Fly fishing South America

The fishing season opens on november the 1st and ends on may the 1st. As the season beggins in late spring and early summer the water level of the rivers is high because of snow melting. Rainbow trouts have finished their spawning , feed aggressively taking our nimphs or streamers and offering fierce battles. You can spend all day fishing without meeting any other angler, just you and the spectacular scenery of the Andes. This is one of the most productive periods and offers a unique opportunity of a tremendous fishing. We use sinking or sinking tip lines with nimnphs or streamers, sizes 4 to 12. Temperatures vary between 32º-73º F .

During January and February the volume of water rivers carry gradually decreases, temperature rises and we fish trouts with sinking as well as with floating lines, depending on the weather conditions and the time of the day. These months correspond with July and August in the Northern Hemisphere. Local anglers use to come fishing in this period so the fishing pressure increases.

At the end of March and during April (September and October in the Northern Hemisphere) it is early fall, as water temperatures of the rivers diminish, trouts become more active and browns start to move from the lakes into the rivers and streams. It is show time! You can expect good captures with float as well as with sinking lines ( trouts over 10 pounds if you are lkucky!). Big browns are on the move! . Temperatures vary between 32º and 68ºF.