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Fresh Water Argentina Fly Fishing: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
Posted by Alex on March 28, 2008 (2859 reads)
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Fly Fishing Argentina Dorado & Trout Argentina Video

Español: Desde que llegan nuestros amigos de los Estados Unidos, la energía fluye y refluye con la misma intensidad que los ríos donde iremos a pescar. Ray llega a Buenos Aires y pronto hace lo propio Ed. La gran ciudad estaba realzada por la presencia de Matías Picapietra, de Bariloche, que estaba de paso hacia el norte, donde sería el guía, junto a su hermano, de una excursión para pescar dorados con mosca. Vimos algunas de sus moscas, que pronto estarían en la boca de los afamados dorados, de la familia de la piraña, oriunda de Corrientes. Aunque su visita fue corta, sabíamos que nos iba a acompañar su recuerdo durante el resto del viaje al sur. Ed, Ray y yo volamos a Bariloche, donde se nos unió nuestro querido amigo Miguel Sánchez, que tenía las balsas neumáticas y las bebidas listas, para

English: As our friends arrive from the United States the energy ebbs and flows with the same intensity as the rivers we will fish. Ray arrives in Buenos Aires with Ed soon to follow. And, the big city was enhanced by the presence of Matias Picapietra from Bariloche who was making his way north to guide for Dorado and fly fish a couple of days with his brother. We saw some of his flies that would soon be in the mouth of the famed golden dorado a member of the piranha family and calls Corrientes home. All though his visit was short we knew we would be fishing with him for the rest of the trip down south. So, Ed, Ray and I flew into Bariloche where we were joined by our dearest friend Miguel Sanchez who had the rafts and beverages ready for

Español: poder desplegarnos casi inmediatamente en mi río preferido: el Limay. Sólo un par de horas después de nuestra llegada, ya estábamos atrapando peces sorprendentes, como si hubiéramos tirado nuestras cañas desde el avión. En este punto nos dimos cuenta de que nos habíamos encontrado con amigos del sur que eran tan apasionados y fanáticos de la pesca con mosca como nosotros. Miguel es un guía divertido, que conoce las aguas como la palma de su mano. Nos condujo por increíbles sitios, remando contra la corriente la mayor parte del tiempo, para demorar la deriva. Simplemente, en el agua Miguel es una potencia. Sólo una de las experiencias asombrosas que compartimos: Miguel nos llevó a una isla de sauces y mi amigo Juani nos ató con los árboles, como si fueran un cinturón, para sujetar el bote de fondo chato, mientras yo lanzaba una caña directamente hacia la grieta exterior. Y no lo dudes, ¡la pegué! Tan pronto como la mosca entró en el agua, un pez la agarró. Una hermosa y joven trucha marrón que estaba escapándose de la línea y descendiendo por el río. Luego de una difícil batalla, con varios saltos, saqué el pez con una canasta de recupero, dado que en el último viaje perdimos la red. Luego, liberamos al pez, que regresó a las majestuosas aguas de donde había venido. Sabíamos que habíamos llegado al paraíso, porque pescamos y acampamos con la misma intensidad, como si recién hubiéramos llegado, en lagos y ríos que se extienden sin límites, uno detrás del otro. Accedimos a estos ríos, arroyos y lagos utilizando pequeños botes con motor, botes con fondo chato o los muy efectivos flotadores individuales. El conjunto de cañas para mosca que utilizamos varió entre cañas de peso cinco y siete y ocasionalmente incluyó una caña de dos manos. Muchas de nuestras cañas para moscas habían sido hechas a mano por nuestro proveedor de artículos de pesca, específicamente para estos ríos. Se utilizaron líneas flotantes y cabezas de lanzamiento, de acuerdo con las pozas y las secciones de los ríos. Se pescaron peces con ambas. Sin embargo, las moscas secas demostraron ser más productivas. Pero las posibilidades de atrapar un monstruo parecieron aumentar cuando usamos cabezas de lanzamiento y puntas hundidas, junto con las grandes moscas que parecen peces. Esto se debió a que nos encontrábamos en la estación de aguas cálidas, lo cual ubicaba a las peces más grandes, la mayor parte del tiempo, en la columna de agua. Sabíamos que ésta sería sólo una de las cientos de excursiones de pesca que haríamos, dado que nuestra amistad se acrecentó y, como siempre, aprendimos un montón de Miguel y de Matías. Simplemente, un viaje increíble que continuará pronto, porque se está acercando la competencia de abril y la interminable cacería de los peces de la gran Argentina continúa.

English: almost immediate deployment on my favorite river, the Rio Limay. It was less than hours from our arrival that we were all catching amazing fish, as if we had rigged our rods on the plane. At this point we had realized we had met friends from the south that were as passionate and fanatical as we were about fly fishing. Miguel is an amazing guide who knows the waters like the back of his hand and put us into incredible spots rowing against the current the majority of time to slow the drifts down and he is simply a force on the water. Just one of the amazing experience we shared was when Miguel backed us into an island of willows and my friend Juani wrapped us around the willows like a belt to maintain the drift boat as I got one cast right down the outside seam. And sure enough, bang! As soon as the fly landed in the water a fish grabbed it. A beautiful fresh brown trout was tearing off line and running down river. After a serious battle of many jumps the fish was brought to hand with a stripping basket as we had lost the net the last trip. Then, we released fish back into the majestic waters from which it came. . We knew we have reached paradise as we fished and camped on unlimited lakes and rivers one after another with the same intensity as if we just arrived. We would access these rivers, streams and likes by using either smaller motorboats, drift boats, or the very effective belly boats. The quiver of fly rods that we used ranged from five to seven weight rods and the occasional spey rod. Many of our fly rods were hand made by the angler specifically for these rivers. Both floating lines and shooting heads were used depending on the pools and sections of the rivers and lakes we fished. Fish were caught on both however the dry flies proved more productive. But, the chance of catching a monster seemed to sway towards shooting heads and sink tips with big streamer flies. This was due to the warm water season which placed the older and bigger fish, for the most part, deeper in the water column. We knew this would just be one of the hundreds of fly fishing trips to follow, as our friendships only grew and as always we learned a ton from Miguel and Matias. Just an incredible trip and will be continued soon as the April run is coming and the never ending hunt for big Argentina fish continues.


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Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by msanchez on March 28, 2008 http://www.patagoniaflies.com
increible!!!!!!! son pocas las palabras para explicar todo lo que disfrutamos en este viaje ,Alex, Ray y Ed son grandes personas , espero que ellos guarden este recuerdo para siempre .saludos
Miguel


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by greg on March 28, 2008 http://www.fliesandfins.com
Great music and I watched the video 4 times and after this Starbucks I'll watch it again. The video is great and I especially liked the multi doral fined humanus erectus fish at the end. I am going to take a freighter to Argentina, get kidnapped and held for ransom near a river, I figure it should take months for them to figure out I have no money! I am looking at snow fall outside my window so your video was a great distraction from the mundane hell I live in, thanks Greg


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by jeremy on March 28, 2008 http://www.fliesandfins.com
Alex, Ed, Ray, Miguel, Matias Etc ..,

What an amazing fish tale. Simply amazing fly fishing in beautiful Argentina ... but, more than that the collection of old friends and new friends .. and once again it is stories and videos like this that verify that although many years, even decades can pass, the fly rods and the fish have an almost magical way of keeping friends connected for life. During the time that this was being filmed, I happened to reconnect with a long lost friend my college years. She is now married to the lead singer (Dan) of a band (Dig) that we used to go see religiously at bar in Boston. Well, more than a decade has passed since then .. the name of the band has changed and so many other things .. but the music is still is good and soulful as it ever was. The name of Dan's "new" band is "King For A Day" .. hence, the title of this fishtale (I thought it was ironic how Dan's band had such a fitting name because Alex always says to me, "Dude, I felt like a King") .. On top of that, the song is called "The River"... So, this Article, Video & Song are much more than meets the eye ... It proves to me, the one and only valuable thing of the internet, it's ability to connect us all on so many different but equally meaningful parallels. I know that Ed, Alex and Ray have been friends since early childhood and I have been friends with them for so many years now ... And, now the "web" of friends continues to grow and mature with Mighues, Gustavo, Matias and so many other good people in Argentina. It truly is an amazing thing, the internet, especially when PEOPLE are the focus and not the technology. The technology is simply a means to and end. So, I am going to go and watch this video again ... Great stuff.

PS. If you like Dan's music check out his bands website and spread the word .. www.kingforaday.org .. His stuff is now available on i-tunes for downloading now too .. you can get the link from the band website.


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by Boz on March 28, 2008 http://www.maineriverguides.com
Another killer video from the other end of the Americas.

Was that a sebago salmon I saw a glimpse of there??? Sweet.

Loved the Dorado shot, and the end clip.

Way to keep use connected to the game down there amigos...


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by NiC on March 28, 2008 http://www.fly-only.dk
WOW... great video guys ...


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by jinxed247 on March 28, 2008 http://www.jumpcut.com/flyfishing247
That was hands down the single most excellent fly fishing and music video that I have seen in a long,long,long time! Great editing job and great story. Thanks for sharing!!


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by digg on March 28, 2008 http://www.kingforaday.org
Hello all,
My name is Dan Labich and I am jealous....wow, what a trip you all had. Jeremy, thank you for the opportunity to provide you with the music...You did a great job man, really....top notch....
Thanks for it!!


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by coolfishing on March 28, 2008
I’ll try to write something in English but it won’t be easy. Is hard to explain how the fishing connects people, just being outside make us happy. But, if you are outside, next to a river and with some good friends like my fishing friends is much better. Today I can say that I met most of my best friends fishing and that is something that I can’t pay whit money. Alex, thank you very much for make a grate group of friends, be sure that this April will be grate and we are going to fish with you for ever and you know that.
We wait for Ray and Ed to be back and I hope we can fish with them in the states some day.
Jeremy… we wait for you down here!!! There are a lot of places we can fish together..
That was a grate week I couldn’t spent all the days here because I was working and fishing dorados but those days that I spent with you guys were amazing. Thank Migue!!! Alex, Ray, Juani, Ed and the rest of the grup.


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by alex on March 28, 2008 http://www.patagoniaflies.com
I always have to thank my dearest brother who rented the car to Ray for a month in Bariloche.. Thank you Pablo www.basesurrentacar.com.ar
seen you in a few weeks
un abrazo grande , Alex


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by juani on March 28, 2008
my friends..i´m juani one of the best sherpas in argentina..jajajajaja
the video is incredible alex, ray and ed. thank you for taking me that day with you. I hope to see you here in Buenos Aires before you leave the country. the last part of the video i´ts very funny jajaja
by friends
good luck!!!


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by Austin on March 28, 2008
Wow! this is some killer content...the BEST! love the shots of the dorado leaping and big bugs flying through the air. I believe that after seeing this video, All of the content in this video was great. Alex, it seems like you and your friends in Argentina also see beauty through the camera lens, great work. I will have to go to Argentina multiple times in my lifetime. If i don't make the trip, i don't think i will have truely experienced fly fishing....

Spanish:
Wow! Esto es cierto ... el asesino contenido BEST! El amor fotos de el dorado saltando y grandes errores que volaba por el aire. Creo que después de ver este vídeo, tendré que ir a la Argentina varias veces en mi vida. Si i no hacer el viaje, i creo que no me han realmente experimentado la pesca con mosca ....


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by simpson on March 29, 2008
i just want to thank alex, ray, miguel, pablo, mattias, pala, gustavo and everyone else who made this trip so incredible. i hope to see you all very soon. and thank you jeremy for putting the video together. well done and love the tune.


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by joey on March 29, 2008 http://www.fliesandfins.com
That was awesome. I loved it. Great fishing, looks like you found some of the landlocks that were transplanted from maine. Crystal clear water, breathtaking mountains and big pretty fish. Great video.


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by Wilfredo on March 30, 2008
WOOWWW,.. increible Alex! excelentes imagenes y magnifica musica!
El proximo fin de semana estamos ahí de nuevo para disfrutar!
Saludos a todos!


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by Steelie on March 30, 2008
Buenisimo! Deseo que estuviera alli con usted... Mas por favor!


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by bfc06 on March 31, 2008
Gentlemen,

What a trip; absolutely amazing. It might've taken me a while to get my line in the water and stop looking at the scenery. I can't wait until I can fish in a t-shirt again... soon enough.

Take care,
Jesse


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by quicksilver220 on March 31, 2008
Amazing video and music combination! I have watched that video many times now and shown many people - keep up the good work and continue enjoying your time in Argentina.


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by rhodyflyguy on April 01, 2008
Great video! Beautiful fish, great music, and amazing scenery.


Re: Argentina: King For A Day, And Then Some ...
by donjuanfour20 on April 11, 2008
great fishing guys! awesome vid alex, really cool! great tunes! tight lines to you.

 
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