Like fly fishers everywhere, I like to fish with dry flies whenever I can. It doesn’t mean I don’t like and appreciate other forms of casting a fly, it just means that seeing a trout eat a dry fly is one of the more enjoyable aspects of our sport. And…
With spring bursting in North America, it can be hard to tear yourself away and head south of the equator for a bout with fallfishing in Patagonia. Once there, however, your attitude changes with the shorter days and crisp feel of the air in the Andes. There’s something about fall…
All fishermen love the early season of trout fishing. Multiple hatches of caddis, mayflies and stoneflies march past, drawing fish to the surface to feast on the bounty. As spring turns into summer, the fishing slows a bit as the big bugs are gradually replaced by smaller and fewer insects. …
Everyone has a favorite trout species. Some prefer the almost delicate beauty of a fontinalis, or brook trout, with their light spots, irregularly shaped vermiculations, white-edged fins and bright orange bellies. Even more absurd, brook trout also sport red spots surrounded by blue halos. Yet the combination of all these…
I have been fishing in Patagonia on a regular basis since 2004, although my first trip there was in 1996. I love the waters of Rio Manso Lodge; the river, lakes, smaller streams and other spots we fish on a regular and not-so-regular basis within an hour or less from…
There are fishing seasons when everything seems to go pretty much the way you thought it would. There are also those seasons that run a bit sideways and go to hell. Fortunately, this is not the story of that kind of season, but rather the former. In fact, this is…