Rio Parana Dorado & Surubi

BarrettArgentina, Dorado

Here’s a couple photos I wanted to share that our friend Peto sent me earlier this summer. The giant catfish is a highly-prized Surubi. Peto is a down to earth, die hard fly fishing guide, knows the Rio Parana like the back of his hand, and speaks more languages than I can count on one hand. Can’t wait to go …

Reyes Del Rio

BarrettDorado

This is absolutely Bad Ass: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhG4iEBaowE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theflyfishjournal.com%2Fnews%2F2009%2F08%2F26%2Freyes-del-rio&feature=player_embedded#t=140]

Fly Fishing in Misty Fjords National Monument

Barrett

Even though catching fish is ostensibly the ultimate goal, to me fly fishing is more often just an excuse get away from civilization and into wild places. The overall experience, in my humble opinion, is much more important than counting the number of fish to hand.  As such, guiding in Southeast Alaska has given me the privilege see some pretty …

"Where all started" – Fishing the River Test –

Nicolas Trochinebrown trout, Trout

More than five hundred years have passed since Fly Fishing got popular as a fishing method and one of the first detailed reports of this art was written by Dame Juliana Barnes in the late fourteen hundreds. British fly-fishing continued to develop in the 19th Century, with the emergence of fly fishing clubs, along with the appearance of several books …

Steelhead montage – Canon D10

BarrettSteelhead

Before coming up to Alaska this summer, I picked up Canon’s new point and shoot waterproof & shockproof camera, the Powershot D10.  It’s 12.1 mega pixels, takes fairly decent shots, and I especially like it for the rainy weather common to Southeast AK. It’s also a lot of fun to play around with the underwater video capabilities. I could go …

Underwater Steelhead Footage

BarrettSteelhead

Here’s some video that I took this May while fishing a small Southeast AK steelhead stream. It’s a bit shaky, but if you pay attention you’ll see a nice steelhead that was swimming just a couple feet in front of me. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4aw6_k7SpU]

TSIMANE SCOUTING -WINTER DORADOS

AlexanderArgentina, Dorado

Just an update. We’ve been in the Amazon rainforest of Bolivia a few weeks ago, scouting and checking the fishing conditions before our first season starts up in August. The Secure River is a pristine clear water stream, where the freshwater dorado lives in the Amazon basin. It’s a unique blend of this extremely powerful species and Amazon species like …

An Argentine fishing in North America?

Barrettbrown trout, Patagonia

A couple months ago, after returning from Argentina, Nico and I found ourselves in Washington state and he wanted to sample some trout fishing –  North American style. I, of course, wanted to show off a bit and  prove to him that we also have some pretty damn good trout fishing this side of the Equator. Unfortunately, I couldn’t think …