The Eagle Has Landed – Roadtrippin’ in the casa rodante

Barrettbrown trout, Patagonia

It’s a curios sensation to be trout fishing in two different hemispheres on opposite ends of the globe,  just a few days apart. Immediately upon returning from Patagonia, I grabbed my motor home, infamously known as the “Eagle 6” among those familiar with her exploits, and set off with several friends in search of more rising trout. A few blizzards, …

Limay river – Fishing machines in action!

Nicolas TrochineArgentina, brown trout, Fly fishing, Patagonia

Yesterday we got back from fishing Limay medio with our friend Tommy, it is a pleasure to fish along such a good fisherman! It was fun fishing together. We had great fishing for good size rainbows and browns. Rainbows were really active, we had several double hookups during the trip. We also caught some incredible brownies, most on sinking lines …

Dorado from Corrientes

BarrettArgentina, Dorado

Our friend & excellent guide, Peto, recently netted this incredible dorado from the Yahape region in northern Argentina. For more information, see: Yahape. Those in the know agree that it’s the best dorado location in Argentina for the serious angler.

Limay River- End of season

Alexanderbrown trout, Patagonia

Just got back from the Irigoyen river, it wasn´t such a long season down there but I was expecting to rest a bit after it. When I came to Bariloche I heard that migratory browns were coming in in good amounts. No time to rest !!!  yesterday we where 5 fisherman, we all had some kind of action but one, …

Amazonian Tarpon!

BarrettFly fishing

My boss on the Ponoi in Russia, Matt Breuer, shared these pics from his recent trip to the Amazonian rain forest in Guyana in search of the elusive Arapaima gigas (say that 3 times fast). Truth be told, I didn’t even know it was possible to catch these on a fly. He has positively proven otherwise.  Now I’ve got yet another destination …