownies and brookies. Other great option is to visit a spring creek nice resident brook trout giving us a fantastic challenge during our visit to Lolog Lake

• Other lakes
  Others options increase the list and give you an extended menu of possibilities. Tromen lake, Machonico lake, Hermoso lake, Meliquina lake, Lacar lake to be some others lake options that you can choise.