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January 25 – Feb 1 I am going down to Argentine for a cartography job. I will be mapping/fishing the Las Buitreras beat on Rio Gallego in the Santa Cruz region of southern Patagonia. This is the first beat above the tidal water, and extends over some 20 miles. Those of my friends that have fished both Gallegos and Rio Grande say that you maybe get higher numbers on the Grande, but that the character of teh Gallego with more pronounced pools and overall character of the water makes up for that. This corresponds well with the films and photos I have seen.
The Las Buitreras Fishings is operated by Loop Tackle Company. Like on the Ponoi they now are working shoulder to shoulder with Frontiers. (On Gallegos Frontiers operate the beat above Loop’s.)
Would any of you fellow Spey casters like to join? We will be fishing for large sea run browns that normally weight 10-15 ponds with fish over 20 pounds within realistic reach. I am told that an average angler would expect 4-6 fish a day, with a skilled rod being in for quite a few more.
For those that enjoy good trout fishing the estancia has several creeks with large brook trout and big resident brown. As these, as I am told, are spring creeks they make for a good backup should the main river blow out.
As that week’s host I will make certain that we can go to depth with things like “how to mend with a shooting head” and other things we have discussed throughout the past 3 years on this board. Aside from technique stuff and flytying it also will be a great chanse to discuss other destinations, like the Kola Peninsula. I will bring slides.
Down there a steelheader that, like us Scandinavian Sea trout fishermen, easily moves over from fast sinking tips to skating dries has a large advantage. Sea trout, per definition, are moody and what is true in the morning very well can be false by mid day. It pays well to experiment.
I have often been asked how Atlantic salmon and Steelhead compare. In a way they do, but what strikes me more and more is how much better Steelheads and Searun Browns do. Both are anadromous trout that are very much more active in freshwater than what the salmons are. Our Baltic sea trout start to eat after the spawning and are rather well mended when we are allowed to fish for them in the spring. Often enough they only take flies presented at eyelevel, although they might explode at a Bomber in warmer days.
Please e-mail me if at all interested. I am not making a dime out of this – my motive is to make sure that we get to be a good team that can benefit from each other’s knowledge.
Anyone with knowledge from these waters? All info. is welcome!
"Tight lines"
Per
[email protected]
The Las Buitreras Fishings is operated by Loop Tackle Company. Like on the Ponoi they now are working shoulder to shoulder with Frontiers. (On Gallegos Frontiers operate the beat above Loop’s.)
Would any of you fellow Spey casters like to join? We will be fishing for large sea run browns that normally weight 10-15 ponds with fish over 20 pounds within realistic reach. I am told that an average angler would expect 4-6 fish a day, with a skilled rod being in for quite a few more.
For those that enjoy good trout fishing the estancia has several creeks with large brook trout and big resident brown. As these, as I am told, are spring creeks they make for a good backup should the main river blow out.
As that week’s host I will make certain that we can go to depth with things like “how to mend with a shooting head” and other things we have discussed throughout the past 3 years on this board. Aside from technique stuff and flytying it also will be a great chanse to discuss other destinations, like the Kola Peninsula. I will bring slides.
Down there a steelheader that, like us Scandinavian Sea trout fishermen, easily moves over from fast sinking tips to skating dries has a large advantage. Sea trout, per definition, are moody and what is true in the morning very well can be false by mid day. It pays well to experiment.
I have often been asked how Atlantic salmon and Steelhead compare. In a way they do, but what strikes me more and more is how much better Steelheads and Searun Browns do. Both are anadromous trout that are very much more active in freshwater than what the salmons are. Our Baltic sea trout start to eat after the spawning and are rather well mended when we are allowed to fish for them in the spring. Often enough they only take flies presented at eyelevel, although they might explode at a Bomber in warmer days.
Please e-mail me if at all interested. I am not making a dime out of this – my motive is to make sure that we get to be a good team that can benefit from each other’s knowledge.
Anyone with knowledge from these waters? All info. is welcome!
"Tight lines"
Per
[email protected]
