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Due to these incredible amount of flies and that there was at least
3 different sizes of may flies (Blue Wing Olives, March Browns,
like) it was not easy to make this fish take our imitations. Finally
we found that some emergers patterns worked better than the usual
dries and after that, we had a great time catching rainbows and
browns ranging from 15 to 22 inches. I personally put down a ‘bow
that I believed was at least a 24”, but that’s fishing…
the elusive big one usually gives us a lesson. Isn’t it !!
Misterious Lakes
The third week I went with my best friend Fidel (aka “The
Lawyer”) to fish some lakes in an area north of Coyhaique,
that I rather keep as a secret. We took our camping gear , float
tubes and my boat and we spent four days fishing a different lake
everyday.
The fishing was outstanding on all 4 of them, and the average fish
caught was around 6 pounds. We started fishing sinking lines and
streamers, but soon we found that these fish where not so deep and
we switched to floating lines and Chernobyle Ants and that was something
worth to see. When a fish like that suddenly breaks the still water
surface to take your fly, eventhough you are waiting for that to
happen, still has an unexpected felling due to the big commotion
these fish produce in the water.
Off course I didn’t catch the biggest one, “The Lawyer”
did. We were fishing the smallest lake, more like a pond I shoud
say. That was our first time there (we have already fished the other
3 before) and we decided to use the float tubes instead of the boat.
I went ahead of him, and he followed me what it seemed was the wrong
decision but… he spoted a gap in the reeds that I have ignored.
It was shallow walking through the reeds, so he had to hold the
float tube up until he reached this little pond surrounded by reeds.
It was around 60 by 20 feet, and pretty deep.
It took him just one cast to conect with this monster, and about
30 minutes lo land it. It was so big that he was afraid of releasing
it. I saw it from 50 yards away and I can say that it was as long
as the float tube’s width, somewhere between 15 and 20 pounds.
I caught some 8 to 10 pounders and I also had a fantastic time,
but “The Lawyer” took the first rol away from me in
this fishing tale.
Bahia and Rio Ibanez
The first week of May, Tolin (one of the best guides in the area),
“The Lawyer” and I, headed south toward the Lago General
Carrera which is the second biggest lake in South America. More
specifically we went to Bahia Ibanez, where the big browns from
all around the lake gathered before starting the short journey up
the Ibanez River to reproduce the species.
We fished the lake first, not so far from the river mouth and it
was fun, we landed some nice fish in the 5 to 8 pounds range, but
we were looking for more, so on the next day we decided to give
the river a try.
The Rio Ibanez has been affected by a volcanic eruption that happened
in 1991 and eventhough the time passed, still brings a fair amount
of ash with its flow. But it’s getting in shape and this was
the first time we were able to catch fish in it since 1991 and some
of them were pretty nice and up to 24”. Really encouraging,
so we are now looking forward for an even better fishing experience
in the Rio Ibanez.
As you can see, I had a great time fly fishing during last fall
and now I feel ready to share this experience with you, contact
us and make your bookings now.
I'll be posting another Chile Fly Fishing Report
at the end of October, to let you know how was the opening of the
fishing season.
"How can you tell when a
fishermen is lying?
Watch his mouth real close if
it moves his lying."
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