Espanol: Después de planear alg?n tiempo nuestro encuentro con Miguel, Mat?as y Wilfredo en Bariloche, all? est?bamos cargando los dos cataraf, dispuestos a bajar por el R?o Limay.Por mediados de Abril el Limay nos recibió con un fuert?simo viento oeste y durante un d?a completo lluvia, aumentando nuestras ganas de estar en el r?o desde las primeras horas de luz hasta los ?ltimos rayos de sol del d?a, deteniéndonos solo 40 minutos a almorzar.Estas condiciones clim?ticas son ideales en esta época del a?o, ya que las truchas est?n comenzando a ingresar desde el lago Nahuel Huapi hacia el r?o, pudiendo encontrar grandes tama?os que en otro momento del a?o es pr?cticamente imposible conseguir, si sumamos los fuertes vientos desde el lago y la baja presión con la lluvia, generaban el cóctel ideal que …
English: After some quick planning I met up with Miguel, Matias and Wilfredo inn Bariloche and we started loading two rafts to float the Rio Limay.As always in the middle of April the Limay greeted us with strong western winds and some full days of rain creating ideal fly fishing weather making us want to fish from the first light until the last ray of light left the sky, stopping only to eat just for a quick lunch. These climatic conditions are ideal for the migratory brown trout to make there annual run out of Lake Nahuel Huapi and into the Rio Limay. This is the best time for the possibility of catching a big brown trout, where as the rest of the legal season can be extremely challenging because the majority of fish are at the bottom of the lake hunkered down in the …
Espanol: est?bamos esperando y nos pod?amos hacer mas que pasarnos todo el d?a en el agua.Comenzamos realizando unos tiros en “La Boca”, a primera hora de la ma?ana y Mat?as obtuvo dos ejemplares incre?bles, muy plateadas, signo de que aun no han estado en el r?o el tiempo suficiente para tomar el caracter?stico tono marrón, con los primeros reflejos del sol que aun no sal?a, saciamos las primeras ansiedades, y comenzamos a cargar los coolers, las bolsas secas, todos los elementos para un buen campamento y hasta le?a que pudimos ir juntando. La idea era ir navegando hasta llegar a alg?n pozon, detenernos y pescarlos unos 30 o 40 minutos, y seguir r?o abajo en busca del próximo. Miguel y Mat?as conocen cada peque?o rincón de este r?o como la palma de sus manos!, lo cual es una gran ventaja ya que no perdimos tiempo en buscar los lugares mas convenientes, es un r?o terriblemente técnico, en donde la l?nea usada, la mosca elegida, o el tiro que uno sea capaz de realizar, hacen una gran diferencia, no entre pescar mas o pescar menos,… sino directamente entre pescar o no!. Luego de castear un d?a completo, el relax de un buen campamento y el calor de un fuego reflejando en nuestro rostro se hacen simplemente necesarios. Nunca faltan las comidas hechas en “el disco”, ni la bota de vino, ni los habanos, uno no necesita mas que eso para recuperar energ?as, mientras se habla de lo acontecido durante el d?a: los hermosos ejemplares que obtuvimos llenan nuestros recuerdos, las truchas que se nos escaparon, o que nos cortaron el tippet, y aquella que nos “escupió” las mosca, pasan a ser anécdotas infaltables en cada campamento, y dejan de tener ese sabor a perdida original para ser una parte mas de nuestro deporte favorito.Ya de vuelta en la ciudad nos quedaba un d?a antes de volver a nuestras rutinas, y elegimos con probar con un lago poco conocido a 2 horas y media de ascenso por la monta?a.7:30 AM, desayunando en el auto. 09:00 AM en la base de la monta?a. 11:30 AM, en un paisaje monumental, un peque?o lago rodeado de monta?as con sus picos nevados, ya la ultima hora de caminata fue por senderos con hielo y nieve. Para que negarlo,… est?bamos agotados! Hab?amos caminado a un muy buen ritmo, con las mochilas cargadas con nuestros belly boats, y para completar nuestro cansancio, estuvimos 1 hora! Intentando inflar los bellies con un inflador inservible, (nuevo y de buena marca, que no vale la pena nombrar), Wilfredo infló todo el suyo y mitad del m?o, con la boca! Solo a pulmón. Luego de esto ingresamos al agua a patalear por la costa de juncos, y lanzando pr?cticamente paralelo al ver?l, tratando de llegar al fondo con l?neas de 250 y 300 grains. Simplemente descomunal las piezas que obtuvimos! Hermosas Fontinallis, de un tama?o poco visto, como siempre esos deslumbrantes colores bien definidos y tan llamativos, Luego una marrón gigante de Wilfredo, que nos llenó de gritos y abrazos, como dos locos en medio de un para?so, y teniendo que tomar la dif?cil decisión de dejar de pescar y volver a caminar 2 horas y media nuevamente antes que caiga la noche, llegamos a la base alumbrando el sendero con nuestras linternas, y con enormes sonrisas que no pod?amos dejar de tener en nuestro rostros, ya totalmente cansados volvimos a Bariloche, con las mochilas cargadas de satisfacciones y recuerdos.Definitivamente, R?o Limay y sus alrededores siguen generando grandes d?as de pesca.
English: cold water. We started each day in the “La Boca” at first light and it was here that Matias caught some beautiful fresh platinum brown trout that had not yet changed color to match the bottom of the river. When the sun came up and starting blinding us it was over and time to load the coolers and dry bags and all the camping gear into the rafts. The idea was to use the rafts to access the pools and everyone fish each pool for 30 to 40 minutes from shore slowly while making our way down stream. Miguel and Matias know where each pool is like it’s the back of their hands, which gives us a huge advantage of not wasting time looking for productive pools. Although the river can be very technical and the slightest change of fly and fly line can make all the difference and at some times even change your life. It is a river that requires endless casts and patience and the ability to stay positive. The reward is somewhere in the water and therefore your fly must be in the water or you are out of the game. Miguel caught two really beautiful big fat female brown trout in the river and was smiling all day and just enjoying every moment on the water. After a full day casting and rowing we camped at one of the best spots in the world. An island, in the middle of the river. We were all looking forward to eating Miguel’s famous ‘Pollo el disco” while drinking wine from the Bota , and smoking amazing Cuban cigars. Man doesn’t need much more than this to regain his energy. Spending most of our time in front of the fire talking about the beautiful trout we caught and the ones we left for the next day. For me, it is the best way to get back to natures time and enjoy the great outdoors. The next day was just as incredible enjoying each stretch of the river. After the amazing camping trip we went back to Bariloche organized our stuff so that Wilfredo and I were prepared to go to a very unknown lake that you have to hike up a mountain two and half hours loaded to the gills with your belly boat and all your fly fishing gear. At 7:30 am we ate breakfast in the car driving on a one way dirt road to get to the access point. At 9:00 we arrive at the base of the mountain and start our upwards journey. At 11:30, I was in a little pain wishing I went to bed earlier, but enjoying the amazing mountains and scenery. Looking at fresh snow covered glaciar caps kept me moving and breathing the fresh cold alpine air and listening to the ice crack at my feet kept me alert. I still remember the my first view of the pristine lake nestled in the middle of an alpine meadow. We made it to the lake in great time we started to blow up the belly boats and the brand new expensive best pump my friend bought didn’t work and we wasted an hour trying to blow up one big belly boat and Wilfredo ended up having to blow up both belly boats at high altitude with his lungs getting the job done like a machine. Incredible! Here we are and now its time to fish. We get in the lake and Wilfredo was probably a little light headed, and we begin to kick and maintain a constant line fishing parallel to the shore casting into the tall grass and drop offs. We were extremely fortunate to have very little wind this day. We were using 250 to 300 grain sink tips and trying to get my big monster flies to the bottom. The first fish we caught was a monster brook trout that made the pain and cramps go away immediately and were howling like newborns to the fish gods. We both caught just incredible beautiful big brook trout with incredible deep rich colors illuminating the eyes like never before and Wilfredo caught a monster brown trout which was one of the best moments in my life. I will never forget seeing that fish come to hand like a jewel plucked of the bottom and then released back to its beautiful home. Once again, we were screaming with joy, although at the same time we realizing it was getting late and we have to make it back down the mountain before dark as the path can get very confusing and its pretty much a straight down journey. I must say it was a hike of glory and it felt like half the time as we warmed up at the bottom with some wine and celebrated another incredible journey into Patagonia’s outback.
Miguel, Matias and Wilfredo,
Incredible fly fishing and images! I hope you like the song that is with the video; it was obviously inspired by the amazing scenery and fly fishing and images you captured on film. I tried to to synchronize the lyrics with the images. Hope you like it … I very much look forward to meeting you at “The End Of The World” ..
—————— Spanish Version ———
Miguel, Matías y Wilfredo,
Increíble la pesca con mosca y las imágenes! Espero que os guste la canción que está con el vídeo, que fue obviamente inspirado por el increíble paisaje y la pesca con mosca y las imágenes que capturó en una película. He intentado sincronizar la letra con las imágenes. Espero que les guste … Estoy muy esperamos encontrarnos en “el fin del mundo” ..
terrible !!!!! muy bueno !!! es imposible reflejar en 4 min todo lo vivido en una semana de pesca , pero ver estas imagenes tan bien editadas te transportan al pasado maravillosamente (gracias Jeremy), hay que aplaudir a Homero , le puso unos huevos y una garra impresionantes y al final de la semana tuvo su recompensa.
La verdad valio la pena esperar este tiempo para ver este video , otra vez Jeremy no deja de sorprendernos ….me parece que las palabras ya estan demas , basta de vueltas , tomate un avion , Alex y toda la tripulacion de Argentina te esperan en la Patagonia .
UN abrazo gigante
Miguel
Jeremy : gracias es poco *”capo” , la musica y las imagenes son de primera …no te digo nada de la letra por que no entiendo ingles muy bien , voy a pedir ayuda y despues te cuento .
que esperas para venir a la Patagonia ???
un abrazo grande y suerte
Miguel
Gracias jeremy por el video, la música encaja perfectamente con las imágenes que gracias a dios reflejan una excelente semana de pesca con amigos. Muy buen pescado el de will en la laguna sin nombre, y el de miguel en el Limay dejo en claro las sorpresas que el rió tiene para nosotros. Esperamos a todos los que quieran disfrutar de estos lugares increíbles de Bariloche, y que esperen disfrutar de una gran semana con amigos.
Estamos experimentado cada día mas con la pesca con cañas de dos manos, logrando castear distancias muy buenas con líneas y moscas de gran peso y tamaño para llegar al lugar de pique de la mejor manera, las líneas que estamos usando son por lo general shootings para underhand de 300 a 400gns. Casteando prácticamente perpendicular a la corriente y esperando la deriva el mayor tiempo posible ya que muchas veces el pez puede seguir la mosca hasta el final.
Matias
Guia de pesca con mosca.
Thanks Jeremy for the video, the music is completely synchronized with the images, This ones shows the excellent fishing weak that we had and whit really good friends.
Grate fish landed by Will in the lagoon and the one that Miguel got in the Limay show the surprises that this amazing river have for us.
We wait for all you guys to come here to BARILOCHE to enjoy this wonderful places that we have and have a nice week whit good friends.
We are experimenting to fish with two handed rods to cast as far as we can, lines and flies big and heavy which with a single handed rod is not really easy that is the only way to go to the perfect spot in the perfect time!!!
The lines we are using are 3000/400 gns spay lines and we are casting almost 40 miters across the river to wait for a nice drift and for the best fish. The drift is really fast, that’s why we use those heavy lines, and you can also move nice fish whit dry flies but is not so easy.
Matias
Fly fishing guide.
Incredible guys. I have to see the end of the world someday. Well done!
great video my friends. i miss patagonia, the limay’s beautiful water and especially fishing and enjoying life with you guys. i look forward to my return. -Ed
Jeremy, Thank you brother for putting so much passion into writing the song and guitar and video it all just flows together in one beautiful collaborative masterpiece. See You Soon … I loved every minute of it.
The End Of The World
I think we’re getting closer keep going my friend
I can see the crosses just around the bend
The sky is on fire the sun is burning red
The end of the world must be ahead
Creo que estamos más cerca, sigamos adelante, amigo
Puedo ver las cruces al girar la curva
El cielo se está incendiando, el sol está quemándose y está rojo
El fin del mundo debe estar adelante
In this land of fire I am just a flame
This is where the rainbows end
Where I belong is where I want to be
At the end of the world with all my friends
En esta tierra de fuego, soy solamente una llama
Aquí es donde el arco iris termina
El lugar al que pertenezco es donde quiero estar
En el fin del mundo con todos mis amigos
The river is alive I see their eyes and shadows
The mountains disappeared, where did they go?
Everything is backwards, upside down and behind
At the end of the world summer is wintertime
El río está vivo. Veo sus ojos y sombras
Las montañas desaparecieron, ¿dónde se fueron?
Todo está al revés, boca abajo y detrás
En el fin del mundo, el verano es invierno
In this land of fire I am just a flame
This is where the rainbows end
Where I belong is where I want to be
At the end of the world with all my friends
En esta tierra de fuego, soy solamente una llama
Aquí es donde el arco iris termina
El lugar al que pertenezco es donde quiero estar
En el fin del mundo con todos mis amigos
The moon is a slave to the rising sun
The wind has no mercy, here it comes
La luna es una esclava del sol naciente
El viento no tiene misericordia, aquí viene
In this land of fire I am just a flame
This is where the rainbows end
Where I belong is where I want to be
At the end of the world with all my friends
En esta tierra de fuego, soy solamente una llama
Aquí es donde el arco iris termina
El lugar al que pertenezco es donde quiero estar
En el fin del mundo con todos mis amigos
What is there to say, nice fish? thats an understatement, exceptional scenery? no kidding, great video and story, what is left! The amazing emotional experience of the aggregate, the total experience of watching and listening, not once but several times. This should make the video hall of fame!
Wow. Incredible fish. For me right now the trip to Patagonia is the trip of a lifetime. It’s part of what keeps me going. What an untouched and special place. And to be there with close friends… well that would be too sweet for words. I can only imagine the adrenaline of having just released a trout of that size and beauty back into the total wilderness. The fact that those fish were released and are there for others ( including myself maybe!) to catch one day is what really makes it for me. It makes me realize that catch and release fly fishing is really a selfless sport. To release a beautiful fish like those in the video ( or any fish for that matter ) is like “paying it forward”. It’ is giving a heartfelt gift to all other fishermen. What a treat to watch that video and read the story. Well done.
Thank you for the wonderful compliment and I agree 100% with you that it is critical to release these beautiful fish back to where they came from and hope that someday the next generation (our children) have the same if not better opportunity to enjoy the amazing sport of fly fishing.
I really look forward to that day Whip I know you would love it here and will now put you on the oars even… Cheers Alex
Great Story and video boys, you guys always come up with some great adventures. Those trout are huge!!!! I gotta get one of those some day.
great job guys! amazing work on the camera, i love how the lyrics from the song match up with the video clips. it is so cool to see you guys down at the end of the world filming and sharing it with us back here. Those browns are huge! I could only imagine fly fishing for those giants with you guys. Alex, I can’t wait for your arrival. should be an awsome tuna year!
cuando quieras la spuertas estan abiertas , solo es cuestion de tiempo y un poco de voluntad …te esperamos
Miguel
esta vez trata de venir en Noviembre o a fin de temporada , la pesca es buena en esos meses …y hay una marron gigante que te espera en el Limay por la revancha
saludos
Miguel
“It is a river that requires endless casts and patience and the ability to stay positive. The reward is somewhere in the water and therefore your fly must be in the water or you are out of the game.”
I love these two sentences. I fish a few very slow ponds myself and the experience is just as you say. Sometimes it’s hard to just cast and cast and cast blindly, but if you’re not casting, then you’re definitely not going to catch any fish. Once you do get that solid hookup, the hours of empty casting seem to vanish. Here’s a quote I found in a book of mine that I thought was fitting, in regards to that hookup:
‘The take instantly validates our efforts, conferring a measure of definitiveness and closure to an enterprise otherwise riddled with uncertainty and inconclusiveness. Few things in life, I think, have this to offer.’
Great story and images, take care.
Jesse
Great quote there …. That seems to sum up why I like fly fishing .. especially for species that are tough or demanding or in elements that others might consider too windy, cold, hot, far, unknown … whatever … Like steelheading for example … everything is always stacked up against you it seems .. bad weather, high water, low water, snow, wind, rain .. whatever …. its those very things that make a hook up so validating … it is proof that hard work and perserverance even when we are “fighting” things we can’t control, whether the goal is a 10 inch brook trout in a west virginia stream or a bluefin tuna, do pay off. ….
ps. what book is that from? sounds like a good read and a good author.
You’ll be back before you know it and this time in April… Don’t forget to sharpen up some of those killer flat wings for me.
Thanks man, we are learning more and more each time. We await your arrival here as well my friend, and I think it is going to be a killer tuna season look forward to slaying some hard tails together.
Thanks man, it seems to be true in all fly fishing if you can stay positive and have patience good things can happen on the other end of the line while in the water. I love the quote.. especially the validation of the take.
Greg, I agree with you amazing job on the song and video an incredible group effort. I really look forward to casting some flies together this year at some beautiful landlocked salmon and brook trout.
hey jeremy, i found the quote in this book i have called (approriately) The Quotable Fisherman. the quote itself is by Ted Leeson, from his book The Habit of Rivers. take care
Alex My friend!!, muy bueno el video. Thanks!. el video es muy bueno!. Y aguante la Patagonia!!!!!!!
The webpage is very nice to.