RIVERS, STREAMS & LAKES

SWEET WATERS

Your Patagonia adventures begin in one of our three principal fly-fishing expedition bases. Each is situated on a lake. Quality fly-fishing rivers border two of them. On the Chilean side, the combined lake and river systems serve to buffer rivers from Chile’s higher rainfall. Snowpacks, which maintain stream levels on the Argentine side of the Andes, may vary year to year. Taking this into account, we located on a large combined lake and river system to assure adequate and cool waters. These combined systems, on both sides of the border, benefit from an enhanced food chain and, thus, sustain larger fish. In the brief descriptions of your fishing grounds below, many of our choice locations around them remain unnamed for obvious reasons.

Each location was selected for the quality of fishing, variety of waters within close reach and scenic beauty. Fly-fishing enthusiasts are individualists. Each has a favorite water type and fishing technique. Rest assured that our locations provide a variety of rivers, streams, spring creeks and lakes to satisfy the taste of the most discriminating angler.

YAN KEE WAY lodge is located on Lago Llanquihue (yan kee way), near the small town of Ensenada, Chile. The lake has a resident population of large browns and rainbows. Resident and migratory coho, king and Atlantic salmon make this their water as well. Nearby rivers and streams on Lago Todos Los Santos are 15 minutes away. The nearby Rio Petrohue, described by Roderick L. Hague-Brown in his book “Fisherman’s Winter,” is home to large brown and rainbow trout, which are supplemented by sea-run browns, steelhead, coho, king and Atlantic salmon. Horseback expeditions, if you’re so inclined, provide access, through native Chilean forests, to beautiful lakes and streams off the beaten path.

This remote region was first settled in the early 1950’s. The first roads reached the area in 1988. EL PATAGON is located on Lago Rosselot and Rio Figueroa. The Figueroa empties into Lago Rosselot . Flowing from the lake, heading west, Rio Rosselot joins with Rio Palena at La Junta. Eastward, the Rio Figueroa is fueled by Lago Verde and other river systems which cross the Andes from Argentina. We have a mile of frontage on Lago Rosselot, 3.5 miles of frontage on the Figueroa and our own spring creek at this Lodge. Other small streams and lakes surround us. These waters are home to rainbow, brown and brook trout. In addition, sea-run browns, coho, king and Atlantic salmon ply these waters

LOS BANDIDOS is located in the Argentine valley of Cholila, former home (the house is still there) of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. We have a mile of shoreline on Lago Rivadavia and are bounded by Rio Carileufú, an oxbow style river. This is the ONLY private property bounding the 1,000 square mile interconnected system of lakes and rivers of Parque Argentina Los Alerces. World famous Rio Rivadavia is at the outfall of our home lake. This river and lake system is the headwaters of the Rio Futaleufú and joins the Rio Yelcho system in Chile. Other nearby and notable waters include the Rio Chubut and Arroyo Pescado spring creek. These waters are home to numerous and large rainbows and browns.

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