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Flash News from the our good friend Pancho, owner of Carrileufu Valley Lodge, regarding the volcano: For all interested fly fishers I would like to comment about the most recent volcanic eruption in Chile and what it may mean to you. First, the fishing habitat, not the fish, is the only concern as biologists have already confirmed that in certain …
Fishing season started the first of November and we decided to go for one of the most interesting sport fish in Patagonia, Landlocked Atlantic Salmon. The Volcanic eruption affected the area where we fish for them, there´s about 1 inch of very thin ash all over the ground, anyhow, we managed to get to the river and Fish without mayor …
Hey All, I just sent a letter to the Chilean Embassy in support of the thousands of Chileans who have been protesting for weeks, calling on their government to cancel the destructive and unnecessary HidroAysén dams in Patagonia. Please join me and take action now: http://tinyurl.com/DemocracyForChile Thanks! p.s. Thanks to George Arbaugh for the heads up on this
Our good guide friend in Bariloche, Rodrigo Amadeo, sent us these encouraging photos of a couple superb brown trout from the Limay river. Judging by their very healthy condition, they certainly don’t seem to be negatively impacted from the ash deposits. Rodrigo points out that the only noticeable changes in the fish are in their pigmentation, which makes sense, as …
Even five months after the eruption of the Puyehue Volcano in the Cordón Caulle Mountains in southern Chile, volcanic ash continues to fall on Bariloche. New information and conclusions about the effects of this ash continually emerge, creating confusion and pure conjecture over what the real environmental impact will be in the short, medium and long-run. The future of our …
On a scale of 0 to 14 pH, a value of 0 is the most acidic and 14 the most basic. The rain usually has a pH between 5 and 6.5. It is acidic because it has dissolved carbon dioxide and air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. If the rain water flows over soil containing minerals, the …
Fishing season has finished in most of the rivers. Once again, it has been very good all over Patagonia. We have been fishing in many lakes and rivers trough this season, in all kinds of weather and water conditions. Fishing in Patagonia can be tricky, it happens when we are in the wrong place at the wrong time. That´s why …
We are 7 days away from the end of the season at Limay River, the runs of fish from the Nahuel Huapi lake have been consistant and most of them are good size fish. Myself and many fishing friends have been in the Limay constantly, once you get the timing of this river… you want to fish it every day …
