FLY FISHING PATAGONIA - RIO PICO +
INFORMATION
Fishing Areas
-Fishing Areas at Cholila:
Rio Carrileufú, Tigre and Lago Cholila are situated at no more than 10 kms from the lodge. Río Rivadavia and Lago Verde are situated 50 kms from the lodge (transfer: 1 hour). You will fish in Río Rivadavia and Carrileufú with floats and wading the river.
-Fishing Areas at Río Pico Río Pico: Fishing fording the river in private Estancias. Lago Tres: onboard fishing. Lago Cinco: onboard fishing. Upstream part of Río Pico: From the confluence with Río Nilson to the Chilean border. Fishing fording the river in private Estancias.
About the Fly fishing area of Rio Pico
In the Río Pico area you find Pacific trouts and salmons, a rural background and more. It is located in the province of Chubut, 250 km South of Esquel, offering you the possibility of fishing in a virgin landscape and capturing surprisingly large pieces of outstanding quality.
Nilson River is a typical mountain river, with meanders, big wells and fallen trees swept up by the current. It is an ideal spot to fish with light 4 or 5 equipment, using dry flies as Humpys, Royal Coachman, Wullfs or nymphs as Prince, Pheasant tail and caddis larvae in 10 to 16 hooks. There are plenty brown and rainbow trouts weighing 2 kilos average.
As the Pico River flows into the Pacific, there are a lot of salmons as well as good brown and rainbow trouts. This is a river that changes its physiognomy on its way to the ocean, it starts off as a slow plain river to become a rocky one flowing between mountains. In its confluence with Nilson River, fishing with equipment of 5 and 6, with floating lines and shootings gets good results. With dark and dry nymphs, caddies imitation in 10 to 16 hooks or black and brown wolly buggers tied over 6 to 12 hooks make for really dynamic fishing.
To capture the Pacific salmons, you will need, at least, an 8 equipment, shootings and big flies as the Andino Deceivers 2/0 and 3/0, in bright colors, and basically, you will need “luck”, because Fly Fishing is not an easy thing to do.
Another area you cannot miss is Lake 3 (Pico River), where you can catch large rainbow and brown trouts, 2 to 5 kilos average, but is common to capture pieces that widely exceed these weights. The shores of this little lake are surrounded by rushes, so using floating lines is essential, with 6 to 8 equipment, nymphs and adult dragonflies, caddis, wolly buggers, zonkers, marabou muddlers and other streamers.
The Trouts and Salmons of Pico River are waiting for you!!!!
Fly fishing Guides
Our fly fishing guides are bilingual professional guides with high experience of the area.
Gears
We suggest taking dequate clothing for you are going to places in the mountains, warm but light sweaters and jackets for from rain and wind protection, chest high waders with felt soles, polar fleece long underwader pants, rain jackets, polarized glasses, hat, sunscreen lotion.
Fly fishing equipment
Rods & Reels
We recommend 2 rods and reels. The ideal combination will be a 4 weight rod with a WF floating line and a 6-weight with a floating line and class V sinking shooting head. If you prefer to travel light, then a 5-weight rod coupled with a floating line and fast sinking shooting head will be a good overall choice. Argentina is free from Whirling Disease, so please bring new equipment or disinfect your own.
Flies
Streamers: Wolly Buggers some with Bead Heads in black, olive and brown (size 4-10), Rabbits in cinnamon and white (sizes 2-8), Marabou Muddlers in black and natural brown (sizes 2-8) and black, brown and Grizzly Matukas in small sizes from 8 to 14.
Nymphs:
Prince ( sizes 12-16), green caddis larva (sizes 12 -18), pheasant tail (sizes 12-22), Hare's ear in natural, olive and black (size 10-16), midges (size 18 - 20) and some stone fly imitations in black, brown and olive (size 6 -10).
Dry: Caddis (size 12-18), Chernobyl ants, western adams (size 10-16), stimulators (size 8-14), Royal Wulf and Humpys (sizes 10-14), Griffiths Gnat ( size 18-22). A selection of terrestrials such as hoppers, ants and beatles will give you a lot of action in the waters we will fish.
BOOKING
To book this trip, please fill the booking request form or simply contact us by e-mail booking@zekeseven.com
