Kooi Noom fishing report.

AlexanderArgentina, Patagonia

Kooi Noom Fishing Report Nov 18 – Dec 10  2013 Dear Anglers and Agents Kooi Noom team wants to say thank you to all anglers who came to experience our very first season opening and enjoyed the newest Trophy Rainbow fishing in Argentina. Thanks for trust in our company and team. We are glad to say that fishing has been completely …

Season opener of our brand new destination – Kooi Noom

BarrettArgentina, Patagonia

November at Kooi Noom, meaning “the fish path” in the native Tehuelche language. Thousands of huge rainbows begin their run from the lakes and lagoons into the rivers and streams that flow across the wild Andean foothills. After several years of scouting, planning, and cultivating strategic partnerships, our first guests are finally able to experience the birth of a destination that …

Dorado Fishing Report – Alto Parana River

BarrettArgentina, Dorado

October is one of the best months to fish the upper Parana. It marks the onset of the dorado spawning season, and the big fish in the river become particularly active and gravitate towards the surface (where they lay their eggs). Head guide Pinti from Amokagny Lodge sent over these pictures from fishing last week as a sampler of what’s …

A Primer to Fly Fishing Argentina, Part 3 – Dorado

BarrettArgentina, Dorado, Patagonia

While the golden dorado has long been admired in Argentina, until recently it was almost completely unknown to the outside world. Only within the last decade or so have dorado become recognized as one of the world’s most exciting and prized freshwater game fish. A unique species that defies categorization, the dorado is rather like a supernatural hybrid between a …

A Primer to Fly Fishing in Argentina: Part 1

BarrettArgentina, brown trout, Dorado, Patagonia, Sea trout, tierra del fuego

Argentina, the world’s 8th largest country, encompasses more than 1 million square miles at the southern end of the South American continent (about 1/3 the size of the US). It extends from the Tropic of Capricorn all the way to windswept tundra in Tierra del Fuego, just a few hundred miles from Antarctica. Given its prodigious size, it’s no small …

Santa Cruz Steelhead – Fiesta de la Trucha.

AlexanderSteelhead

Our friend Rodrigo “El Pela”  from Big Fish Patagonia sent us some images of his receant trip south to Santa Cruz River for Atlantic Steelhead. Regarding to him the conditions of the river where great, the color of the water a bit cloudy but well enough for the fish to see the fly and many fresh fish from receant runs. …