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I thought I’d share some photos from the 2008 trip to Argentina and Chile with you. There are a lot, so my apologies if they take ages to load on your computer!
My trip began in Central Patagonia; this was wild brown and rainbow trout paradise! More rivers and lakes than you could cover in a lifetime, and that was just in the small area that I got to see. The weather was hot, 20 Celsius + every day, bliss having come from our winter, and the waters crystal clear.
I did manage to visit some of the Welsh areas, which was totally surreal. I was there on St.David’s day and got invited to a party that evening where a large group of locals had gathered at the ‘Welsh School of the Andes’. It was amazing to be able to speak Welsh so far from home, and great to see the language still strong in the area. I even had a Welsh speaking fishing guide one day!
For those who love their trout fishing I can certainly see the attraction of the area, especially when their peak fishing season fits in-line with our peak winter months. Also, it doesn’t suffer the strong winds experienced down in Tierra Del Fuego, which was definitely a plus. The closest I've come to this type of fishing was in Slovenia, but this was Slovenia on steroids!
As per usual I did get a bit click-happy! Managing to rack up some 30gb in photos! Here’s a few shots from the first leg of the journey (sorry if they look slightly pixelated; they have been resized to allow easier loading):
Ready to go afloat
Drift fishing with my guide who spoke Welsh, with a mountain called ‘Gorsedd-y-cymylau’ (resting place of the clouds) in the background.
A fish on a ‘fat-albert’, something which I thought a fish would never be stupid enough to take!
Some local scenery:
Wild Parrots:
Then on to a different area in search of yet more ravenous trout:
On the feed:
The river:
A small tributary:
A random lake:
A small stream where sight-fishing with small nymphs and light leaders was just the ticket:
With very acrobatic fish!!!
An even smaller stream! Deep water, heavy nymphs, light leaders and a catapult cast:
It was then time to get back to Buenos Aires and meet the gang for the Rio Grande leg of the trip! The following week was a right laugh! With some extremely comic moments. We had some good sport on the lakes and the rivers, even though the Grande was down to her bones, having very little water over the previous 2 months, which made for very challenging fishing – if the wind was up then the fishing was good, but if the sun was out with little or now wind then the river fishing was confined to the early mornings and late evenings/night-time. The following should give you a flavour from that week and a couple from the following week:
A nice resident:
The Grande showing her bones:
Some scenic shots from the lodge:
Down river
A couple from the lakes:
A double header of Pacific Sea-trout:
Some local ‘wildlife’; a condor and a cara-cara or something similar!
Sorry for the amount of photos! But I hope that you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them.
TT.
My trip began in Central Patagonia; this was wild brown and rainbow trout paradise! More rivers and lakes than you could cover in a lifetime, and that was just in the small area that I got to see. The weather was hot, 20 Celsius + every day, bliss having come from our winter, and the waters crystal clear.
I did manage to visit some of the Welsh areas, which was totally surreal. I was there on St.David’s day and got invited to a party that evening where a large group of locals had gathered at the ‘Welsh School of the Andes’. It was amazing to be able to speak Welsh so far from home, and great to see the language still strong in the area. I even had a Welsh speaking fishing guide one day!
For those who love their trout fishing I can certainly see the attraction of the area, especially when their peak fishing season fits in-line with our peak winter months. Also, it doesn’t suffer the strong winds experienced down in Tierra Del Fuego, which was definitely a plus. The closest I've come to this type of fishing was in Slovenia, but this was Slovenia on steroids!
As per usual I did get a bit click-happy! Managing to rack up some 30gb in photos! Here’s a few shots from the first leg of the journey (sorry if they look slightly pixelated; they have been resized to allow easier loading):
Ready to go afloat
Drift fishing with my guide who spoke Welsh, with a mountain called ‘Gorsedd-y-cymylau’ (resting place of the clouds) in the background.
A fish on a ‘fat-albert’, something which I thought a fish would never be stupid enough to take!
Some local scenery:
Wild Parrots:
Then on to a different area in search of yet more ravenous trout:
On the feed:
The river:
A small tributary:
A random lake:
A small stream where sight-fishing with small nymphs and light leaders was just the ticket:
With very acrobatic fish!!!
An even smaller stream! Deep water, heavy nymphs, light leaders and a catapult cast:
It was then time to get back to Buenos Aires and meet the gang for the Rio Grande leg of the trip! The following week was a right laugh! With some extremely comic moments. We had some good sport on the lakes and the rivers, even though the Grande was down to her bones, having very little water over the previous 2 months, which made for very challenging fishing – if the wind was up then the fishing was good, but if the sun was out with little or now wind then the river fishing was confined to the early mornings and late evenings/night-time. The following should give you a flavour from that week and a couple from the following week:
A nice resident:
The Grande showing her bones:
Some scenic shots from the lodge:
Down river
A couple from the lakes:
A double header of Pacific Sea-trout:
Some local ‘wildlife’; a condor and a cara-cara or something similar!
Sorry for the amount of photos! But I hope that you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them.
TT.
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