Saturday 4th of June afternoon a pyroclastic cloud arrived to Bariloche city, turning the day into night, the cloud was over 10 Km high covering the hole area with ash, volcanic sand and even small pumice rocks. The event was caused by the eruption of the Puyehue Volcano, located in Chile, just 100 Km away from Bariloche City. Flights are …
Limay river – Fishing machines in action!
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 …
Amazonian Tarpon!
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 …
The Pebble Pedalers
I recently received an email from Parker & Seth Berling of Pebble Pedalers, a couple of die-hard fishermen/cyclists who have been biking for the last year and a half from AK to TDF in order to raise awareness against the Bristol Bay Pebble Mine. From their website: “In July of 2009, the Pebble Pedalers, a two-man team of conservation-minded cyclists began …
Just another day in Paradise.
Fishing has been great these last days!! We have been visiting our favorite spots looking for Migratory brown, rainbows and Landlocked Atlantics. Luckily, beggining of season in northern Patagonia has always given us good times. We have visited our favorite spot for Landlocked Atlantics, and some nice rainbow and browns also took part on this trip. Limay river has showed some …
Photo of the Day
Thanks to Alejandro Martello for the pic.
Lake Fonk, remembering old memories.
Many years passed since we started fishing around Bariloche. We were 14 years old when a very good friend and a guide at that moment, took us fishing to an incredible place called the Lake Fonk. Our friend, Nico Murua, was born in Buenos Aires and after finishing university he thought about moving to Bariloche. Resisting to the idea of …