Stripping Streamers for Patagonia’s Big Trout It’s not exactly a profound revelation to say that stripping streamers is a great way to catch large trout. Many anglers know this to be true, but still fall prey to the idea that somehow dry fly fishing is better or more desirable. As…
Pick Your Tonic - Rio Manso Rainbows One of the beauties of fishing in the waters surrounding Rio Manso Lodge is the opportunity to pick your fishing. You have the chance to decide not only when to visit the lodge during the November through April season, but also which species…
The Brown Trout of Patagonia Last week I wrote about the brook trout that swim in the waters surrounding Rio Manso Lodge, and I tried to convey the strong attraction and feeling of nostalgia many anglers have for this fish. Well, as true as that might be, we’re on a…
The Big Brook Trout of Rio Manso If you grew up in the eastern part of the United States, you probably have a special attraction for the colorful char that swims in those waters, salvelinus fontinalis, the brook trout. These incredible jewels inhabit just a fraction of their original range,…
Patagonia Trout? They’re New to the Neighborhood. You might have known, but trout are not native to South America, but were introduced during the early years of the twentieth century, and in the case of Chile some years even before that. Like many introduced species (think rabbits in Australia) if…
Welcome to the first of a series of blogs about Rio Manso Lodge and Patagonia. As you might have guessed, winter is long, dark and dreary in the southern hemisphere, and we feel the same longing for fishing season that anglers everywhere feel when they can’t wet a line. So,…
Rio Manso Lodge is the best fly fishing experience in Patagonia, with a beautiful lodge, excellent cuisine, outstanding English-speaking guides, and lots of other activities, such as hiking, horseback riding, birding, rafting, and visits to nearby Bariloche. We fish for brook, brown and rainbow trout in the Andes Mountains of…