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NORTHERN PATAGONIA FISHING CLUB
Fly-Fishing Patagonia Argentina
6 Fishing Days Itinerary
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Day 1 - Leave the U.S. on an evening flight for Buenos Aires on American Airlines flight.
Day 2 - Arrive in Buenos Aires in the morning. You will be met by an English-speaking guide in the morning and transferred by private vehicle to your hotel. Relax and enjoy the rest of the day, perhaps taking a half-day guided city tour. Dinner in Buenos Aires.
Day 3 - Fly to San Martin de los Andes, transfer to Aluminé. In the morning, you and your party will be picked up at your hotel and transferred to Jorge Newberry Airport, also known as Aeroparque (AEP) the domestic airport. You will take a 2-hour flight to San Martin de los Andes.
Upon arrival, a representative from the Northern Patagonia Fishing Club will take you in a private vehicle to the town of Aluminé, 2 hours to the north. Aluminé is a quaint little town of 3,000 inhabitants. The region has a quiet charm reminiscent of New Mexico or Southern Colorado, and has several important streams that receive very little fishing pressure. Especially notable is the quality dry fly fishing available in this part of Patagonia.
The Northern Patagonia Fishing Club (www.northernpatagonia.com) was created to offer a unique and authentic Argentine experience like no other. We employ expert local guides and serve quality regional meals.
Upon arrival to Aluminé, you will be taken to Estancia Llamuco, a quiet little ranch right on the edge of town. You will check into the small country house on the ranch property, which will serve as your ‘lodge’ for the next few days. Prepare your fishing gear for an evening of float fishing on the upper reaches of the Aluminé River. Dinner and sleep back at the ranch.
Cocktails, dinner and sleep back at Llamuco.
Day 4 - Fish Spring Creek X (Trust us, its good!). After breakfast, you will drive 40 minutes to fish Spring Creek X. This is a spectacular drive.
This spring creek is in Lanin National Park, bordering the Mapuche Indian reservation of Ruca Choroi. Fishing is typically done by hiking along the banks and sight-fishing to 16-22 inch rainbows in spectacular valley with Araucaria forests all around you. There are some really nice brook trout in this stream as well.
At mid-day, you will have lunch streamside. Dinner and sleep back at Llamuco.
Day 5 - Fish the Rio Pulmari. The Rio Pulmari is a fantastic medium-sized stream that is loaded with strong healthy trout. It runs over big granite boulders with sand, elodea and freshwater mussels. Of note are the intense insect hatches of caddis and mayflies that occur on this river. You will have lunch by the river, returning to Llamuco for dinner and sleep at the lodge
Day 6 - Fish a SECRET CREEK. After breakfast, you will drive 45 minutes into a private ranch where at the top of the mesa there will be horses and gauchos waiting for you. You will then ride the horses 30 minutes down a 1000-foot canyon to a special creek. This snow-fed creek with big boulders has few, but very large fish.
You will hike the creek and sight-fish to rainbows in the 16-20 inch range, but each important pool can have browns in the 4-6 pound range. This is like New Zealand style fishing, as most times you have only 1 cast at these large browns. Either you will hook them, or they will spook.
You will have lunch and siesta by the side of the river, and return to Llamuco for dinner and sleep.
Day 7 - Fish the Arroyo Aoniken. After breakfast, you will drive 45 minutes towards Lago Aluminé to fish a very little-known spring creek. The water here is cold and gin clear, but harbors some big rainbows and browns in the 2-4 pound range, with the occasional monster, depending on which section of the creek you will fish.
Fishing can be quite technical as these trout are very wary. This creek requires a bit of bush-whacking in places, or casting from odd positions correctly approach these fish.
Day 8 - Fish the Rio Aluminé. After breakfast, you will drive a few minutes down the road to float an upper or middle stretch of the Rio Aluminé.
The Rio Aluminé is moderate-sized river with gentle gradient for easy floating. It’s the longest floatable and fishable river in Patagonia, with over 90 miles of productive water. It’s long pools are lined with willows, and provide excellent dry fly fishing for 16-22 inch rainbows and browns. Larger browns are available by fishing with streamers.
A hot lunch will be served streamside, followed by the requisite siesta. After finishing the float, you will return to Llamuco for cocktails, dinner and sleep.
Day 9 - Fish the Rio Quillen. After breakfast, you will drive to wade fish the private sections on the Rio Quillen, a small stream loaded with big trout. It is famous, and is considered one of the top 2 dry fly rivers in all of Patagonia, if not THE BEST. You will take lunch streamside. Dinner and sleep at the lodge.
Day 10 - Leave Aluminé, Fly out of San Martin de los Andes, Fly out of EZE. After breakfast, you will transfer to San Martin de los Andes to take your flight back to Buenos Aires.
You will be met at the international airport and assisted with transfer to your check in to your international flight back to the U.S. that leaves in the late evening (to be determined).
ESQUEL OUTFITTERS
Fly-Fishing Patagonia Argentina
6 Fishing Days Itinerary
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Day 1 - Arrive in Bariloche, your Esquel Outfitters guide will meet you at the airport and transfer to Lodge El Trebol in Cholila. Travel time to Cholila is 2 hours. Dinner served at El Trebol, overnight there.
Day 2 - Float Fish the Rivadavia, located in Los Alerces National Park. Your first day of fishing will include the floating this beautiful river and walk/wading a couple small spring creeks.
Day 3 - Float/Camp Rio Chubut. You will begin a a 4 day float through over 60 miles of private water. You will be comfortably accommodated for the length of the trip with warm showers, private latrines, comfortable cots and mattresses, and fine wine and cuisine in the remotes of argentina.
Day 4 - Float/Camp Chubut
Day 5 - Float/Camp Chubut. At the end of the day you will arrive to the take-out, and from there taken to Estancia La Elvira, where you will stay for the remainder of your trip. Estancia La Elvira is a working cattle and sheep ranch in the heart of Patagonia.
Day 6 - Fish the Rio Gualjaina, located in the middle of Estancia La Elvira. This ranch has 20 miles of river, exclusively for you. You will be able to walk/wade this beautiful spring-fed river, with endless pools, riffles, runs, and trout.
Day 7 - You will be driven approximately 20 minutes to the most famous spring creek of Argentina….Arroyo Pescado. Here you will fish the private creek, walk-wading all day, and casting to numerous large rainbows and browns.
Day 8 - Shuttle to Bariloche for Departing flights.
ESQUEL OUTFITTERS
Fly-Fishing Patagonia Argentina
7 Fishing Days Itinerary
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Day 1 - Arrive in Bariloche, your Esquel Outfitters guide will meet you at the airport and transfer to Lodge El Trebol in Cholila. Travel time to Cholila is 2 hours. Dinner served at El Trebol, overnight there.
Day 2 - Float Fish the Rivadavia, located in Los Alerces National Park. Your first day of fishing will include the floating this beautiful river and walk/wading a couple small spring creeks. The Rivadavia runs for about 7 miles through Alerces National Park. It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful rivers in the world.
Day 3 - You will Float-fish the Rio Carrileufu, which runs through the spectacular Cholila Valley. You will float about 11 miles this day, taking in the scnerey of the part of Patagonia that was once home to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Day 4 - Float Fish the Rio Arrayanes and Lago Verde in Los Alerces National Park. You will start the day fishing to the reeds and shoreline of Lago Verde. By the afternoon you will drop into the beginning of the Rio Arrayanes.
Day 5 - Transfer in the AM to Rio Gualjaina and our Exclusive Estancia La Elvira. This Estancia has over 20 miles of river. Travel time is approx 2 hours. After a full day of fishing you will stay at the Estancia for the remainder of your trip.
Day 6 - Walk wade the private spring creek Arroyo Pescado. Travel time from the Estancia is 15 minutes. This private spring creek is probably the most famous in Argentina. Our lodge is located only 15 minutes from the creek, and gives us first and last shots at the fishing, on a daily basis.
Day 7 - Walk/wade another day on the Rio Gualjaina. With over 20 miles of water, you will need a second day to fish the Rio Gualjaina. The river braids into small channels numerous times, providing over 30 river miles of incredible dry fly fishing.
Day 8 - Float Fish Rio Grande. The Rio Grande is the only tailwater in our region, and is the best brown trout fishing in the area. A full day float on this river will take you from below the dam, to almost the Chilean border.
Day 9 - Shuttle to Bariloche for Departing flights.
DREAMCAST
Fly-Fishing Patagonia Argentina
10 Fishing Days Itinerary
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Day 1 - Arrive to Bariloche, transfer to Estancia Arroyo Verde (Travel Time 1 1/2 hours). Begin your trip fishing the Rio Traful, and enjoying Estancia Arroyo Verde. Spend 2 days, 3 ngihts fishing on the Estancia.
Day 2 - Fish the Rio Traful, returning to the lodge for lunch. After lunch you will return to the river for a full evening of fishing. The Rio Traful has been regarded as one of the finest rivers in Argentina. With only one Estancia on the river offering fishing, you are assured to experience one of the highest regarded rivers, and estancias, of Argentina.
Day 3 - Fish a second day on the Estancia. Since the river is all walk/wading, you will have a chance to fish the pools and runs you missed on the first day.
Day 4 - After being pampered for a couple days, you will be ready for 2 days floating on the Limay Medio. Travel time from the Estancia is about 2 hours. We will set a camp for you on the river (in a private location), and be sure to make this time period the middle of the week. This is undoubtedly the best big, brown trout, river in Argentina, and maybe the world (excluding Sea-Runs, of course).
Day 5 - Float the Limay Medio all day, and then transfer to Estancia Collon Cura (Travel Time 1 1/2 hours). You will stay at the Estancia for 3 nights, and 2 days of fishing. You will float different private stretches of the Rio Collon Cura. This will give you a chance to be pampered again for a few nights. It is a basic, but well-appointed estancia, and the fishing is fantastic, generally speaking.
Day 6 - Float the Rio Collon Cura all day, taking lunch riverside. You will return in the evening to the Estancia. Your entire float will be inside the Estancia, utilizing all of their private accesses.
Day 7 - Float the Rio Collon Cura all day, but a different stretch. Again, you will return to the Estancia in the evening, for your final night at the ranch.
Day 8 - You will drive approximately 1 1/2 hours to the well known Estancia San Huberto, located on the Rio Malleo. This is definitely match-the-hatch fishing, and hunting for rising heads. The Malleo is considered Argentinas premier dry fly river. You will arrive to the Estancia, put your things away, and have lunch at the lodge. After lunch you will begin fishing the 20 miles of private water on the Estancia. You will return in the evening to the Estancia.
Day 9 - You will spend another day fishing the Malleo, and again return to the Estancia for the evening.
Day 10 - After leaving Estancia San Huberto, you will begin your 3 day float on the Rio Chimehuin. This river is one of the other all-time classics of Argentina. Only recently we started choosing to float this river for multi-day floats to maximize the fishing to be had. Traditionally one lodge has dictated the fishing by assigning pools to its clients. You don’t get to really fish the river well this way, so we have opted for fishing the whole river.
Day 11 - This will be your final day on the Chimehuin, and your final day fishing with us. After you reach the take-out, you will then drive 2 hours back to Bariloche, where you will have a room waiting for you in town. You will go out on the town this evening for dinner and drinks, if you have the energy!
Day 12 - Catch your flight to B.A.
AURELIA LODGE
Fly-Fishing Patagonia Argentina
Fishing Days Itinerary
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