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Fresh Water Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
Posted by alex on December 30, 2007 (3645 reads)
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Español: La Patagonia es el lugar donde los sueños se hacen realidad, con sus asombrosas montañas, su cielo grandioso y sus aguas cristalinas. Todavía uno puede sentirse a salvo de la locura del mundo y conectarse nuevamente con las maravillas de la naturaleza. Uno puede beber las aguas de sus lagos y ríos, dado que no han sido degradadas por el hombre. Dicho esto, me encontré otra vez más con mis queridos amigos Miguel Sánchez y Gustavo Morales, para aprender más sobre sus aguas. En esta ocasión, nos encontramos para explorar y pescar con mosca, en algunos lagos que permanecen realmente intactos, en la providencia de Chubut (Patagonia central). Tuvimos que llegar a los lagos en un vehículo cuatro por cuatro, porque los caminos son fundamentalmente todos de tierra y las travesías son ...

English: Patagonia is the land where dreams come true with its breathtaking mountains, massive sky, and crystal clear waters. One can still feel free from all of the madness in the world and reconnect back to the wonders of nature. All the lakes and rivers one can still drink from as they have not been spoiled by man. With that said, I once again met up with my dear friends Miguel Sanchez and Gustavo Morales to learn more about their waters. This time we met up to explore and fly fish some really untouched lakes in the providence of Chubut (central Patagonia). We had to access the lakes by four wheel drive as the roads are primarily all dirt with difficult crossings, but once arrived at you know that you are in the land of beautiful hungry trout. We prepared to ...

Español: difíciles. Pero una vez que llegás, sabés que estás en la tierra de la hambrienta y hermosa trucha. Nos preparamos para clasificar cuidadosamente estos lagos, siempre teniendo en mente las cuatro cosas que estábamos buscando:
1. Arroyos o arroyuelos que desembocan en los lagos.
2. Grandes piedras o cambios abruptos de profundidad, que usualmente se manifiestan mediante cambios de color.
3. Peñascos escarpados que se dirigen a cuevas talladas a través del tiempo.
4. Líneas de hierba en las orillas del lago.
Teniendo en mente esto, usamos durante las mañanas lineas flotantes, atrapando generalmente truchas arco iris en las aguas más abiertas y superficiales usamos moscas Chernobyl cerca de los arroyos. En las tardes usamos grandes esquemas de sanguijuelas gazapo rojas y negras, lanzadas hacia las grandes piedras y los lugares donde el agua cambia de color, mostrando los cambios de profundidad. Con las líneas hundidas o las cabezas lanzadas, uno debe estar siempre atento de mantener el control de la línea mientras esperás que tu línea se hunda. Las corrientes subacuáticas curvan de forma uniforme tu línea, lo cual puede hacer que pierdas peces, si no sos cuidadoso. Trabajamos juntos todos los días, aprendiendo uno del otro y disfrutando realmente cada momento que pasamos en esta hermosa creación de la naturaleza. Vimos que las moscas con tamaños más grandes generaban más ataques y truchas pardas más agresivas y de mayor tamaño. Intenté atar estas moscas, que tenían colas más largas y cuerpos más grandes de lo normal, aunque seguí utilizando ganchos individuales y no en tándem, lo cual genera muchos peces pequeños. Advertí que observar los movimientos subacuáticos es crítico cuando se atan estas moscas, dado que me ayudaba a determinar el tamaño de las moscas. Durante la mayor parte del tiempo, el clima fue extremadamente ventoso, lo cual significó que tuvimos que pescar en aguas más profundas de lo normal. Por lo tanto usamos cañas de pescar 10.5 de cinco y seis pesas para tirar estas enormes moscas a la costa. Pero al atardecer, jugábamos un juego con una caña de pescar de cuatro pesas, donde podías hacer tres lanzamientos y eras eliminado si no acertabas. Pudimos atrapar algunas truchas hermosas y ver una gran variedad de diferencias de color en los peces. Aquí en Argentina, la comida y el vino son tan importantes como la pesca con mosca. Por lo tanto para asegurarnos de que las fuegos estaban bien nutridos, hicimos todos los días un asado, con increíbles cortes de carne patagónica. Una vez más les agradezco cariñosamente de corazón por estas experiencias increíbles en sus aguas y no puedo aguantar la espera para emprender la próxima aventura.

English: breakdown these lakes tactfully always keeping four things in mind what you are looking for:
1. Streams or small brooks that feed into the lakes.
2. Big boulders or dramatic changes in depth usually shown by the color change.
3. Steep cliffs targeting caves cut out through time.
4. Grass lines on the edges of the lake.
With these things in mind we would use floating lines in the morning generally catching rainbows on larger top water Chernobyl flies near streams, and in the afternoon use massive black and red bunny leech patterns casting towards boulders and water color changes which showed the depth changes. With sinking lines or shooting heads one must always be conscious of maintaining line control as you wait for your line to sink. Underwater currents consistently put a bow in your line which could lead to missing fish if not careful. We would work together each day learning from one another and truly enjoying every moment we got to spend with these beautiful works of nature. We found that bigger profile flies lead to many more attacks and bigger aggressive browns. I try to tie these flies with much longer tails and bigger bodies than normal, although still using single hooks and not tandem which weeds out many smaller fish. I have found that looking at underwater movement is critical when tying these flies as it helps me determine the profile. We had extremely windy weather for the most part which meant we had to fish down more than normal, therefore we would use five and six weight 10.5 rods to chuck these massive flies to the coast, but at sunset we would play a game with a four weight rod were you had three casts and your out if you did not close the deal. We managed to catch some beautiful trout and see a great variety of color differences in each fish. Here in Argentina the food and wine is just as important as the fly fishing so to make sure the fires were well attended we made an asado everyday grilling incredible cuts of Patagonia meat. Once again I thank you dearly from my heart for just incredible experience in your waters and can’t wait till the next adventure.



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Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by joey on December 30, 2007 http://www.fliesandfins.com
Alex- Great Stuff I always enjoy watching what you and your boys are up to on the bottom of the world. You and your crew are bless with some unbelievable resources "untouched by time" thank you for sharing.

j-

p.s. I dig the dance....


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by KodiakCommando on December 30, 2007
Awesome job alex!

Always coo to catch big trout in lakes surrounded by untouched wilderness esecially with no one around.

I agree with you on the food part, anytime i Go on a trip like that quality meat is mandatory!!


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by jeremy on December 31, 2007 http://www.fliesandfins.com
Alex, Miguel & Gustavo ..

Amazing país, el agua, los peces y personas. Espero con gran interés por venir a la Argentina y los peces vuelan con todos ustedes. También esperamos con interés que usted y la pesca con mosca con todo lo que en los EE.UU. algún día. Al llegar a los EE.UU. lo que es mío es tuyo.

------------------ English Below ------------

Amazing country, water, fish and people. I look forward with great anticipation to come to Argentina and fly fish with all of you. I also look forward to seeing you and fly fishing with all you in the USA someday. When you come to the USA what is mine is yours.



Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by hedrush999 on December 31, 2007 http://www.worldangling.com
¡Felicitaciones! Qué un video fresco. Yo no puedo esperar para bajarse y pescar con las moscas y la tripulación de aletas Argentina. Pienso que debemos poner una conexión a su tripulación en la página de la tripulación de worldangling.com para 2008, para presentar la mierda fresca que usted hace allá. ¡Próspero Año Nuevo!


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by homeromdy on December 31, 2007
Hola a todos! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXX!! Me alegra que hayan disfrutado de ese mágico lugar! es "nuestro lugar en el mundo", cada vez que estamos allí nos sentimos realmente hermanados con ese lago, corderos al asador, vinos, habanos, noches de estrellas, fuegos, amigos, en fin,... historias que nos llevamos para siempre en el alma. Lo mejor para tu vida ALEX!.
nos vemos en la proxima salida de pesca.
A todos, excelente 2008!! saludos Homero.


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by msanchez on December 31, 2007 http://www.patagoniaflies.com
excelente regalo de cumpleaños Jer !!!!felicidades Alex , espero que disfruten de las imagenes de nuestra Patagonia .
un viaje increible y se disfruta mucha mas acompañado de buenos pescadores y excelentes personas como mi "compadre"Gustavo y mi amigo Alex , Jeremy ...veni cuando quieras , esta todo a tu disposicion , aprovecho este espacio para agradecer especialmente a Gustavo Roldan quien nos permite usar su refugio ,gracias Gustavo por todo !!!!
Feliz año para todos !!!!exitos y hasta la proxima aventura en Argentina


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by greg on December 31, 2007 http://www.fliesandfins.com
I can't think of a more beautiful place to fish and the fish are obviously outstanding! The video was great and there was a great mix of scenery, people and fish.


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by Boz on December 31, 2007 http://www.maineriverguides.com
Alex,

I'm glad to hear the tilt of our Earth has got you and the crew bending rods on some beautiful fish in amazing country...

The same tilt has me slaying nothing but endless snow with a shovel.

While you just had your "longest day" we plugged through our darkest...

Every dawg has his day in the sun...glad you and the crew are getting nothing but quality ones...

That asado looks killer...mmm...


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by simpson on December 31, 2007
patagonia is just incredible. catching gorgeous trout with great friends, the asado and dancing with the bota. that's what its all about. i can't wait to fish with you guys very soon. -Ed


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by mardog123 on December 31, 2007
awesome



Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by Austin on December 31, 2007
Alex, simply awsome! You really do live in beautiful country, and have amazing fly fishing. I am dying to visit someday. You and your crew are truely the fliesandfins connection for articles and video from the end of the earth....looking forward to seeing more from you and your crew in more beautiful places as your season rolls on!


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by waterwhippa on December 31, 2007 http://salmonriverspecialists.com
Alex, El país y su pez aturden. Mantenga esas cámaras que arrollan. ¡Usted y su tripulación es una inspiración a cualquiera con una pasión para el desierto y trucha silvestre! ¡Material bueno!


Alex, The country and your fish are stunning. Keep those cameras rolling. You and your crew are an inspiration to anyone with a passion for wilderness and wild trout! Good stuff!


Re: Argentina, Patagonia: Breathtaking, Massive & Crystal Clear Water
by jinxed247 on January 01, 2008 http://www.jumpcut.com/flyfishing247
Great job Alex and crew!! Great video and beautiful country!

 
 
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