Category: Fishing
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The Ranch
Fishing holy waters, it was a good day until the weather turned rainy and cold. Yesterday and today we have sun and as the day grows the temperature warms. No fish rising or biting yesterday at the honey hole, but today is warmer, so perhaps it will pick up. The wildlife I have seen this…
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Coyhaique
I arrived in Coyhaique Sunday night. Coyhaique is about halfway down the Chilean Patagonia Carretera Austral road. The weather here tonight is windy, cool to cold, and wet. The forecast says sunny and warm next week if you are a believer. The population is about 60,000 not including tourists, it is in the state of…
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La Dificultad
Before the steel bridge was put up across the Rio Futaleufu in La Dificultad the way to get across the river was by an old fashioned rope and wood suspension bridge. It was just wide enough for the ox carts to travel in and out of the commune; there was no other way to cross…
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Gear
What do you like to fish with? Last year I bought a tip flex 6 and sage 8 but could have done just as well with a 5 and 7. This year I have a small collection, the same Winston Boron III Plus 9′ 6x plus a 6/7 Hardy Jet Switch, and a Vision MAG…
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Recreational Fishing License
Cilus Gilberti (Abbott, 1899) Hi, The other day, I went to the Sernapesca office to pick up my recreational fishing license. It’s a relatively easy process, and a yearly permit does not cost much more than my NY fishing license. Licenses are valid for a year, month, or week depending on what you ask and pay…
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Travel and Transportation
To find and access great fishing having a car is a must unless you have the money for a guide or a lodge. I was driving to a large river that reported having a good population of Brown Trout. On the way, I spotted a small stream on the right that looked just lovely, and…
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When To Go to Patagonia
The height of the tourist season is January and February, it is South America’s summer vacation, and it seems every young adventurer is on the road in Patagonia. A good book is Bruce Chatwin’s In Patagonia. Never forget that during summer in Patagonia, the weather is highly changeable. It can be a lovely day, then…
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Planning
I have nothing to do but plan another trip to Chile and The Patagonia. I’ll be damned if I spend a freezing winter upstate in the Catskills trying to keep busy and wishing I were somewhere else. This year I will expand upon the trip I made last winter, 2016-17, when I visited Chile for the…
A River To Fish 